110th Aviation Brigade (United States)

110th Aviation Brigade
110th Aviation Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia: On an ultramarine blue shield 3 inches (7.62 cm) in height by 2 1/2 inches (6.35 cm) in width overall with a 1/8 inch (.32 cm) golden orange border, a golden orange spearhead surmounting a white vol in chief and issuing from a four-blade white propeller shaded gray, in base.
Active	2005 - Present[1]
Country	United States
Allegiance	United States Army
Type	Aviation brigade
Role	Aviation
Size	Brigade
Nickname(s)	"Warriors"
Motto(s)	"WILL DO"
Colors	Blue and Orange
March	1776 Overture
Commanders
Current commander	COL Jayson A. Altieri Aug 13 - Present
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 110th Aviation Brigade is an aviation brigade of the United States Army conducting all flight training under the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence at Fort Rucker, Alabama. It consists of a Headquarters, an academics section, a night vision device section, four subordinate battalions, and an Army Reserve Augmentation Brigade Headquarters:

• 1st Battalion, 11th Aviation Regiment
• 1st Battalion, 14th Aviation Regiment, Hanchey Army Heliport
• 1st Battalion, 212th Aviation Regiment, Lowe Army Heliport and Shell Army Heliport
• 1st Battalion, 223rd Aviation Regiment, Cairns Army Airfield and Knox Army Heliport

History

The 10th Aviation Group was activated on 30 June 1965 and evolved from the 10th Air Transport Brigade (Test). It supported the 11th Airborne Division (Air Assault). When the 11th was disbanded, the 10th remained at Fort Benning, Ga., to provide all aspects of training for Aviation companies preparing to deploy to Vietnam. The 10th Aviation Group was inactivated and redesignated back to the 10th Aviation Group in 2004. On 1 March 2005, the 10th Aviation Group was redesignated as the 110th Aviation Brigade. The Aviation Training Brigade at Fort Rucker assumed this unit designation and lineage on the same day. The mission of the 110th is to provide the Army and allied forces with professionally trained Aviators and non-rated crew members through planning, coordinating, and executing formal flight instruction at the undergraduate and graduate level.^[2]

The 110th Aviation Brigade of four battalions. Each battalion has a unique mission. The 1-11th Aviation Regiment, reassigned to 110th Aviation Brigade in October 2010, provides air traffic services for all aviation training for U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence—including the operation of the Army’s largest Radar Approach Control. The 1-14th Aviation Regiment at Hanchey Army Heliport trains Aviators in the AH-64D/E Apache and the Eurocopter UH-72 Lakota aircraft. The 1-223rd Aviation Regiment at Cairns Army Airfield and Knox AHP trains Aviators and flight engineers in the CH-47D/F aircraft, primary and instrument evaluations, and all Beechcraft C-12 Huron fixed-wing qualification courses.

C Company, 1-223rd Aviation Regiment (formerly 3-210th Aviation Regiment), conducts primary flight training in the Bell 206 (TH-67) helicopter and advanced training in the Mi-17 helicopters. The 1-212th Aviation Regiment at Lowe AHP and Shell AHP trains Aviators in the UH-60A/L/M aircraft and provides evaluation flights for the Initial Entry Rotary Wing students' basic combat skills phases of training. B Company, 1-212th Aviation Regiment (formerly the 2-210th Helicopter School Battalion), trains Spanish students in the UH-60 and OH-58C aircraft at Lowe and Shell AHPs. The brigade also provides crash rescue and air ambulance support to USAACE and surrounding communities and serves as the Department of the Army Night Vision Device Training and Operations Staff Agency.

When the brigade assumed the numerical designation as the 110th Aviation Brigade in March 2005, it inherited an illustrious lineage. The noteworthy history of the 110th Aviation Brigade represents the untiring efforts of true professionals and serves as a solid foundation for future endeavors.

Lineage

Constituted 30 June 1965 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 10th Aviation Group Activated 1 July 1965 at Fort Benning, Georgia

Inactivated 15 May 1970 at Fort Benning, Georgia

Activated 15 October 1991 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Redesignated 16 September 1992 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 229th Aviation Group

Inactivated 15 September 2004 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 10th Aviation Group Redesignated 1 March 2005 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 110th Aviation Brigade

Headquarters concurrently transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Rucker, Alabama

Decorations

• Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1997 ^[3][4][5]

Commanders

References

External links

• The Institute of Heraldry 110th Aviation Brigade
• Aviation Digest, July - Sept 2014, page 51
• 110th AVN BDE Unit homepage
• Lineage And Honors Information
• US Army Aviation Museum