104th Aviation Regiment (United States)
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The 104th Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the U.S. Army, primarily provided by the Army National Guard.
Both battalions of the regiment are part of the Combat Aviation Brigade, 28th Infantry Division. The 1st Battalion is an attack helicopter battalion of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.
The 2d Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment was formed in October, 1990 at Fort Indiantown Gap as an assault helicopter battalion. The 2nd Battalion exchanged its Bell UH-1 Hueys (as an aviation battalion) for Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawks (as a general support aviation battalion) in 2002.{{Cite web|url=http://wikimapia.org/20996986/2Bn-104th-Av-Regt|title = 2Bn. - 104th av. Regt}}
Structure
- 1st Battalion - disbanded 2016
- Company C (WV ARNG){{cite web|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/199994/40th-cab-joins-fight-fob-dahlke|title=40th CAB joins the fight at FOB Dahlke|publisher=DVIDS|date=24 November 2017}}
- 2nd Battalion (General Support)
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company
- Detachment 2 (CT ARNG), Aviation Support Facility, Windsor Locks, Connecticut
- Detachment 3 (WV ARNG) {{cite web|url=http://www.wv.ngb.army.mil/units/units.aspx|title=WV-ARNG Unit Locations|publisher=West Virginia Army National Guard|date=25 December 2016|access-date=2018-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314141039/http://www.wv.ngb.army.mil/units/units.aspx#|archive-date=2018-03-14|url-status=dead}}
- Company A (UH-60){{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/214274/pennsylvania_guard_father_and_son_become_co_pilots|title = Pennsylvania Guard father and son become co-pilots}}
- Company B (CH-47F) at Army Aviation Support Facility at Bradley International Airport (CT ARNG){{cite web|url=https://ct.ng.mil/News/Pages/Connecticut-Army-National-Guard-Sends-Troops,-CH-47s-to-Support-Relief-Efforts.aspx|title=Connecticut Army National Guard Sends Troops, CH-47s to Support Relief Efforts|publisher=Connecticut National Guard|date=26 September 2018}}
- Detachment 1 (CT ARNG), Aviation Support Facility, Windsor Locks, Connecticut
- Company C (UH-60L/HH-60M{{cite web|url=https://www.wv.ng.mil/News/Article/2998333/wva-guard-unit-receives-first-new-medevac-hh-60m-mike-black-hawk-helicopter/|title=W.Va. Guard unit receives first new MEDEVAC HH-60M “Mike” Black Hawk helicopter|publisher=West Virginia National Guard|access-date=24 November 2022}}) at Army Aviation Support Facility #1, Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport (WV ARNG)
- Company D (Engineering)
- Detachment 2 (CT ARNG), Windsor Locks, Connecticut
- Detachment 3 (WV ARNG)
- Company E
- Detachment 2 (CT ARNG), Windsor Locks, Connecticut
- Detachment 3 (WV ARNG)
- Company F (Air Traffic Control) at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania
- Company G (UH-60L) at Army Aviation Support Facility #1 at Lincoln Airport (NE ARNG).
- Detachment 2{{cite web|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/6004826/alaska-army-guard-aviators-conduct-hoist-training-with-paratroopers|title=Alaska Army Guard aviators conduct hoist training with paratroopers [Image 9 of 33]|publisher=DVIDS|date=7 April 2020}}
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