111th Aviation Regiment (United States)

The 111th Aviation Regiment is an army aviation regiment of the United States Army and the Florida National Guard.

111th Aviation Regiment
Coat of arms
Active	1978-present
Country	United States
Allegiance	Government of Florida
Branch	Florida Army National Guard (FL ARNG)
Role	Aviation
Size	Regiment
Part of	83rd Troop Command
Motto(s)	Air Warrior Air Attack
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia
Aircraft flown
Cargo helicopter	CH-47F Chinook
Utility helicopter	UH-60M Black Hawk

The Regiment was organized in the Florida Army National Guard as Company D, 26th Aviation Battalion and federally recognized on 1 September 1978 at Jacksonville. It was expanded, reorganized and redesignated on 2 October 1986 as the 419th Aviation Battalion, and redesignated on 1 October 1987 as the 111th Aviation, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battalion at Jacksonville.[1]

Structure

• 1st Battalion (General Support)[2]
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Company
    • Detachment 1
    • Detachment 2
    • Detachment 3 at Army Aviation Support Facility #2, General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center (GA ARNG).[3]
  • Company A (UH-60M) at McEntire Joint National Guard Base (SC ARNG).[4]
  • Company B (CH-47F) at G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery National Guard Complex / Key Field Air National Guard Base (MS ARNG).[5]
    • Detachment 1 at Army Aviation Support Facility #1 Cecil Airport, (FL ARNG).[6]
  • Company C (Air Ambulance) (HH-60M), Army Aviation Support Facility #1, Cecil Airport (FL ARNG).
    • Detachment 1 at Army Aviation Support Facility #2, General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center (GA ARNG).[3]
    • Detachment 2 at Army Aviation Support Facility #1, Fort R. W. Shepherd Armory, (AL ARNG).[7]
  • Company D (CH-47)[8]
    • Detachment 1
    • Detachment 2
    • Detachment 3 at Army Aviation Support Facility #2, General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center (GA ARNG).[3]
  • Company E
    • Detachment 3 at Army Aviation Support Facility #2, General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center (GA ARNG).[3]
    • Detachment 8 (IL ARNG)[9]
  • Company F (ATS), Aberdeen Proving Ground (Edgewood Area) (MD ARNG).[10]
  • Company G
    • Detachment 2[9]
• 2nd Battalion (Airfield Operations), Camp Blanding, (FL ARNG)
  • Company D
    • Detachment 7[9]

Deployments

• Company B (AH-64A) Afghanistan from June 2004 / HQ at Bagram part of Joint Task Force Wings (FL ARNG).[11]

See also

• Coats of arms of U.S. Army Aviation Regiments
• U.S. Army Regimental System (see Army Regulation 600-82)

References

Citations

1. "Welcome to 111th AVIATION REGIMENT". military.com. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
2. "83rd Troop Command". Florida National Guard. December 18, 2016. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
3. "2017 Georgia Department of Defense Annual Report". Georgia National Guard. March 9, 2019.
4. "2016 Southeastern Wildfires". DVIDS. December 18, 2016.
5. https://currentops.com/unit/us/army/111-avn/1-bn
6. "Florida Guard door gunners conduct Aerial Gunnery training in Camp Shelby". DVIDS. December 18, 2016.
7. https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2872057/air-ambulance-mission-returns-alabama-skies
8. "Watch The Deck". U.S. Army. March 16, 2019. p. 11.
9. "Chicago". Illinois Army National Guard. September 28, 2018.
10. https://currentops.com/unit/us/army/111-avn/1-bn
11. Bernstein 2005, p. 35.

Bibliography

• Bernstein, J (2005). AH-64 Apache Units Of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84176-848-0.