25th Aviation Regiment (United States)


The 25th Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the U.S. Army.

Structure

  • 1st Battalion
  • * Company A
  • * Company B
  • * Company C
  • * Company D "Thunderbirds"
  • 2nd Battalion "Diamondhead"
  • * Headquarters and Headquarters Company
  • * Company A "Blackjacks"
  • * Company B "Knighthawks"
  • * Company C "Wolfpack"
  • * Company D "Cannibals"
  • * Company E "Road Runner"
  • 3rd Battalion "Hammerheads"
  • * HHC "Marlins"
  • * Company A "Stingrays"
  • * Company B "Hillclimbers"
  • * Company C "Dustoff"
  • * Company D "Tiger sharks"
  • * Company E
  • * Company F "Cobras"

Lineage

Constituted 1 February 1957 in the Regular Army as the 25th Aviation Company, assigned to the 25th Infantry Division, and activated at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Reorganized and redesignated 12 August 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 25th Aviation Battalion.
Between 1966 and 1967 the 341st Airfield Operations Detachment was attached.
Inactivated 15 October 1985 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
Activated 16 January 1986 at Wheeler Air Force Base, Hawaii
Relieved 16 May 1988 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 25th Aviation, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System.
In 15 May 1991, five UH-60 helicopters from 4th Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment were deployed to Chittagong in Operation Sea Angel, the United States humanitarian response to the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone. 4-25 Aviation Regiment was a major unit in the mission, distributing 891.5 tons of humanitarian supplies and 107.5 tons of military equipment, and flying about half of the total tonnage flown by all helicopters in the mission.
It may at its maximum size have had up to four battalions.

Campaign participation credit

Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII

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