501st Aviation
Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 February 1997
501st Aviation Lineage
Constituted 15 February 1957 in the Regular Army as the 501st Aviation Company, assigned to the 1st Armored Division, and activated at Fort Polk, Louisiana
Reorganized and redesignated 3 February 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 501st Aviation Battalion (organic elements constituted 22 January 1962 and activated 3 February 1962)
(Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 501st Aviation Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1964 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 501st Aviation Battalion)
(Company A inactivated 1 September 1966 in Vietnam)
Inactivated (less Company A) 24 June 1967 at Fort Hood, Texas
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 501st Aviation Battalion, redesignated 21 August 1972 as the Aviation Company, 1st Armored Division, and activated in Germany
Reorganized and redesignated 21 August 1978 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 501st Aviation Battalion (organic elements concurrently activated)
Inactivated 16 November 1987 in Germany
Relieved 16 October 1988 from assignment to the 1st Armored Division; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 501st Aviation, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System
501st Aviation Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
None
Decorations
None