159th Aviation Regiment (United States)

January 2024 January 2024 159th Aviation Regiment 159AvnRgtCOA.png 100 coat of arms 2 July 1968- USA United States Army Aviation Branch Aviation 100px Distinctive Unit Insignia AH-64 Apache CH-47F Chinook UH-60L Black Hawk The 159th Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the U.S. Army. History Initially formed from assets of the 308th Aviation Battalion (Combat), the 159th Aviation Battalion (Assault Support Helicopter) was constituted on 1 July 1968 and served in the Regular Army in Vietnam as a part of the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile). Its Company B was reorganized and redesignated on 16 November 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 159th Aviation; however, it was inactivated 10 years later on 15 September 1997 before being redesignated on 16 October 1997 as Company B, 159th Aviation, and activated at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia. Later it moved to Felker Army Airfield at Fort Eustis, VA. HHC and B Company were deployed in Kuwait and Iraq between February 2003 and April 2004, before being inactivated a month later on 15 May 2004 at Ft. Eustis. The 159th Aviation Regiment was redesignated to the same company on 1 October 2005 before it was redesignated again a year later 16 October 2006 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion.2d Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment Lineage and Honors U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH) http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/159av002bn.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100112235917/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/159av002bn.htm dead 12 January 2010 Numerous other elements of the regiment have been active as well: 3d Battalion, 159th Aviation Regimenthttps://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/159av003bn.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20120921154410/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/159av003bn.htm dead 21 September 2012 U.S. Army Center of Military History - Lineage and Honors Information 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regimenthttps://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/159av005bn.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080621043440/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/159av005bn.htm dead 21 June 2008 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Company I, 159th Aviation Regimenthttps://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/159avco-i.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080620003109/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/159avco-i.htm dead 20 June 2008 Company I, 159th Aviation Company K, 159th Aviation Regimenthttps://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/159avco-k.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080621083237/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/159avco-k.htm dead 21 June 2008 Company K, 159th Aviation Current structure thumb|right|upright=1.35|AH-64 Apache helicopter assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment 1st Battalion Company A Kuwait/ Iraq/ Southwest Asia 1990 - 1991 Company B Kuwait/ Iraq/ Southwest Asia 1990 - 1991 2nd Battalion Company A Afghanistan Sep 2009 - Apr 2010 Afghanistan Aug 2010 - Nov 2010 5th Battalion (General Support) Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) "Dragon Masters" Iraq-2019 (OIR) Company A "Ghost Riders" Southwest Asia 1990 - 1991 Iraq 2019 (OIR) Company B "Freight Train" Kuwait/ Iraq Feb 2003- Apr 2004 Iraq 2009–2010 Afghanistan June 2016- May 2017 Company C (Fort Knox, KY) (HH-60) "Bourbon Dustoff" Afghanistan Dec 2008 – Dec 2009 Afghanistan Nov 2015 - June 2016 Iraq 2019 Company D "Dark Wolves" Iraq 2019 Company E Company G "Devil Rays Dustoff" Detachment 1 Iraq May 2019 Campaign participation credit Vietnam Counteroffensive, Phase V Counteroffensive, Phase VI Tet 69/Counteroffensive Summer-Fall 1969 Winter-Spring 1970 Sanctuary Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase VII Consolidation I Consolidation II Southwest Asia Defense of Saudi Arabia Liberation and Defense of Kuwait War on terrorism Iraq Iraqi Surge Iraqi Sovereignty OIR References http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/159av002bn.htm 159th Aviation Regiment Lineage and Honors 159