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142nd Aviation Regiment (United States)
The 142nd Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the United States Army. It is part of the 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 42nd Infantry Division. Structure * 1st Battalion * 3d Battalion (Assault) ** Iraq 2008-2009 **Headquarters & Headquarters Company (NY ARNG), Ronkonkoma, New York *** Detachment 1 (NY ARNG), Ronkonkoma, New York *** Detachment 2 (ME ARNG), Aviation Support Facility, Bangor Armory, Bangor, Maine ** Company A (NY ARNG), Latham, New York) ** Company B (NY ARNG), Ronkonkoma, New York ** Company C (CT ARNG), Army Aviation Support Facility, Windsor Locks, Connecticut *** Detachment 1 (ME ARNG), Aviation Support Facility, Bangor Armory, Bangor, Maine ** Company D (NY ARNG), Latham, New York *** Detachment 1 (NY ARNG), Latham, New York *** Detachment 2 (ME ARNG), Aviation Support Facility, Bangor Armory, Bangor, Maine ** Company E (NY ARNG), Farmingdale, New York *** Detachment 2 (ME ARNG), Aviation Support Facility, Bangor Armory, Bangor, Maine *** Detachment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Army Aviation Branch
The United States Army Aviation Branch is the administrative organization within the United States Army responsible for doctrine, manning and configuration for all army aviation units. After the United States Army Air Corps grew into the United States Army Air Forces, Army Air Forces and split into the new service, the United States Air Force, the Army was left with its sole Fixed-wing aircraft, fixed-wing aviation units flying Taylorcraft L-2 Grasshopper observation planes for artillery units. The Army would develop a new concept of aviation using the helicopter that would show promise during the Korean War and would revolutionize warfare during the Vietnam War. History Origins of Army Aviation Army Aviation traces its origins back to the American Civil War. Both Union and Confederate forces used hydrogen-filled balloons to direct artillery fire, marking the beginning of U.S. military aeronautics and of aerial support of Army ground forces. The Army also used balloons during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk
The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift Utility helicopter, utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky submitted the S-70 design for the United States Army's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS) competition in 1972. The Army designated the prototype as the ''YUH-60A'' and selected the Black Hawk as the winner of the program in 1976, after a fly-off competition with the Boeing Vertol YUH-61. Named after the Native American war leader Black Hawk (Sauk leader), Black Hawk, the UH-60A entered service with the U.S. Army in 1979, to replace the Bell UH-1 Iroquois as the Army's tactical transport helicopter. This was followed by the fielding of electronic warfare and special operations variants of the Black Hawk. Improved UH-60L and UH-60M utility variants have also been developed. Modified versions have also been developed for the United States Navy, U.S. Navy, United States Air Force, Air Force, and United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of the United States Constitution (1789). See alsTitle 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001 The oldest and most senior branch of the U.S. military in order of precedence, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which was formed 14 June 1775 to fight the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)—before the United States was established as a country. After the Revolutionary War, the Congress of the Confederation created the United States Army on 3 June 1784 to replace the disbanded Continental Army.Library of CongressJournals of the Continental Congress, Volume 27/ref> The United States Army considers itself to be a continuation of the Continental Army, and thus considers its institutional inception to be th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
42nd Combat Aviation Brigade
The Combat Aviation Brigade, 42nd Infantry Division is a subordinate command of the 42nd Infantry Division. Once contained solely within New York, force reductions and reorganizations have resulted in units from several different states making up the brigade. Structure *Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), Latham, NY * 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment, Ronkonkoma, NY **Company A, Latham, NY **Company B, Ronkonkoma, NY **Company D, Latham, NY **Company E, Farmingdale, NY ***Detachment 2, Company A, 1st Security & Support Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment (S&S) ***Detachment 3, Company E, 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment *642nd Aviation Support Battalion (642nd ASB), Rochester, NY **HHC, Rochester, NY ***Detachment 2, HHC 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment (3-126th Aviation Battalion) (TOC) at Rochester ***Detachment 1, Company B, 3-126th Aviation Battalion (heavy lift) at Rochester ***Detachment 2, Company D, 3-126th Aviation Battalion (maintenance) at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
42nd Infantry Division (United States)
The 42nd Infantry Division (42ID) ("Rainbow") is a division of the United States Army National Guard. The 42nd Infantry Division has served in World War I, World War II and the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). The division is currently headquartered at the Glenmore Road Armory in Troy, New York. The division headquarters is a unit of the New York Army National Guard. The division currently includes Army National Guard units from fourteen different states, including Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. , 67 percent of 42ID soldiers are located in New York and New Jersey. Rainbow Division When the United States declared war on Germany in 1917, it federalized the National Guard and formed their units into divisions to quickly build up an Army. In addition, Douglas MacArthur, then a major, suggested to William A. Mann, the head of the Militia Bureau, that he form another division from the units of several stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
