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601 Assault Helicopter Battalion

Argentine military unit

Field	Value
unit_name	Batallón de Helicópteros de Asalto 601
601 Assault Helicopter Battalion
image	B Helic Asal 601 EA parche.png
dates	1970 - present
country
branch	Argentine Army
type	Army aviation
command_structure	Army Aviation Command
Army
Ministry of Defense
equipment_label	Helicopters
motto	Non Sufficit Orbis
battles	Operativo Independencia
Falklands War
commander1	President
commander1_label	Commander-in-Chief
commander2	General
commander2_label	Chief of Staff of the Army
commander3	Colonel
commander3_label	Chief of Army Aviation
commander4	Lieutenant Colonel
commander4_label	Battalion Chief
identification_symbol	[[File:Roundel of Argentina.svg	75px]]
identification_symbol_label	Roundel

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The 601 Assault Helicopter Battalion (Spanish: Batallón de Helicópteros de Asalto 601) is a helicopter unit of the Argentine Army.

Description

This battalion is the main helicopter unit of the Argentine Army Aviation and is based at Campo de Mayo, Buenos Aires. The unit is composed by Bell UH-1H and Aerospatiale Puma helicopters. It is organised in two assault companies.

The battalion works closely with the infantry unit 601 Air Assault Regiment (Spanish: Regimiento de Asalto Aéreo 601), also based at Campo de Mayo.

History

The unit took part in the Falklands War in 1982 with its original name "601 Combat Aviation Battalion" (Batallón de Aviación de Combate 601).

Inventory

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service	Notes
title=EJERCITO ARGENTINO - ORBAT	url=http://saorbats.com.ar/EA_orbat.htm	website=Saorbats	access-date=5 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206103848/http://saorbats.com.ar/EA_orbat.htm	archive-date=6 February 2009}}	USA	Helicopter	205A-1UH-1H	216
Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma	France	Helicopter	AS332B	3
Bell 212	USA	Helicopter		1

References

"EJERCITO ARGENTINO - ORBAT".

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