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168th Aviation Regiment (United States)

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Active
  
1987/88-present

Branch
  
United States Army

Motto(s)
  
Ready When Needed

Country
  
United States

Type
  
Aviation

Part of
  
Washington Army National Guard 66th Theater Aviation Command

The 168th Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the United States Army.

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History

The 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment (GSAB), can trace its history back to 1959 when it was originally organized as the 41st Aviation Company in the Washington Army National Guard located at Camp Murray, Tacoma, Washington. Over the next fifty years the battalion would be reorganized several different times to meet the changing needs of the U.S. Army. In 1988 the 1-168th AVN was designated as an attack battalion consisting of AH-1 Cobras and OH-58 Kiowa helicopters.

Structure

  • 1st General Support Aviation Battalion:
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Company
  • Detachment
  • Detachment 2 (OR ARNG)
  • Company A at Gowen Field Air National Guard Base (ID ARNG)
  • Company B
  • Detachment 1 (OR ARNG)
  • Detachment
  • Company C (UH-60)
  • Detachment 1 (NV ARNG)
  • Detachment 2 (CA ARNG & WA ARNG)
  • Company C, 112th Aviation Regiment
  • Company C, 140th Aviation Regiment
  • Company D
  • Detachment
  • Detachment 2 (OR ARNG)
  • Company E
  • Detachment
  • Detachment 2 (OR ARNG)
  • Detachment 1, Company B, 351st Aviation Support Battalion

    • References

    168th Aviation Regiment (United States) Wikipedia
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