1st Aviation Company
Lineage and Honors
Pocket Page Graphic provided by Dan Liker From the middle of 1963 till November 1964. 1st Aviation Company, Direct Support Platoon, Radio Operator Commo Section, HHD, 1st Avn Bn. |
Constituted 15 February 1957 in the Regular Army as the 1st Aviation Company, assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas The 1st Aviation Company (Infantry Division) was constituted, allotted to the Regular Army and assigned as an organic element of the 1st Infantry Division. The unit was activated on 15 February 1957 General Order 18, Fifth United States Army, 14 February 1957, at Ft. Riley, Kansas. [SEE BELOW] The unit was designated the 1st Aviation Battalion, 23 October 1963. Company "A" and Company "B" were constituted and allotted to the Regular Army as organic elements of the 1st Aviation Battalion and activated at Ft. Riley, Kansas, effective 22 January 1964. Hq. & Hq. Det. was transferred from Ft Riley to USAPAC 17 October 1965. Co. A was transferred from Ft Riley to USAPAC 1 May 1965. Co. B was transferred from Ft Riley to USAPAC 17 October 1965. All elements of the 1st Aviation Battalion were de-activated effective 15 April 1970 in Vietnam. General Order 149, Fifth US Army, 24 March 1970 |
NOTE:
1st Aviation Company had two main assignments. One as the 1st Aviation Company,
First Infantry Division, headquartered at Ft. Riley Kansas. Second assignment
was at Ft. Benning, GA. The later unit gave up the Otter for Caribou, and were
deployed to RVN.
Here is a page with information on the Otter aircraft assignments that may have
been with 1st Aviation Company Fort Riley.
1st Aviation Company and the Otter U1A
Here is a page with information on the Caribou aircraft assigned to 1st
Aviation Company Fort Benning 1962.
1st Army Aviation Company Fort Benning 1962 and the CV-2 Caribou
It also appears that this company may have been the old 14th Army Aviation Company
that became the 1st Army Aviation Company that was stationed in Vietnam
in 1962, callsign "Crazy Cat". After a brief tour in Vietnam, the
Company returned to the United States, closing on Fort Benning, Georgia, 10 December 1963. Upon arrival
it was assigned to the Third Army and, on 31 January 1964, was reorganized to
change its designation of (Fixed Wing-Tactical Transport) to (Fixed Wing)
(Light Transport). This unit returned to Vietnam in 1967 and had Navy RP-2E's assigned
to the unit. Effective 2 December 1988, the Company was relieved from
assignment to the Third Army and assigned to the US Army Security Agency (USASA).
Concurrently, it was redesignated as the
1st Army Security Agency Company (Aviation).