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25th Aviation Regiment (United States)

Field	Value
unit_name	25th Aviation Regiment
image	25th Avn Rgt coa.jpeg
image_size	100
caption	Coat of arms
dates	1957
country
branch	Army
type	Aviation
motto	Lele Makou No Na Puali (We Fly For The Troops)
identification_symbol	[[File:25 Avn Rgt DUI.gif	150px]]
identification_symbol_label	Distinctive unit insignia
aircraft_helicopter_attack	AH-64D Apache
aircraft_helicopter_cargo	CH-47F Chinook
aircraft_helicopter_utility	UH-60L/M Black Hawk

The 25th Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the U.S. Army.

Structure

CH-47 Chinook helicopter landing on the deck of the Ex-USS Tarawa

1st Battalion (Attack Reconnisance)
- Company A (AH-64E)
- Company B (AH-64E)
- Company C (AH-64E)
- Company D "Thunderbirds"(MQ-1C)
2nd Battalion "Diamondhead" (Assault)
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC)
- Company A "Blackjacks"(UH-60M)
- Company B "Knighthawks"(UH-60M)
- Company C "Wolfpack" (UH-60M)
- Company D "Cannibals"
- Company E "Road Runner"
3rd Battalion "Hammerheads" (General Support)
- HHC "Marlins"
- Company A "Stingrays"(UH-60M)
- Company B "Hillclimbers"(CH-47F)
- Company C "Dustoff"(HH-60M)
- Company D "Tiger sharks"
- Company E
- Company F "Cobras" (Air Traffic Control)

Lineage

Constituted 1 February 1957 in the Regular Army as the 25th Aviation Company, assigned to the 25th Infantry Division, and activated at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

Reorganized and redesignated 12 August 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 25th Aviation Battalion (organic elements constituted 21 June 1963 and activated 12 August 1963).

Between 1966 and 1967 the 341st Airfield Operations Detachment was attached.

Inactivated 15 October 1985 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Activated 16 January 1986 at Wheeler Air Force Base, Hawaii

Relieved 16 May 1988 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 25th Aviation, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System.

In 15 May 1991, five UH-60 helicopters from 4th Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment were deployed to Chittagong in Operation Sea Angel, the United States humanitarian response to the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone. 4-25 Aviation Regiment was a major unit in the mission, distributing 891.5 tons of humanitarian supplies and 107.5 tons of military equipment, and flying about half of the total tonnage flown by all helicopters in the mission.

It may at its maximum size have had up to four battalions.

Campaign participation credit

Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Decorations

[[File:Valorous_Unit_Award_ribbon.svg|60px]]Valorous Unit Award for HO BO WOODS
[[File:Valorous_Unit_Award_ribbon.svg|60px]]Valorous Unit Award for TAY NINH – HAU NGHIA
[[File:Valorous_Unit_Award_ribbon.svg|60px]]Valorous Unit Award for SOMALIA
[[File:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation_ribbon.svg|60px]]Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966–1967
[[File:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation_ribbon.svg|60px]]Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968
[[File:Gallantry Cross Unit Citation.png|60px]]Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1966–1968
[[File:Gallantry Cross Unit Citation.png|60px]]Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1968–1970
[[File:Civil Action Unit Citation.png|60px]]Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal for VIETNAM 1966–1970

References

(10 March 2019). "25th Combat Aviation Brigade – 25th Infantry Division". U.S. Army.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080620012311/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/025av.htm Lineage, 25th Aviation]
(November 20, 2019). "General Orders No. 66". U.S. Army.
McCarthy, Paul A.. (1994). "Operation Sea Angel: A Case Study".

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