2nd Battalion - 227th Aviation Regiment
"On Target, On Time"
As a part of the Army's transformation towards a modular force, the 2-227 AVN was inactivated along with the rest of the 4th Aviation Brigade at Fort Hood on May 26, 2005. The unit was later reactivated with the Air Combat Aviation Brigade on the same day.
On order, 2-227th Aviation Regiment deploys to a contingency area of operations. On order, executes combat, combat support and combat service support aviation operations. On order, 2/227th Aviation Regiment redeploys to home station.
The 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, was constituted on 1 February 1963 in the Regular Army as Bravo Company, 227th Assault Helicopter Battalion which was assigned to the 11th Air Assault Division. The unit was activated on 11 February 1963 at Fort Benning, Georgia.
On 1 July 1965, the unit was recognized and redesignated as Bravo Company, 227th Aviation Battalion. Concurrently, it was relieved from assignment to the 11th Air Assault Division and assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. The unit served with great distinction for the next six years in Vietnam, where it was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation (2 awards), the Valorous Unit Award (3 awards), the Meritorious Unit Commendation, the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm (3 awards) and the Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class.
The Unit was inactivated on 19 November 1974 at Fort Hood, Texas. On 21 May 1978, Bravo Company, 227th Aviation Battalion was reactivated at Fort Hood, Texas where it served with distinction until its inactivation, on 30 September 1983.
On 16 July 1987, the unit was redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment. The unit was relieved from assignment with the 1st Cavalry Division and reassigned to the 3rd Armored Division in Germany where it was activated. The unit served in its present location in Hanau, Germany until its inactivation on 26 June 1989.
In September of 1989 at Fort Hood, Texas, 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation began its reconsititution as part of the Apache Training Brigade. On 17 March 1990, 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment was activated at Fort Hood, Texas. On 17 July 1990, the battalion deployed as a unit to its current home of Hanau, Germany, where it was again assigned to the 3rd Armored Division.
On 28 December 1990, the 2nd Battalion deployed as a unit to Saudi Arabia as part of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The battalion flew numerous combat missions during the campaign, and was instrumental in the success of 3rd Armored Division's attack on Kuwait. The battalion served with great distinction in South West Asia, until its redeployment to Germany on 17 May 1991 ending the unit's most recent participation in combat.
In the fall of 1991, 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Battalion was relieved of its assignment to 3rd Armored Division and reassigned to 4th Brigade, 1st Armored Division under the operational control of the 4th Brigade under which 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment served.
On 15 February 1997, 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment was again relieved of its assignment to the 1st Armored Division and reassigned to the 4th Brigade 1st Cavalry Division where it continues to serve with pride today.
Recently, the 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment logged over 4400 hours in the Balkans in support of Stabilization Force 4. Missions performed ranged from multi-national general support and airborne command & control, to air movement operations. At Fort Hood, 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment provides general aviation support to the 1st Cavalry Division and conducts aerial fire fighting operations to support the local communities. In recognition of their performance in 1999, 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment was selected as the Army Aviation Association of America's Aviation Unit of the Year.
The design of the regimental shield centers on a pale gules and in fess three pheons counterchanged, a chief nebuly azure. The pheons, representing armament and ammunition, symbolize the assault mission of the battalion. The blue nebuly chief alludes to the sky and denotes the aviation function of the unit. The yellow and red suggests firepower of the assault helicopter and the heat and explosiveness of the battle zone.
The design of the crest centers on a wreath of the colors and gules a cross engrailed of the first bearing at the center, a sprig of oak fructed of three acorns of the second and interlaced with a horseshoe of the like winged azure, edged and garnished gold. The battalion's service in Vietnam is indicated by the colors yellow and scarlet from the Republic of Vietnam flag. The blue wings refer to air mobility, and allude to the award of the Presidential Unit Citation. The red horseshoe signifies not only the award of the Meritorious Unit Commendation, but also the unit's assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division. The oak sprig with three acorns refers to the three Valorous Unit Awards earned by the battalion. The cross with the edges engrailed so suggests bamboo, symbolizes the three awards of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry.
The design of the regimental insignia is silver; consisting of a Hawk with wings displayed and elevated, perched upon the center of a draped scroll with the motto POUVOIR, meaning power, in black letters; behind the Hawk a scarlet pheon points up, on blade passing in front of the Hawk's sinister wing. The Hawk is symbolic of courage and aggressiveness in flight. The pheon represents the unit's armament and assault capability.
