111th Aviation Regiment (United States)

The 111th Aviation Regiment is an army aviation regiment of the United States Army and the Florida National Guard.

111th Aviation Regiment
Coat of arms
Active1978-present
Country United States
Allegiance Florida
Branch Florida Army National Guard (FL ARNG)
RoleAviation
SizeRegiment
Part of 83rd Troop Command
Garrison/HQCecil Field, Florida
Motto(s)Air Warrior Air Attack
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia
Aircraft flown
Cargo helicopterCH-47F Chinook
Utility helicopterUH-60M Black Hawk

The Regiment was organized in the Florida Army National Guard as Company D, 26th Aviation Battalion and federally recognized on 1 September 1978 at Jacksonville. It was expanded, reorganized and redesignated on 2 October 1986 as the 419th Aviation Battalion, and redesignated on 1 October 1987 as the 111th Aviation, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battalion at Jacksonville.[1]

Structure

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Deployments

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  • Company C, Company D (MH-60L) Iraq from January 2011 / HQ at Tallil part of Operation New Dawn (FL, GA, VA ARNG).

See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ "Welcome to 111th AVIATION REGIMENT". military.com. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  2. ^ "83rd Troop Command". Florida National Guard. 18 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "2017 Georgia Department of Defense Annual Report". Georgia National Guard. 9 March 2019.
  4. ^ "2016 Southeastern Wildfires". DVIDS. 18 December 2016.
  5. ^ a b "1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment".
  6. ^ "Florida Guard door gunners conduct Aerial Gunnery training in Camp Shelby". DVIDS. 18 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Air Ambulance Mission Returns to Alabama Skies".
  8. ^ "Watch The Deck". U.S. Army. 16 March 2019. p. 11.
  9. ^ a b c "Chicago". Illinois Army National Guard. 28 September 2018.
  10. ^ Bernstein 2005, p. 35.

Bibliography

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  • Bernstein, J (2005). AH-64 Apache Units Of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84176-848-0.