Military unit
The164th Aviation Group is a formergroup of theUnited States Army that was operational during theVietnam War as part of the1st Aviation Brigade.
It was constituted "20 December 1967 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 164th Aviation Group, and activated in Vietnam."[3]
It was officially formed on 1 February 1968.
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- 18th Corps Aviation Company (1971-73)[5]
- 163rd General Support Company (1968-72)[5]
- 478th Heavy Helicopter Company (1970-71)[5]
- Troop D, 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry (1971)[5]
- Troop C, 16th Cavalry (1972-73)[5]
- 7th Squadron,1st Cavalry Regiment (1968-72) atVĩnh Long Airfield[6]
- HQ Troop
- A Air Cavalry Troop (1968-72)[6]
- B Air Cavalry Troop (1968-72)[6]
- C Air Cavalry Troop (1968-72)[6]
- D Ground Troop (1968-72)[6]
- 13th Combat Aviation Battalion (1964-72) atCần Thơ Base Camp &Sóc Trăng Airfield[7]
- 73rd Surveillance Airplane Company (1971)[7]
- 114th Assault Helicopter Company (1964-69)[7] with theBell UH-1B Iroquois (Huey)[8]
- 121st Assault Helicopter Company (1964-70)[7] with the UH-1B Huey[8]
- 134th Fixed Wing Transport Company (1965-67)[7]
- 147th Assault Helicopter Company (1971-72)[7]
- 162nd Assault Helicopter Company (1969-72)[7]
- 175th Assault Helicopter Company (1966-69)[7] with the UH-1 Huey[9]
- 191st Assault Helicopter Company (1969-71)[7]
- 199th Surveillance Airplane Company (1967)[7]
- 221st Surveillance Airplane Company (1965-67)[7]
- 221st Surveillance Airplane Company (1968-71)[7]
- 235th Assault Helicopter Company (1971)[7]
- 244th Surveillance Airplane Company (1967)[7]
- 271st Medium Helicopter Company (1968)[7]
- 271st Assault Support Helicopter Company (1971)[7] with theBoeing CH-47A Chinook[9]
- 336th Assault Helicopter Company (1966-71)[7] with the UH-1 Huey[9]
- Company A, 101st Aviation Battalion (1965)[7]
- Company A, 502nd Aviation Battalion (1964-66)[7]
- Troop C, 16th Cavalry Regiment (1970-71)[7]
| - 214th Aviation Battalion (1969-71) atVĩnh Long Airfield[10]
- 114th Assault Helicopter Company (1969-71)[10]
- 135th Assault Helicopter Company (1969-71)[10]
- 175th Assault Helicopter Company (1969-71)[10]
- 199th Reconnaissance Airplane Company (1969-70)[10]
- 221st Reconnaissance Airplane Company (1971)[10]
- 335th Assault Helicopter Company (1969-71)
- 307th Combat Aviation Battalion (1967-71) atCần Thơ Base Camp[11]
- 73rd Surveillance Airplane Company (1970-71)[12]
- 147th Assault Helicopter Company (1969-71)[12]
- 199th Reconnaissance Airplane Company (1967-69)[12]
- 221st Reconnaissance Airplane Company (1967-68)[12]
- 235th Assault Helicopter Company (1967-71)[12]
- 244th Surveillance Airplane Company (1967-70)[12]
- 271st Assault Support Helicopter Company (1968-71)[12]
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The group HHC was inactivated on 14 March 1973 atOakland, California.
Redesignated 16 October 1995 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 164th Aviation Group, and activated in Korea.
- ^"History of the 164th CAG". Can Tho Airfield Association. Retrieved2 February 2023.
- ^"1st Aviation Brigade HAWK Newsletter information". Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association. Retrieved2 February 2023.
- ^"Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 164th Aviation Group". Archived fromthe original on 20 June 2008.
- ^Tolson 1981, p. 203.
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