Lineage and Honors Information as of 29 March 2019
4th Battalion, 3d Aviation Regiment
- Constituted 23 April 1957 in the Regular Army as the 3d Aviation Company and assigned to the 3d Infantry Division
- Activated 1 July 1957 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 July 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Aviation Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1964 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 3d Aviation Battalion
- Inactivated 5 June 1967 in Germany
- Redesignated 21 May 1972 as Aviation Company, 3d Infantry Division, and activated in Germany
- Reorganized and redesignated 21 August 1978 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Aviation Battalion
- Headquarters Company, 3d Aviation Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 16 August 1987 as Company D, 3d Aviation; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division and assigned to the 2d Armored Division (Headquarters, 3d Aviation Battalion – hereafter separate lineage)
- Inactivated 15 March 1991 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 2d Armored Division
- Redesignated 16 May 2004 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Battalion, 3d Aviation, and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Battalion redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 4th Battalion, 3d Aviation Regiment
Campaign Participation Credit
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation III
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD APR 2007 – AUG 2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2005
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2009-2010
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012-2013
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012-2013
- Company A additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN NOV 2009 – NOV 2010
- Company C additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN NOV 2009 – NOV 2010
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History