Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 Sep 2020
1st Battalion
1st Aviation Regiment
- Constituted 23 October 1963 in the Regular Army as Company A, 1st Aviation Battalion, an element of the 1st Infantry Division
- Activated 2 January 1964 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Inactivated 15 April 1970 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Activated 2 September 1981 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 November 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Aviation, and remained assigned to the 1st Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Battalion inactivated 15 September 1995 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Activated 16 February 1996 in Germany
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment
- Inactivated 15 July 2006 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Activated 16 August 2006 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Relieved 16 October 2006 from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division and assigned to the Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division
Campaign Participation Credit
- Vietnam
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Transition of Iraq
- Iraqi Governance
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- New Dawn
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered PLEI ME
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT 1991
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered NORTHERN IRAQ
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2010-2011
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2013-2014
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2016-2017
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1997
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1968
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1970
- Company A additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAMARRA, IRAQ
- Company B additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered NORTHERN IRAQ JAN 2007-AUG 2008
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History