3rd Battalion - 229th Aviation Regiment
"Flying Tigers"
The 3rd Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment's mission is to, on order, rapidly deploy anywhere in the world by air and surface means to conduct attack helicopter operations in support of contingency Corps mission.
The 3rd Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment was originally constituted on 18 March 1964 in the Regular Army as the 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion and assigned to the 11th Air Assault Division. It activated on 19 March 1964 at Fort Benning, GA.
The unit was reorganized and redesignated on 1 July 1965 as C Company, 229th Aviation Battalion. It was concurrently relieved from assignment to the 11th Air Assault Division and assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. It inactivated on 22 August 1972 at Fort Hood, TX, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division.
It was reassigned on 21 September 1978 to the 101st Airborne Division and activated at Fort Campbell, KY. It inactivated on 16 October 1987 and was relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division.
It next reorganized and was redesignated on 16 September 1989 as the 229th Aviation Regiment, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System.
The unit reactivated on 10 January 1992 as 3rd Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment at Fort Hood, TX. Battalion colors officially reassigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps on 22 July 1992.
