8th Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment
The two AH-64A attack battalions in the US Army Reserve consist of the 8th Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment of Godman AAF, Ft. Knox, Ky., and the 7th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment of Conroe, a suburb of Houston, Texas, and southeast of Ft. Hood, Texas.
The 8th battalion, 229th aviation regiment (attack) are located in Fort Knox, as part of the 244th Aviation Brigade. Nicknamed "Flying Tigers," the battalion operates and maintains 24 Apache helicopters, with a support structure of more than 370 enlisted soldiers, officers, aviators, and civilians.
From August 1999 to March 2000, the 8-229th deployed aircraft and personnel to Bosnia, supporting the 10th Mountain Division. This was the first time a Reserve unit had been given the combat aviation mission in Bosnia. For their accomplishments and superb safety record of 1,987 accident-free flying hours, the Flying Tigers Battalion was the 1999 Outstanding Army Reserve Aviation Unit of the Army Aviation Association of America.
