228th
Assault Support
Helicopter
Battalion
1st
CAVALRY DIVISION
(In
Vietnam)
Assault Support
Helicopter Battalion
1st CAVALRY DIVISION
(In Vietnam)
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Assault Support Helicopter Battalion 1st CAVALRY DIVISION (In Vietnam) |
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228th ASHB was the 1st Cavalry Division's Chinook Battalion. The Bn had three companies of CH-47 aircraft. Each company had 16 "Hooks." The Battalion Headquarters (HHC) had a UH-1D/H "Slick" and one OH-6A "Loach." Guns-A-Go-Go was originally the 53rd Aviation Detachment and became the 1st Aviation Detachment when it was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division in November 1966. BIBLIOGRAPHY. |
Click your unit link below for history, info and pictures / Scroll on down for email links:
HQ & HQ Company (HHC): -- Photos, Info, History, etc...
A Company: -- Photos, Info, History, etc...
B Company: -- Photos, Info, History, etc...
C Company: -- Photos, Info, History etc...
Guns-A-Go-Go: -- Photos, Info, History, also the restoration of Easy Money...
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Click on your company to find current EMAIL Addresses for your old buddy:
A Co. / B Co. / C Co. / HHC / Guns-A-Go-Go |
VHFCN -- Vietnam Helicopter Flight Crew Network ... VHCMA -- Vietnam Helicopter Crew Members Association... VHPA -- Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association ... CHPA -- Combat Helicopter Pilots Association ... Heli-Vets -- Vietnam Helicopter Vets web site ... 1st Cav Div: -- The 1st Team's History in Vietnam ... 1st Cav Div Association: -- "Alumni of The First Team" ... Army Aviation Museum -- Fort Rucker, AL. Please visit this web site. Army Aviation Heritage Foundation -- Vietnam era aviation and shows. Guns-A-Go-Go -- Frank White's excellent Go-Go website. Check his Go-Go art work and memorial tribute to the "CO$T OF LIVING" crew. GREAT site.
362nd - Last Hook unit in Vietnam website by Carle Dunn. Check this one out. Great history! U.S. Army TACOM-Rock Island -- (helicopter gunships) check historical entry for Guns-A-Go-Go. Chinook History -- Remember the tail/serial number of your hook - Lots of Hook history! CH-47 Crew-Locator Page -- Find'um - Past and Present. 1st-228th -- 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment in Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. 2nd-228th -- 2nd Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment in Willow Grove, PA.
Hueys -- Artwork illustrations of Vietnam Hueys (also includes hooks from the 228th). |
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You are slingload number:
Aug'02 to Aug'06 = not counted |
