The 159th Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the U.S. Army .

159th Aviation Regiment
coat of arms
Active	2 July 1968-
Country	USA
Branch	United States Army Aviation Branch
Type	Aviation
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia
Aircraft flown
Attack helicopter	AH-64 Apache
Cargo helicopter	CH-47F Chinook
Utility helicopter	UH-60L Black Hawk

History [ edit ]

Initially formed from assets of the 308th Aviation Battalion (Combat), the 159th Aviation Battalion (Assault Support Helicopter) was constituted on 1 July 1968 and served in the Regular Army in Vietnam as a part of the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile).

Its Company B was reorganized and redesignated on 16 November 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 159th Aviation; however, it was inactivated 10 years later on 15 September 1997 before being redesignated on 16 October 1997 as Company B, 159th Aviation, and activated at Hunter Army Airfield , Georgia. Later it moved to Felker Army Airfield at Fort Eustis , VA. HHC and B Company were deployed in Kuwait and Iraq between February 2003 and April 2004, before being inactivated a month later on 15 May 2004 at Ft. Eustis.

The 159th Aviation Regiment was redesignated to the same company on 1 October 2005 before it was redesignated again a year later 16 October 2006 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion. ^[1]

Numerous other elements of the regiment have been active as well:

3d Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment ^[2]

5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment ^[3]

Company I, 159th Aviation Regiment ^[4]

Company K, 159th Aviation Regiment ^[5]

Current structure [ edit ]

• 1st Battalion
  • Company A
    • Kuwait / Iraq/ Southwest Asia 1990 - 1991
  • Company B
    • Kuwait/ Iraq/ Southwest Asia 1990 - 1991
• 2nd Battalion
  • Company A
    • Afghanistan Sep 2009 - Apr 2010
    • Afghanistan Aug 2010 - Nov 2010
• 5th Battalion (General Support)
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) "Dragon Masters"
    • Iraq-2019 (OIR)
  • Company A "Ghost Riders"
    • Southwest Asia 1990 - 1991
    • Iraq 2019 (OIR)
  • Company B "Freight Train"
    • Kuwait/ Iraq Feb 2003- Apr 2004
    • Iraq 2009-2010
    • Afghanistan June 2016- May 2017
  • Company C ( WY ARNG ) ^[6] (HH-60) "Bourbon Dustoff"
    • Afghanistan Dec 2008 ? Dec 2009
    • Afghanistan Nov 2015 - June 2016
    • Iraq 2019
  • Company D "Dark Wolves"
    • Iraq 2019
  • Company E
  • Company G "Devil Rays Dustoff"
    • Detachment 1
      • Iraq May 2019

Campaign participation credit [ edit ]

Vietnam [ edit ]

• Counteroffensive, Phase V
• Counteroffensive, Phase VI
• Tet 69/Counteroffensive
• Summer-Fall 1969
• Winter-Spring 1970
• Sanctuary Counteroffensive
• Counteroffensive, Phase VII
• Consolidation I
• Consolidation II

Southwest Asia [ edit ]

• Defense of Saudi Arabia
• Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

War on Terrorism [ edit ]

Iraq [ edit ]

• Iraqi Surge
• Iraqi Sovereignty ^[1]
• OIR

References [ edit ]

 This article incorporates public domain material from 159th Aviation Regiment Lineage and Honors . United States Army Center of Military History .