229th Aviation Regiment ( United States ) The 229th Aviation Regiment is an aviation unit of the United States Army . The unit was constituted on 18 March 1964 in the Regular Army as the 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion , an element of the 11th Aviation Group , 11th Air Assault Division ( Test ) and activated on 19 March 1964 at Fort Benning , Georgia . It was redesignated on 1 July 1965 as the 229th Aviation Battalion , an element of the 1st Cavalry Division ( Airmobile ) , when the assets of the 11th Air Assault Division ( Test ) and the 2d Infantry Division were merged and reflagged as the 1st Cavalry Division ( Airmobile ) . The 229th Aviation Battalion ( Assault Helicopter ) took part in the Vietnam War and remained behind when the 11th Aviation Group departed with the bulk of the division , providing support to the 3d Brigade , 1st Cavalry Division ( Airmobile ) at Bien Hoa in June 1971 . The following units were part of the 229th in Vietnam : Troop F , 9th Cavalry was formed in Vietnam as Troop H , 16th Cavalry , a designation never approved by the Department of the Army . Properly Troop F , 9th Cavalry , its true designation was not used in Vietnam until the May 1972 time frame . Many records of the period June 1971 - May 1972 show this particular unit under its unauthorized designation . " Source : Vietnam Order of Battle : A Complete Illustrated Reference to U . S . Army Combat and Support Forces in Vietnam 1961 - 1973 by Shelby L . Stanton " The 229th departed Vietnam on 12 August 1972 and was inactivated ten days later at Fort Hood , Texas , where it was relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division . It was reactivated on 21 September 1978 at Fort Campbell , Kentucky , as an element of the 101st Airborne Division ( Air Assault ) . During much of the 1980s its Company D was based at Fort Rucker , Alabama . Concurrent with the redesignation of aviation units to a regimental system , the 229th was inactivated on 16 October 1987 at Fort Campbell , Kentucky , and relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division ( Air Assault ) . Subsequently the lineages of the lettered companies of the battalion were reorganized and redesignated as the HHCs of numbered battalions ( i . e . , Co A became HHC , 1st Bn , 229th Avn ; Co B became HHC , 2d Bn , 229th Avn , etc . ) . Beyond Company D , new battalions of the 229th Aviation Regiment ( such as the 8th Battalion ) were activated with no prior history from the era of the 229th Aviation Battalion . During the 1990 - 91 Gulf War , the 2d Battalion , 229th Aviation served with the 101st Airborne Division ( Air Assault ) , the 4th Battalion , 229th Aviation with the 11th Aviation Brigade , the 5th Battalion , 229th Aviation with the ARCENT Aviation Brigade , reflagged as the Aviation Brigade , 2d Armored Division , and Company A , 5th Battalion , 229th Aviation with the 3d Armored Division . " Source : Order of Battle : Allied Ground Forces of Operation Desert Storm , 9 - 9 by Thomas D . Dinackus " 1st Battalion , 229th Aviation Regiment . Company A , 229th Aviation Battalion was redesignated on 16 September 1989 as Company A , 229th Aviation , then redesignated again on 6 January 1992 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company , 1st Battalion , 229th Aviation , and activated at Fort Hood , Texas ( organic elements concurrently constituted and activated ) . The 1st Battalion , 229th Aviation Regiment , nicknamed the " Tigersharks , " was an attack helicopter battalion operating AH - 64 Apache attack and OH - 58 Kiowa scout helicopters . It was stationed at Fort Bragg , North Carolina after moving from Fort Hood , Texas following graduation from the Apache Training Brigade ( later called the Combat Aviation Training Brigade ) . The battalion was assigned to the 18th Aviation Brigade and was inactivated on 15 May 2004 , concurrent with the inactivation of the brigade . The 1st Battalion , 229th Aviation Regiment was reactivated on 23 July 2010 at Fort Hood , Texas , by reflagging the assets of the 4th Squadron , 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment . The battalion is now assigned to the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade , Fort Lewis , Washington . 2d Battalion , 229th Aviation Regiment . The lineage of Company B , 229th Aviation Battalion was reorganized and redesignated as HHC , 2d Battalion , 229th Aviation Regiment . Nicknamed the " Flying Tigers , " the battalion is the only United States Army attack helicopter unit in history to have captured enemy troops . During Desert Storm the battalion captured 476 enemy combatants . " The number of prisoners ( 476 ) is probably a record for EPWs captured by a helicopter unit . " The unit flew AH - 64 Apache attack helicopters and was based at Fort Rucker , Alabama . This battalion was assigned to the 18th Aviation Brigade from 1987 to 1995 , when it was inactivated . 8th Battalion , 229th Aviation Regiment . The unit was constituted on 16 September 1989 in the Army Reserve as the 8th Battalion , 229th Aviation and activated on 17 September 1989 at Fort Knox , Kentucky . It was ordered into active military service on 6 June 2004 at Fort Knox , Kentucky , released on 28 December 2005 and reverted to reserve status . It was redesignated on 1 October 2005 as the 8th Battalion , 229th Aviation Regiment , and on 7 October 2010 it was ordered into active military service again at Fort Knox , Kentucky . It has since reverted to reserve status .