OUR AVIATION SUPPORT
Flareship (Wildcat)
ORGANIC OR ASSIGNED (25th DIV):
Aviation Element "Snoopy"
Brigade Air (25th Inf Div) ["Bubble Choppers" in 1967, "Loaches" by 1969.] "Menahoni"
25th Aviation Battalion, Company A "Little Bear" [slicks]
25th Aviation Battalion, Company B "Diamondhead" [gunships] Light Fire Team's
ATTACHED:
341st Aviation Detachment [Cu Chi tower, GCA, POL, and Rearm - ground support.]
159th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance "Dustoff"
DIRECT SUPPORT:
116th AHC Hornets - "1st Plt Yellow Jackets (yellow)" "2nd Plt Wasps (white)" [slicks]
116th AHC Hornets - "3rd Plt Stingers (red)" [gunships]
242nd Aviation Assault Helicopter Company "Muleskinners" [Chinook]
8th Aerial Port Squadron (USAF)
II FIELD FORCE ELEMENTS WITH HABITUAL
ASSOCIATION:
2nd Battalion, 20th Artillery (Aerial Rocket) [1st Air Cav unit.] "Blue Max"
222nd Aviation Battalion (Combat)
73rd Aviation Company (Surveillance) [OV-1 (fixed wing) Mohawk]
74th Aviation Company (Reconnaissance) [Bird Dog]
240th Aviation Company (Assault Helicopter) "Greyhounds" "Mad dogs"
U.S. AIR FORCE ELEMENTS WITH HABUTUAL ASSOCIATION:
19th Tactical Air Support Squadron (Forward Air Control) OV-2, OV-10 "Issue"
(call sign "cottonmouth 21)
7th Air Force
90th Fighter Squadron
OTHER AVIATION UNITS THAT PROVIDED SUPPORT IN THE WAR
Troops C & D, 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry [reconnaissance]
4th Reconnaissance Company [fixed wing Bird dog]
1st, 2nd and 3rd Brigade Aviation Sections (25th Div);
The BDE Aviation Section supplied the battalion s C&C ship(Command and Control ship). Early on, the C&C
Ship was a UH-1 Huey slick configured with several radios. Latter, the Huey was replaced by a Loach (OH-6A
helicopter) with the specialized Command Net radio installation.
Division Artillery Aviation Section
Co. E, 725th Maint. BN
THANK YOU ARMY, AIR FORCE, MARINE AND NAVY AVIATORS FOR ALL
THE SUPPORT WHEN WE NEEDED IT!
242nd ASHC "Muleskinners"
159th Med Detachment
116th "Wasps" AHC
We worked with a vast array of aviation support units throughout the war. These groups gave us transportation (AHC), close air support (Light Fire Teams), tactical air support (fighters, bombers), forward air observers (FAC), medical detachment support (Medevac) and logistical support (CH-47's). Dedicated to all our aviator friends
Photo Slide Shows - Attack Aircraft
A-1 Skyraider
A-1H Skyraider
A-3B Skywarrior
A4 Skyhawk
A6 Intruder
A7 Corsair II
A26 Invader
A-37 Dragonfly
AC-47 Spooky
AC-47D Spooky
AC-119 Shadow-Stinger
AC-130A-H Spectre
B-52 Stratofortress
B-57 Canberra
B-66 Destroyer
F-4C Phantom II
F-5 Freedom
F6F Hellcat
F-8 Crusader
F8F Bearcat
F-10 Skynight
F-14 Tomcat
F-100 Super Sabre
F-102 Delta
F-104 Starfighter
F-105 Thunderchief
F-111A
Photo Slide Shows - Support Aircraft
AU-23 Peacemaker
AU-24 Helio
Beech 18S
C-1A Trader
C-2 Greyhound
C-5A Galaxy
C-7A DeHavilland Caribou
C-46D Commando
C-47 Skytrain
C-54 Skymaster
C-97G Stratofreighter
C117D Super Gooneybird
C-118 Liftmaster
C-119 Flying Boxcar
C-123 Provider
C-123K Provider
C-124 Globemaster II
C-130 Hercules
C-133 Cargomaster
C-140 Jetstar
C-141 Starlifter
CH-3E Sikorsky
CV-2B Dehavilland Caribou
E-1B Tracer
E-2 Hawkeye
EA-3 Skywarrior
EC-47 Electric Goon
EC-121D Warning Star
EC-121R Super Constellation
EC-135
EKA-3B
HU-16B Albatross
JU-21A Left Jab
KC-97 Stratofreighter
KC-135A Stratotanker
L-19 Cessna Bird-Dog
O-1 Cessna Bird-Dog
O-2 Skymaster
O-2A Skymaster
OV-1 Mohawk
OV-10 Bronco
P-2 Neptune
P-3A Orion
P-3B Orion
P5M-2 Marlin
QU-22 Beech
RA-3B Photo Recon
RA-5C Vigilante
RB-47 Stratojet
RC-135
RF-4C Phantom II
RF-101 Voodo
RU-6A
RU-8D
RU-21D Laffing Eagle
S2-F Tracker
T-39A Sabreliner
TF-9J Cougar
U-1B Otter
U-3A Blue Canoe
U-6A Beaver
U-8D Beech
U-10D Super Courier
U-21A Beech
YO-3A
Photo Slide Shows - Helicopters
CH-21 Shawnee
Ch-21B Workhorse
CH-37C
CH-47 Chinook
CH-53 Sea Stallion
CH-54 Skycrane
H-19 Chickasaw
H-34 Sikorsky
H-43 Huskie
HH-3 Jolly Green Giant
HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant
OH-6A Cayuse
OH-13S Sioux
OH-23 Raven
OH-58A Kiowa
UH-1A Huey
UH-1B Huey
UH-1C Huey
UH-1D Iroquois
UH-1E Iroquois
UH-1F Iroquois
UH-1H Iroquois
UH-34D Seahorse
AH-1G Cobra
"Tac Air Support"