[MilCom] 501st Avn

[N3BXV]

Ron, I suspect it's the 1st BN/501st Aviation Regt, who according to the 
article below should be in Fort Hood until the end of this year, upgrading 
to AH-64Ds...

Chuck, N3BXV
Severn, MD

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Flying Dragons headed to Texas for training on newer Longbow copters


By Jessica Inigo, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Tuesday, December 14, 2004


A 1st Armored Division attack helicopter battalion in Hanau, Germany, is 
packing up and moving to Texas for the next year.
The 1st Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment cased its colors during a 
ceremony on Fliegerhorst Casern on Thursday to prepare for the yearlong 
training mission and attack helicopter upgrade.
"It is tradition for the colors to accompany the unit wherever it goes," 
Maj. Mike Indovina, 1st AD spokesman, said during a telephone interview on 
Sunday.
The battalion, known as the Flying Dragons, will soon be in Fort Hood, 
Texas, upgrading the fleet of AH-64A Apaches to the newer AH-64D Apache 
Longbow. "The pilots and crew chiefs will be trained on the upgraded Longbow 
system. It is crucial that the system and the soldier be trained as a 
package," Indovina said in an e-mail message.
"The training of soldier and system will enhance the future war-fighting 
capability for the division and the U.S. Army." Some of the training will 
take place at Fort Rucker, Ala., he stated.
The Longbow Unit Fielding Program is taking about 70 soldiers and their 
families to the States, while nearly 90 other troops will be reassigned 
within Germany.
"It's kind of sad to see the unit go. . I would have liked to stay in 
Germany a little longer," Spc. Michael Johnston, a servicemember who is 
going back to the States with the unit, said after Thursday's ceremony. Some 
of the battalion's soldiers will not be headed stateside because they will 
not have enough time left on their current tour to complete the training and 
return to Germany, Indovina said.
After the training, the unit and its new helicopters will return to Hanau 
and pick up where it left off. The Flying Dragons most recently deployed 
from May 2003 to July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Task Force 
1-501st ATK conducted daily reconnaissance and security operations around 
Baghdad.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Rapbep at aol.com>
To: <milcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 2:09 PM
Subject: [MilCom] 501st Avn


> All,
>
> In the last couple of weeks I've been getting HF ALE from TZ501 and 
> several
> helos using id's R05###.  All I can find for the 501st Avn is that they 
> have
> units in Germany & Iraq and fly AH-64s.
>
> Does anyone have any info on a unit of the 501st Avn here in the  states?
> I'm sure I'm not picking up Germany or Iraq. The R05### ALE ids  would 
> certainly
> fit for AH-64s.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> RON
> MARYLAND, USA
>
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