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




History


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.
Numerous other elements of the regiment have been active as well:
3d Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment
5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment
Company I, 159th Aviation Regiment
Company K, 159th Aviation Regiment




Current structure



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) (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






= Vietnam

=
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

=
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait




= War on Terrorism

=



Iraq

Iraqi Surge
Iraqi Sovereignty
OIR




References


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

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