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

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and allotted to the Army National Guard of

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and

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. It was organized on 1 September 1996, to consist of the 1st Battalion with headquarters at

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. On 3 March 2001, a Short C-23B+ Sherpa (

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), ''93-1336'', of Det. 1, H Company, 171st Aviation Regiment,

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, based at

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, crashed during heavy rainstorms around 1100 hrs. in Unadilla,

. All 21 people on board were killed. The aircraft was en route from

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with a Virginia Beach-based USAF

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engineer detachment on board who had been training at Hurlburt.

Structure

* 1st Battalion (General Support) at

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, GA ( GA ARNG) ** Headquarters and Headquarters Company *** Detachment 1 at

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, 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,

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, West Jordan, UT ( UT ARNG) ** Company A (UH-60L) at General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center (GA ARNG) ** Company B (UH-60) at

, HI ( HI ARNG) *** Iraq 2004-2005 ** Company C at New Mexico Army National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility #1 (UH-60),

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(

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) *** Detachment 1 at Minnesota Army National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility #2, St. Cloud Regional Airport, MN ( MN ARNG) *** Detachment 2 at E. J. Garn Aviation Complex - Utah Army National Guard,

, 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)

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, 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) *** Detachment 3 at Boone National Guard Center, Frankfort, KY ( KY ARNG)

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Military units and formations established in 1996