171st Aviation Regiment (United States)

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171st Aviation Regiment
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Coat of Arms
Active1995 - present
CountryUnited States of America
Branch United States Army Aviation Branch
TypeAviation
Aircraft flown
Utility helicopter UH-60L Black Hawk

The 171st Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the U.S. Army.

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The regiment was constituted 8 June 1995 as the 171st Aviation, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System and allotted to the Army National Guard of Georgia and Florida. [1] It was organized on 1 September 1996, to consist of the 1st Battalion with headquarters at Winder, Georgia.

On 3 March 2001, a Short C-23B+ Sherpa (Shorts 360), 93-1336, of Det. 1, H Company, 171st Aviation Regiment, Florida Army National Guard, based at Lakeland Linder International Airport, crashed during heavy rainstorms around 1100 hrs. in Unadilla, Georgia. All 21 people on board were killed. The aircraft was en route from Hurlburt Field, Florida to NAS Oceana, Virginia with a Virginia Beach-based USAF RED HORSE engineer detachment on board who had been training at Hurlburt. [2]

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CH-47F Chinook helicopter, with the 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, Hawaii Army National Guard A U.S. Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter, with the 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, Hawaii Army National Guard, carries infantrymen, with 1st Battalion, 114th Infantry Regiment, New Jersey Army National 120810-Z-KC506-117.jpg
CH-47F Chinook helicopter, with the 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, Hawaii Army National Guard

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