2nd Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment
"Eagle Warrior"
The 2nd Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, was originally constituted on 15 November 1962 in the Regular Army as Company B, 101st Aviation Battalion, an element of the 101st Airborne Division. It activated on 3 December 1962 at Fort Campbell, KY.
The unit reorganized and was redesignated on 16 October 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 101st Aviation, and remained assigned to the 101st Airborne Division (its organic elements concurrently constituted and activated). It inactivated on 16 November 1988 at Fort Campbell, KY
During Operations Desert Shield/Storm, 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Armored Division, Ft. Hood, TX was attached to the 1st Cavalry Division. In August, 1991, the battalion was deactivated and reformed as the 2nd Bn., 101st Avn. Reg. The unit reactivated on 16 August 1991 at Fort Campbell, KY.
The Army fielded its first combat-ready Apache Longbow battalion in October 1998. The 2nd Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, joined the 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment at Fort Hood as fully operational on the type. The Army's 2nd Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, received its certification 28 October 1999 during ceremonies at Fort Hood. The second U.S. Army AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter battalion to be certified combat ready, the battalion completed eight months of intensive training at Fort Hood, Texas. The Apache Longbow battalion is equipped with 24 AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopters, built by The Boeing Company in Mesa, Ariz. To qualify, the men and women of the second Apache Longbow battalion completed a series of comprehensive classroom, flight and field exercises. The U.S. Army is modernizing its fleet of AH-64A Apaches into next-generation Apache Longbow helicopters, which link a wide range of avionics, electronics and weapons into one fully integrated weapon system.
