# List of United States Army aircraft battalions

This is a list of United States Army aircraft battalions. The aviation battalions in the US Army are generally attached to divisions, corps and armies and mostly consist of helicopters, both attack and reconnaissance. The helicopter battalions are often grouped into aviation brigades. There are also a few fixed-wing aircraft battalions, consisting of training aircraft, Beechcraft RC-12 Guardrail operational aircraft, and Beechcraft C-12 Huron / Cessna UC-35 transports for VIP personnel.

## Cavalry Regiments

| Cavalry units | Squadron | CAB | Division | Location | Notes |
| 6th Cavalry | 1st Heavy Attack Reconnaissance Squadron | 1st Combat Aviation Brigade | 1st Infantry Division | Marshall Army Airfield, Fort Riley, Kansas | "The Fighting Sixth" |
| | 2nd Squadron | 25th Combat Aviation Brigade | 25th Infantry Division | Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii | "Lightning Horse" |
| | 3d Squadron (Heavy Attack Reconnaissance) | 1st Armored Combat Aviation Brigade | 1st Armored Division | Biggs Army Airfield, Fort Bliss, Texas | |
| | 4th Heavy Attack Reconnaissance Squadron | 16th Combat Aviation Brigade | N/A | Gray Army Airfield, Joint Base Lewis–McChord, Washington | "Seek and Destroy" |
| | 6th Squadron | 10th Combat Aviation Brigade | 10th Mountain Division | Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield, Fort Drum, New York | "Six Shooters" |
| 17th Cavalry | 1st Heavy Attack Reconnaissance Squadron | 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade | 82nd Airborne Division | Simmons Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, North Carolina | |
| | 2nd Squadron | 101st Combat Aviation Brigade | 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) | Campbell Army Airfield, Fort Campbell, Kentucky | "Out Front" |
| | 3rd Squadron | 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade | 3rd Infantry Division | Hunter Army Airfield, Fort Stewart, Georgia | |
| | 5th Squadron | 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade | 2nd Infantry Division | Desiderio Army Airfield, Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea | "Talon" |
| | 6th Squadron | 4th Combat Aviation Brigade | 4th Infantry Division | Butts Army Air Field, Fort Carson, Colorado | |
| | 7th Squadron | 1st Air Cavalry Brigade | 1st Cavalry Division | Yoakum–DeFrenn Army Heliport, Fort Cavazos, Texas | "PaleHorse" |

## Aviation Regiments

* CAB = Combat Aviation Brigade

### 001-100

| Regiment | Units | Base | Notes |
| 1st Aviation | 1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)2nd Battalion (General Support)3rd Battalion (Assault Helicopter) | Fort Riley, Kansas | |
| 2nd Aviation | 2nd Battalion (Assault Helicopter)3rd Battalion (General Support)4th Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance) | K-16 Air Base, South KoreaCamp Humphreys, South KoreaCamp Humphreys, South Korea | CAB, 2nd Infantry Division |
| 3rd Aviation | 1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)2nd Battalion (General Support)4th Battalion (Assault Helicopter) | Hunter Army Airfield Savannah, Georgia | CAB, 3rd Infantry Division |
| 4th Aviation | 2nd Battalion (General Support)3rd Battalion (Assault Helicopter)4th Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance) | Fort Carson, Colorado | CAB, 4th Infantry Division |
| 5th Aviation | 1st Battalion | Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Johnson, Louisiana | UH-72A, UH-60 |
| 10th Aviation | 1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)2nd Battalion (Assault Helicopter)3rd Battalion (General Support) | Fort Drum, New York | CAB, 10th Mountain Division |
| 11th Aviation (Training) | 1st Battalion, Air Traffic Services Command | Fort Novosel, Alabama | |
| 13th Aviation (Training) | 1st Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade | Fort Novosel, Alabama | |
| 14th Aviation (Training) | 1st Battalion, 110th Aviation Brigade | Fort Novosel, Alabama | |
| 25th Aviation | 1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)2nd Battalion (Assault Helicopter)3rd Battalion (General Support) | Wheeler Field, Hawaii | CAB, 25th Infantry Division |
| 52nd Aviation | 1st Battalion (General Support)6th Battalion | | |
| 82nd Aviation | 1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)2nd Battalion (Assault Helicopter)3rd Battalion (General Support) | Fort Bragg, North Carolina | CAB, 82nd Airborne Division |

### 100-200

| Regiment | Units | Base | Notes |
| 101st Aviation | 1st Battalion5th Battalion6th Battalion | Fort Campbell, Ky. | |
| 104th Aviation | 1st Battalion2nd Battalion (General Support) | | PA ARNG (Attack)PA, WV ARNG (GSAB) |
| 106th Aviation | 1st Battalion | Peoria, IL | IL ARNG, MO ARNG |
| 107th Aviation | 1st Battalion (Airfield Operations) | |
| 108th Aviation | 1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter) | | |
| 111th Aviation | 1st Battalion (General Support)2nd Battalion (Airfield Operations) | | FL ARNG |
| 114th Aviation | 1st Battalion | | |
| 123rd Aviation | 1st Battalion, West Coast, c.19874th Battalion | | 1st Battalion was seemingly attached to 7th Infantry Division at the time of the United States invasion of Panama |
| 124th Aviation | 1st Battalion | Lucius D. Clay Kaserne | C-12U UC-35A1 |
| 126th Aviation | 1st Battalion (General Support)3rd Battalion (General Support) | | |
| 130th Aviation | 1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)2nd Battalion (Airfield Operations) | | |
| 131st Aviation | 1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter) | | |
| 135th Aviation | 1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter)2nd Battalion (General Support) | Buckley Space Force Base | CO ARNG |
| 137th Aviation | 1st Battalion (General Support) | | |
| 140th Aviation | 1st Battalion3rd Battalion (Security & Support) | | |
| 142nd Aviation | 1st Battalion3rd Battalion (Assault Helicopter) | | |
| 145th Aviation | 1st Battalion | | |
| 147th Aviation | 1st Battalion2nd Battalion (Assault Helicopter) | | |
| 149th Aviation | 1st Battalion2nd Battalion (General Support) | | |
| 150th Aviation | 1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter) | | |
| 151st Aviation | 1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)2nd Battalion (Security & Support) | | |
| 155th Aviation | 5th Battalion | | |
| 158th Aviation | 1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter)3rd Battalion7th Battalion (General Support) | | |
| 159th Aviation | 1st Battalion2nd Battalion5th Battalion (General Support) | | |
| 160th Special Operations Aviation | 1st Battalion2nd Battalion3rd Battalion4th Battalion | | |
| 168th Aviation | 1st Battalion (General Support) | | Washington ARNG |
| 169th Aviation | 1st Battalion (General Support) | | |
| 171st Aviation | 1st Battalion (General Support) | | |
| 183rd Aviation | 1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance) | | |
| 185th Aviation | 1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter) | | |
| 189th Aviation | 1st Battalion (General Support) | | |

### 200-300

| Regiment | Units | Notes |
| 210th Aviation | | |
| 212th Aviation | | |
| 211th Aviation | 1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)2nd Battalion (General Support) | |
| 214th Aviation | 1st Battalion (General Support)3d Battalion | Company B = King Air |
| 222nd Aviation | 1st Battalion | |
| 223rd Aviation | | |
| 224th Aviation | 1st Battalion (Security & Support)2nd Battalion (Assault Helicopter) | |
| 227th Aviation | 1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)2nd Battalion (General Support)3rd Battalion | |
| 228th Aviation | 1st Battalion2nd Battalion | |
| 229th Aviation | 1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)8th Battalion | |
| 238th Aviation | 2nd Battalion (General Support)3rd Battalion (General Support) | |
| 245th Aviation | 1st Battalion (Airfield Operations)2nd Battalion | |
| 285th Aviation | 1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)2nd Battalion (Assault Helicopter) | |

### 300-

| Regiment | Units | CAB | Division | Base |
| 376th Aviation | 1st Battalion (Security & Support) | | | |
| 501st Aviation | 1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)2d Battalion (General Support)3d Battalion (Assault Helicopter) | 1st Armored Combat Aviation Brigade | 1st Armored Division | Biggs Army Airfield, Fort Bliss, Texas |
| 641st Aviation | 2nd Battalion | | | |
4th Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, was previously active, including in 2016.4th Battalion

## Aviation Battalions

| Battalion | Units | Base | Years active | Notes |
| 1st Aviation Battalion | A Company: Champagne Flight (UH-1D) | Fort Riley Vietnam | 1965-70 | (Divisional) |
| 4th Aviation Battalion | | Fort Lewis Vietnam | 1966-70 | (Divisional) |
| 9th Aviation Battalion | A Company (UH-1D/H) (1968) B Company (UH-1D/H, AH-1G & OH-6A) (1968) | Fort Riley Vietnam | 1967-69 | (Divisional) |
| 10th Aviation Battalion | 48th Aviation Company (1968) 92nd Aviation Company (1968) 192nd Aviation Company (1968) 155th Aviation Company (1968) 243rd Aviation Company (1968) 281st Aviation Company (1968) | Fort Benning Vietnam | 1965-72 | (Combat) (1968) |
| 11th Aviation Battalion | 128th Aviation Company (1968) 162nd Aviation Company (1968) 173rd Aviation Company (1968) 213th Aviation Company (1968) 163rd Aviation Company (1971) | Fort Benning Phu Loi | | (Combat) (1968) |
| 12th Aviation Battalion | | Military District of Washington | 1966 onwards | |
| 13th Aviation Battalion | 114th Aviation Company (1964)(1968) 121st Aviation Company (1964)(1968) Company A, 502nd Aviation Battalion (1964) 175th Aviation Company (1968) 336th Aviation Company (1968) 271st Aviation Company (1968) | Can Tho Soc Trang Binh Thuy Air Base | 1964-72 | (Combat) (1968) |
| 14th Aviation Battalion | 71st Aviation Company (1968) 174th Aviation Company (1968) 176th Aviation Company (1968) 178th Aviation Company (1968) 132nd Aviation Company (1968) | Fort Benning Nha Trang Qui Nhon Chu Lai | 1964-71 | (Combat) (1968) |
| 25th Aviation Battalion | A Company (UH-1D) | Schofield Barracks | 1966-70 | (Divisional) |
| 52nd Aviation Battalion | 117th Aviation Company (1964) 119th Aviation Company (1964) 57th Aviation Company (1968) 119th Aviation Company (1968) 170th Aviation Company (1968) 179th Aviation Company (1968) 189th Aviation Company (1968) 355th Aviation Company (1968) 361st Aviation Company (1968) | Pleiku Air Base | 1969-72 | (Combat) (1968) |
| 58th Aviation Battalion | | Long Binh Tan Son Nhut | 1968-69 | (Airfield Operations Command) |
| 101st Aviation Battalion | A Company (UH-1D) | Fort Campbell | 1967-72 | (Divisional) |
| 123rd Aviation Battalion | | Chu Lai | 1967-71 | (Divisional) |
| 145th Aviation Battalion | 68th Aviation Company (1964)(1968) 118th Aviation Company (1964)(1968) 120th Aviation Company (1964) Company A, 501st Aviation Battalion (1964) 190th Aviation Company (1968) 334th Aviation Company (1968) 135th Aviation Company (1968) | Tan Son Nhut Air Base Bien Hoa Long Binh | 1963-72 | (Combat) (1968) |
| 158th Aviation Battalion | | Fort Carson Vietnam | 1969-71 | (Assault Helicopter) |
| 159th Aviation Battalion | | Vietnam | 1968-72 | (Assault Helicopter) |
| 210th Aviation Battalion | 25th Aviation Company (1968) 54th Aviation Company (1968) 73rd Aviation Company (1968) 74th Aviation Company (1968) 120th Aviation Company (1968) 184th Aviation Company (1968) | Fort Bragg Tan Son Nhut Long Thanh | 1967-71 | (Combat) (1968) |
| 212th Aviation Battalion | 21st Aviation Company (1968) 131st Aviation Company (1968) 220th Aviation Company (1968) 245th Aviation Company (1968) 282nd Aviation Company (1968) | Fort Campbell Da Nang | 1967-71 | (Combat) (1968) |
| 214th Aviation Battalion | 191st Aviation Company (1968) 240th Aviation Company (1968) 117th Aviation Company (1968) 195th Aviation Company (1968) | | | (Combat) (1968) |
| 222nd Aviation Battalion | 147th Aviation Company (1968) 273rd Aviation Company (1968) 205th Aviation Company (1968) | | | (Combat Support) (1968) |
| 223rd Aviation Battalion | 18th Aviation Company (1968) 183rd Aviation Company (1968) 185th Aviation Company (1968) 203rd Aviation Company (1968) 219th Aviation Company (1968) 225th Aviation Company (1968) | Qui Nhon Dong Ha | 1966-72 | (Combat Support) (1968) |
| 227th Aviation Battalion | A Company (UH-1D/H) (1964) B Company (UH-1D/H) (1964) C Company (UH-1D/H) (1964) D Company (UH-1B/AH-1G) (1964) | Fort Benning Phuoc Vinh | 1965-71 | (Assault Helicopter) (1964). |
| 228th Aviation Battalion | A Company (CH-47A & OH-13/OH-6A) (1965) B Company (CH-47A & OH-13/OH-6A) (1965) C Company (CH-47A & OH-13/OH-6A) (1965) | Fort Benning Camp Radcliff Da Nang | 1965-71 | (Assault Support Helicopter) (1965). |
| 229th Aviation Battalion | A Company (UH-1D/H) (1964) B Company (UH-1D/H) (1964) C Company (UH-1D/H) (1964) D Company (UH-1B/AH-1G) (1964) | Fort Benning | 1965-72 | (Assault Helicopter) (1964). |
| 268th Aviation Battalion | 61st Aviation Company (1968) 129th Aviation Company (1968) 134th Aviation Company (1968) 180th Aviation Company (1968) 335th Aviation Company (1968) 196th Aviation Company (1968) | Fort Hood Phu Hiep Tuy Hoa | 1967-72 | (Combat) (1968) |
| 269th Aviation Battalion | 116th Aviation Company (1968) 187th Aviation Company (1968) 242nd Aviation Company (1968) | Fort Bragg Cu Chi | 1967-71 | (Combat) (1968) |
| 307th Aviation Battalion | 199th Aviation Company (1968) 221st Aviation Company (1968) 235th Aviation Company (1968) 244th Aviation Company (1968) | Can Tho | 1967-71 | (Combat) (1968) |
| 308th Aviation Battalion | | Bien Hoa Phu Bai | 1967-68 | (Combat) |
| 501st Aviation Battalion | A Company (UH-1B) | Bien Hoa | 1965- | |
| 502nd Aviation Battalion | | | | |
| 2916th Aviation Battalion | Alpha Aviation Company Bravo Aviation Company Charlie Medical Aviation Company Bravo-229 Aviation Company | Fort Irwin | | |
| I Corps Aviation Battalion | | Vietnam | 1966 | |
| Capital Aviation Battalion | | Saigon | 1966-67 | (Provisional) |
| Delta Aviation Battalion | | Vietnam | 1963-64 | (Provisional) |