12th Aviation Battalion

United States military unit, established 1966 January 2025 12th Aviation Battalion Badge of the 12th Aviation Battalion of the US Army.png 1966–present United States United States Army Aviation Battalion The Army Aviation Brigade (TAAB) LTC Erika A. HolowniaLTC Erika A. Holownia Joint Task Force-National Capital Region and the United States Army Military District of Washington https://jtfncr.mdw.army.mil/About/Our-Leadership/Leader-Display/Article/3790469/ltc-erika-a-holownia/ 2025-01-30 Davison Army Airfield, Fort Belvoir, VirginiaUnited States Congress House Committee on Government Reform 2006 Policing Capital Sites, Improving Coordination, Training, and Equipment https://www.google.com/books/edition/Policing_Capital_Sites/QNVPT58quLQC?hl U.S. Government Printing Office 29 9780160773341 31 January 2025 "Capitol Guardians" "Wings of Freedom" The 12th Aviation Battalion is a unit of the United States Army Aviation Branch. It is responsible for many rotary-wing flight operations for government officials in the National Capital Region (NCR), the area around Washington DC. The 12th Aviation Battalion is immediately subordinate to The Army Aviation Brigade (TAAB) November 2024 – January 2025 The Army Aviation Brigade https://jtfncr.mdw.army.mil/TAAB/ jtfncr.mdw.army.mil Washington DC US Army 30 January 2025 and operates the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk. Mission thumb|left|Seventeen VH-60A Black Hawks and seven UH-72 Lakota helicopters from the 12th Aviation Battalion (Army Air Operations Group, Military District of Washington, U.S. Army) lift off from Davison Army Airfield beginning a one-hour training flight over the skies of the National Capital Region, June 4, 2014. The battalion is a unit of The Army Aviation Brigade (TAAB) under the Military District of Washington (MDW). Its primary mission is to provide executive transport, aeromedical evacuation, and operational aviation support to senior government officials, including the President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense, and other senior military leaders. The battalion is also responsible for homeland security, contingency response, and emergency operations within the NCR.JTF-NCR/USAMDW > Commands > The U.S. Army Aviation Brigade https://jtfncr.mdw.army.mil/TAAB/#:~:text=appropriate%20military%20entity.-,MISSION%20STATEMENT,defense%20support%20of%20civilian%20authorities. https://archive.today/20250130072915/https://jtfncr.mdw.army.mil/TAAB/#:~:text=appropriate%20military%20entity.-,MISSION%20STATEMENT,defense%20support%20of%20civilian%20authorities. dead January 30, 2025 2025-01-30 jtfncr.mdw.army.mil Organization thumb|left|A UH-60M of 12th Aviation Battalion in front of the Pentagon during the 2023 Army Ten-Miler. In addition to its headquarters company, the 12th Aviation Battalion comprises three helicopter companies (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie), a maintenance company (Delta), and an airfield service/base operation/air traffic control company (Echo). 5 July 2011 12th Aviation Battalion https://www.globalsecurity.org/military//agency/army/12avn-bn.htm globalsecurity.org 31 January 2025 History thumb|VH-60M Black Hawk of 12th Aviation Battalion at Frederick Municipal Airport (Maryland), 2022. The 12th Aviation Battalion was activated in 1966 to move senior officials by helicopter. Initially, it operated a mix of fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft to transport senior military leaders and government officials. In September 2004, 12th Aviation Battalion stopped operating the Bell UH-1 Iroquois.Brennan Jennifer September 23, 2004 Another Long Goodbye: Army's 12th Aviation Battalion Bids Farewell To Last Huey Aero-News Network https://www.aero-news.net/Subscribe.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=BF26D08B-3439-49B2-A72C-0E780AD33217 2025-02-01 Aero-News Network (www.aero-news.net) (originally Army News Service) In June 2014, it stopped operating the UH-72 Lakota.https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1388129/army-aviators-fill-washingtons-skies Accidents and incidents 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision On January 29, 2025, American Eagle Flight 5342, operated by PSA Airlines, collided mid-air with a Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk from Company B, 12th Aviation Battalion, killing all 67 people on board both aircraft.Information regarding American Eagle Flight 5342 American Airlines 2025-01-30 2025-01-29 Single URL to ongoing text and video releases https://news.aa.com/news/news-details/2025/Information-regarding-American-Eagle-Flight-5342/default.aspx 2025-01-30 Flight 5342, was a Bombardier CRJ701ER, which was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Kansas to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, D.C.Regan Helen Romine Taylor Faheid Dalia Lynch Jamiel Vera Amir Park Hanna January 29, 2025 American Airlines plane crash near Washington, DC; Reagan National Airport takeoffs and landings halted https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/plane-crash-dca-potomac-washington-dc-01-29-25 live https://web.archive.org/web/20250130044648/https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/plane-crash-dca-potomac-washington-dc-01-29-25 January 30, 2025 January 30, 2025 CNNRebekah Riess Lex Harvey What we know about the passenger plane collision near Washington, DC CNN 2025-01-30 2025-01-29 https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/29/us/plane-crash-potomac-river-dc-hnk/index.html 2025-01-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20250131065431/https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/29/us/plane-crash-potomac-river-dc-hnk/index.html 2025-01-31 live References Category:Aviation battalions of the United States Army Category:Military units and formations established in 1966