The 171st Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the U.S. Army.
The regiment was constituted 8 June 1995 as the 171st Aviation, a parent regiment under the
United States Army Regimental System and allotted to the Army National Guard of
Georgia and
Florida. It was organized on 1 September 1996, to consist of the 1st Battalion with headquarters at
Winder, Georgia.
On 3 March 2001, a
Short C-23B+ Sherpa (
Shorts 360), ''93-1336'', of Det. 1, H Company, 171st Aviation Regiment,
Florida Army National Guard
The Florida Army National Guard is Florida's component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard. In the United States, the Army National Guard comprises approximately one half of the federal army's available combat forces ...
, based at
Lakeland Linder International Airport
Lakeland Linder International Airport is a public airport five miles southwest of Lakeland, in Polk County, Florida. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a na ...
, crashed during heavy rainstorms around 1100 hrs. in
Unadilla,
Georgia. All 21 people on board were killed. The aircraft was en route from
Hurlburt Field,
Florida to
NAS Oceana,
Virginia with a Virginia Beach-based USAF
RED HORSE
Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE) squadrons are the United States Air Force's heavy-construction units. Their combat engineering capabilities are similar to those of the U.S. Navy Seabees and U.S ...
engineer detachment on board who had been training at Hurlburt.
Structure
* 1st Battalion (General Support) at
General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center,
Dobbins Air Reserve Base, GA (
GA ARNG)
** Headquarters and Headquarters Company
*** Detachment 1 at
Wheeler Army Airfield, HI (
HI ARNG)
*** Detachment 2 at Rochester, NY from the
642d Aviation Support Battalion (
NY ARNG)
*** Detachment 5 at E. J. Garn Aviation Complex - Utah Army National Guard,
South Valley Regional Airport, West Jordan, UT (
UT ARNG)
** Company A (UH-60L) at General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center (GA ARNG)
** Company B (UH-60) at
Wheeler Army Airfield, HI (
HI ARNG)
*** Iraq 2004-2005
** Company C at New Mexico Army National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility #1 (UH-60),
Santa Fe Municipal Airport (
NM ARNG)
*** Detachment 1 at Minnesota Army National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility #2,
St. Cloud Regional Airport
St. Cloud Regional Airport is a public-use airport in Sherburne County, Minnesota, United States, and owned by the St. Cloud Regional Airport Authority. It is located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) east of the central business ...
, MN (
MN ARNG)
*** Detachment 2 at E. J. Garn Aviation Complex - Utah Army National Guard,
South Valley Regional Airport, West Jordan, UT (
UT ARNG)
*** Detachment ? New York Army National Guard "Genny Dustoff"
** Company D
*** Detachment 1 at General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center (GA ARNG)
*** Detachment 2 at Rochester, NY from the 642d Aviation Support Battalion (NY ARNG)
** Company E
*** Detachment 1 at Rochester, NY from the 642d Aviation Support Battalion (NY ARNG)
*** Detachment 2 at General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center (GA ARNG)
** Company F (UH-60)
*** Detachment 2 (
SC ARNG)
** Company H (UH-60)
Robins Air Force Base, GA (
GA ARNG)
*** Detachment 1 at Florida Army National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility #2,
Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport (
FL ARNG)
*** Detachment 2 at Army Aviation Support Facility,
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (
TX ARNG
The Texas Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army, the United States National Guard and the Texas Military Forces (along with the Texas Air National Guard and the Texas State Guard).
Texas Army National Guard units are tra ...
)
*** Detachment 3 at Boone National Guard Center, Frankfort, KY (
KY ARNG)
References
Citations
Bibliography
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171
Year 171 (Roman numerals, CLXXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Herennianus (or, less frequently, year 92 ...
Military units and formations established in 1996