Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 March 2013
160th Aviation Regiment
(Night Stalkers)
- Constituted 1 April 1982 in the Regular Army as the 160th Aviation Battalion, assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
- Relieved 16 October 1986 from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 January 1988 as the 160th Aviation, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System
- Consolidated 28 June 1990 with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 160th Aviation Group (constituted 16 October 1986 in the Regular Army and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky), and consolidated unit designated as the 160th Aviation
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 160th Aviation Regiment
Campaign Participation Credit
- Armed Forces Expeditions
- Grenada
- Panama
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Liberation of Afghanistan
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- Iraq:
- Liberation of Iraq
- Transition of Iraq
- Iraqi Governance
- National Resolution
- Iraqi Surge
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2001
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SOMALIA
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003-2005
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered WAR ON TERRORISM 2009-2010
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011
- Air Force Meritorious Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2006-2008
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1997-1998
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History