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10th Aviation Battalion
1st Armored Division
Looking for more information from military/civilian personnel assigned to or associated with the U.S. Army in Germany from 1945 to 1989. If you have any stories or thoughts on the subject, please contact me.

501st AB(C) History (1972-1986)

10th AHB History (1986-1987)

3rd Bn, 1st Avn History (1987-present)

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10th Aviation Battalion (Cbt) History
 
1986 - 1987
10th Avn Bn (Cbt) DUI
If you have more information on the history or organization of the 10th Aviation Battalion or 3rd Bn, 1st Avn Regiment, please contact me.
 
(Source: Email from William Lavery)

Bill Lavery's re-enlistment.
The ceremony took place in the Battalion CO’s office, LTC Latella.
  In regards to the 501st Aviation Battalion, 1st Armd Div Page: An email from Robert Quillen states “Some of the data provided below needs to be checked i.e. D Trp 1/1 Cav.”

I was originally assigned to C Co 501st ABC in Illesheim, Germany in June of 1985. If I recall correctly in the spring of 1987 C Co 501st ABC was deactivated and the colors cased. The unit was redesignated as the 10th AHB or Attack Helicopter Battalion. In the spring of 1988 the 10th AHB was deactivated.

Personnel with time remaining in Germany were reassigned to the reorganized 1/1 CAV which moved from Schwabach to Katterbach. Aviation personnel from HHC, A Co, B Co and C Co 10th AHB formed D Trp, C Trp and the AVUM platoon of HHT 1/1 CAV.  

The 1/1 CAV reorganized from strictly an armored CAV Squadron to a 2x2 CAV Squadron consisting of 2 Air Troops (AH-1 Cobras and OH-58 Kiowas) and 2 Ground Troops ( M113's, M60 tanks and eventually Bradley Fighting Vehicles). 

I was an Aero Scout Platoon Section Sgt with D Trp 1/1 CAV from the reorganization in 1988 until the deactivation of the entire Squadron after returning from Desert Storm in 1991, when I was transferred to A Co 2-1 AVN untill my ETS in Feb 1993.

Sorry I don’t have specific dates, but I hope this info can shed some light on the history of both C Co 501st ABC and D Trp 1/1 CAV.


10th AHB
Storck Bks

 

1. 10th AHB barracks (KB)
2. New CUCV's (KB)
3. HHC Huey (KB)

4. (KB)
5.   L ine up of OH58’s (KB)
6. Winter gunnery at Graf (KB)		  

7. B Co 10th AHB Cobra (KB)
8.   Flight line during the winter. (KB)
9. Flight line from the front of the hanger (KB)		  

10. Flight line taken a seen from an aircraft hover taxiing to the hanger (KB)
11. Hover taxi past the tower (KB)
12. Storck Bks winter scene (KB)		  

1/1 Cav Facilities, Katterbach
     
 
Wall mural of Scout Platoon, C Co, 501st ABC
B Company, 10th AHB decal
B Company, 10th AHB sign
Sign was placed in our area when we deployed to the field - usually in the vicinity of the CO's/1SG's tent.  
 
(Source: Email from Marcus Weldon, C Co, 501st AB(C) and 10th AHB)
Found your web page on the 10th Attack Helicopter Battalion. I was in C, 501st AB(C) when we reorganized as the 10th AHB.

I was Platoon Leader of 2nd Platoon under Co C. I was the first Bn S-2 of the battalion working for MAJ Bert Lennon, the BN XO. LTC Don Latella was the Bn Cdr and we stood up in Feb 1986 right after REFORGER ‘86.

I PCS’d back to the States in Mar 1987.

Hope this helps.
 
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