111th Aviation Regiment (United States) explained

Unit Name:	111th Aviation Regiment
Dates:	1978-present
Allegiance:	Florida
Branch:	Florida Army National Guard (FL ARNG)
Role:	Aviation
Size:	Regiment
Command Structure:	83rd Troop Command
Garrison:	Cecil Field, Florida
Motto:	Air Warrior Air Attack
Identification Symbol Label:	Distinctive unit insignia
Aircraft Helicopter Cargo:	CH-47F Chinook
Aircraft Helicopter Utility:	UH-60M Black Hawk

The 111th Aviation Regiment is an army aviation regiment of the United States Army and the Florida National Guard.

The Regiment was organized in the Florida Army National Guard as Company D, 26th Aviation Battalion and federally recognized on 1 September 1978 at Jacksonville. It was expanded, reorganized and redesignated on 2 October 1986 as the 419th Aviation Battalion, and redesignated on 1 October 1987 as the 111th Aviation, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battalion at Jacksonville.^[1]

Structure

• 1st Battalion (General Support)^[2]
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Company
    • Detachment 1
    • Detachment 2
    • Detachment 3 at Army Aviation Support Facility #2, General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center (GA ARNG).^[3]
  • Company A (UH-60M) at McEntire Joint National Guard Base (SC ARNG).^[4]
  • Company B (CH-47F) at G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery National Guard Complex / Key Field Air National Guard Base (MS ARNG).^[5]
    • Detachment 1 at Army Aviation Support Facility #1 Cecil Airport, (FL ARNG).^[6]
  • Company C (Air Ambulance) (HH-60M), Army Aviation Support Facility #1, Cecil Airport (FL ARNG).
    • Detachment 1 at Army Aviation Support Facility #2, General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center (GA ARNG).^[3]
    • Detachment 2 at Army Aviation Support Facility #1, Fort R. W. Shepherd Armory, (AL ARNG).^[7]
  • Company D (CH-47)^[8]
    • Detachment 1
    • Detachment 2
    • Detachment 3 at Army Aviation Support Facility #2, General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center (GA ARNG).^[3]
  • Company E
    • Detachment 3 at Army Aviation Support Facility #2, General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center (GA ARNG).^[3]
    • Detachment 8 (IL ARNG)^[9]
  • Company F
    • Aberdeen Proving Ground (Edgewood Area) (MD ARNG).^[5]
  • Company G
    • Detachment 2^[9]
• 2nd Battalion (Airfield Operations), Camp Blanding, (FL ARNG)
  • Company D
    • Detachment 7^[9]

Deployments

• Company B (AH-64A) Afghanistan from June 2004 / HQ at Bagram part of Joint Task Force Wings (FL ARNG).
• Company C, Company D (MH-60L) Iraq from January 2011 / HQ at Tallil part of Operation New Dawn (FL, GA, VA ARNG).

See also

• Coats of arms of U.S. Army Aviation Regiments
• U.S. Army Regimental System (see Army Regulation 600-82)

References

Bibliography

• Book: Bernstein . J. AH-64 Apache Units Of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom . 2005 . Osprey Publishing Ltd. UK . 1-84176-848-0.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Welcome to 111th AVIATION REGIMENT. military.com. 2014-02-09.
2. Web site: 83rd Troop Command. Florida National Guard. 18 December 2016. 18 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220232139/http://fl.ng.mil/commands/Pages/83rd-Troop-Command.aspx. 20 December 2016. dead.
3. Web site: 2017 Georgia Department of Defense Annual Report. Georgia National Guard. 9 March 2019.
4. Web site: 2016 Southeastern Wildfires. DVIDS. 18 December 2016.
5. Web site: 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment.
6. Web site: Florida Guard door gunners conduct Aerial Gunnery training in Camp Shelby. DVIDS. 18 December 2016.
7. Web site: Air Ambulance Mission Returns to Alabama Skies.
8. Web site: Watch The Deck. U.S. Army. 11. 16 March 2019.
9. Web site: Chicago. Illinois Army National Guard. 28 September 2018.