171st Aviation Regiment (United States)

The 171st Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the U.S. Army.

171st Aviation Regiment
Coat of Arms
Active1995 - present
CountryUnited States of America
BranchUnited States Army Aviation Branch
TypeAviation
Aircraft flown
Utility helicopterUH-60L Black Hawk

The regiment was constituted 8 June 1995 as the 171st Aviation, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System and allotted to the Army National Guard of Georgia and Florida.[1] It was organized on 1 September 1996, to consist of the 1st Battalion with headquarters at Winder, Georgia.

On 3 March 2001, a Short C-23B+ Sherpa (Shorts 360), 93-1336, of Det. 1, H Company, 171st Aviation Regiment, Florida Army National Guard, based at Lakeland Linder International Airport, crashed during heavy rainstorms around 1100 hrs. in Unadilla, Georgia. All 21 people on board were killed. The aircraft was en route from Hurlburt Field, Florida to NAS Oceana, Virginia with a Virginia Beach-based USAF RED HORSE engineer detachment on board who had been training at Hurlburt.[2]

Structure
CH-47F Chinook helicopter, with the 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, Hawaii Army National Guard

References

Citations
  1. "Welcome to 171st AVIATION REGIMENT". www.military.com. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
  2. Allport, Dave (May 2001). "Air Forces Monthly (May 2001)". Air Forces Monthly. Stamford, Lincs. (158): 77.
  3. "2017 Georgia Department of Defense Annual Report". Georgia National Guard. March 9, 2019.
  4. "New York Military Facility Locator". New York State - Division of Military and Naval Affairs. December 23, 2016.
  5. AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. October 2018. p. 16.
  6. https://currentops.com/unit/us/army/171-avn/1-bn
  7. Bernstein 2005, p. 85.
  8. "New Mexico National Guard Responds to the Dog Head Fire". DVIDS. December 22, 2016.
  9. "Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment". Minnesota National Guard. December 20, 2016.
  10. "South Carolina National Guard members rescue injured hiker". South Carolina National Guard. December 25, 2016.
  11. "SC National Guard recovers helicopter". South Carolina National Guard. December 25, 2016. Archived from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  12. https://currentops.com/unit/us/army/171-avn/co-h
  13. https://currentops.com/installations/us/fl/brooksville-armory

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