4th Battalion - 3rd Aviation Regiment (Assault) "Comanche's"
As of December 2005, the 3rd Battalion 4th Aviation Regiment, part of the Aviation Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division, was operating out of Camp Taji, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
3rd Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment was constituted on March 17th, 1980, as Company C, 4th Aviation Battalion, as an element of the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado. On 16 August, 1987, the unit was relieved from the 4th Infantry Division and reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Aviation, as an element of the 8th Infantry Division in Germany. As Army Aviation began restructuring the need for heavy divisions to have an air assault capability was identified. As the 4th Infantry Division lost its air cavalry component, it began to form its air assault battalion.
On the 16th of August, 2004 D, E, F Troops of 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment reorganized under 3rd Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment and took the name the Comanches. On 10 November, 2004 A, Co 2-4 AVN, the Knighthawks, reflagged to become A Co 3-4 AVN, and changed their name to the Tomahawks. In January B Co uncased their colors as the Braves. In March E Co the support company formed and took the name Warpath. The final company stood in April, as C Co stood up as the Warriors.
The Comanche Team prepared for war in 2005 with trips to Fort Carson CO, Fort Bliss TX, and Fort Irwin CA. The unit successfully deployed to Iraq in December in order to conduct full combat operations in Bagdad.
