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63-570: Airfield operations and services include Base Flight Operations, Control Tower, and Ground Approach Control Facility; USAF weather; Airport Safety; Air Space Management; Flight Simulator; Rapid Refuel Facility; and Crash/Fire/Rescue station. The airfield has an FAA approved instrument approach. MAAF is the home of the Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, which currently has approximately 2,200 Soldiers assigned. The brigade currently has Black Hawks, Apaches and Chinooks at Fort Riley —

126-500: A Black unit, the 1018th Guard Squadron trained at Marshall for a short time in 1945. Also, a detachment of the 161st Liaison Squadron with L-5 Sentinel aircraft visited the base for exercises in November and December 1944. The Army ground forces at Riley in 1944 had 36 aerial target planes which were serviced by the 356th Base Unit. Marshall was much used as a convenient stop on cross-country flights. Of some 1,400 landings and take-offs at

189-597: A Colombian military mission said of one air-ground demonstration that it was "worth going to Fort Riley for that alone." Much work was done away from Fort Riley. Teams from Marshall were scheduled to provide the United States Army Armor School at Fort Benning , Georgia, and the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill , Oklahoma, with six demonstrations apiece in 1944, and they answered many special requests for demonstrations and tests. On 1 August 1945

252-505: A much larger peacetime Army role after the Korean War . Fort Riley was an early beneficiary of the helicopter's increased importance in post-Korea U.S. Army air missions, becoming home to the 5th Army's first helicopter training facility. Air Force operations at Marshall ended in late 1953, and on 19 November 1953, the first three Sikorsky H-19 D helicopters purchased by the Army arrived fresh from

315-480: A relatively small base; its primary mission to support Army ground forces training using Observation and Liaison aircraft. The 305th ABS was disbanded on 1 March 1944 and in June the 356th AAF Base Unit was activated to run the base. At the beginning of that year the work of housekeeping and administration was being done by nine officers and 80 enlisted men. After the departure of the 1st Observation Squadron from Fort Riley,

378-738: A result of the pre–World War II mobilization of the Air Corps warranted a new organization, and the Panama Canal Air Force was created as a major command. After several organizational changes and the establishment of the United States Army Air Forces in 1942, Sixth Air Force became the controlling Air Force command authority for USAAF activities in the Caribbean, as well as in Central and South America. Through all these redesignations it

441-596: A striking force on its primary function of guarding against possible attacks on the Panama Canal . With the end of the war, most of the wartime Caribbean air bases used for antisubmarine patrols were returned to civil authorities in late 1945 or early 1946. The Lend-Lease air bases from Great Britain, which were on 99-year leases were reduced to skeleton units and used largely as MATS weather stations. They were all closed for budgetary reasons in 1949. The postwar Sixth Air Force, redesignated Caribbean Air Command as part of

504-577: A training center for its summer encampments. In June 1937, Flight D was absorbed into the 1st Observation Squadron , which fulfilled the traditional responsibilities of flying units at Marshall until 28 December 1941 when it moved to New Orleans for shipment to the Canal Zone as part of the Panama Canal defense forces of Caribbean Air Force . When the United States entered World War II Marshall possessed two hangars and three unsurfaced landing strips,

567-547: Is an inactive Major Command of the United States Air Force . It was headquartered at Albrook Air Force Base , Canal Zone , being inactivated on 1 January 1976. Initially designated Panama Canal Air Force when first established in October 1940, its mission was the defense of the Panama Canal . Later it took on United States Air Force relations, including foreign military sales (FMS) and disaster relief assistance, with

630-480: The 7th Aero Squadron being organized on 29 March at Ancon . It was equipped with Curtiss JN-4 "Jennys" and Curtiss R-3 and R-4 floatplanes . The squadron initially came under the control of Headquarters, U.S. Troops, Panama Canal Zone, and beginning on 1 July 1917, Army aviation units were assigned directly to the Panama Canal Department , which was the controlling United States Army headquarters in

693-731: The Gulf of Mexico areas and to cover Allied shipping convoys in the area. The Sixth Air Force expanded throughout the Caribbean and Latin America, stationing units from Cuba in the north to British Guiana and Surinam on the northern coast of South America to protect the Venezuelan oilfields. Air bases were established along the western coast of South America, in Peru , Ecuador as well as in the Galápagos Islands , Panama, Guatemala and Costa Rica. In order to protect

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756-562: The Kansas River as the location for a new airfield. The Fort Riley Flying Field opened in August of that year, and was home to the 16th Observation Squadron . The airfield was planned as a refueling point for cross-country flights and was equipped with hangars, underground fuel storage tanks, and lights for night operations. When the facilities were completed in 1923, the airfield was named Marshall Field after Brigadier General Francis C. Marshall ,

819-422: The 101st Airborne Division (air assault)(organic elements concurrently constituted and activated), and on 15 September 1996 it was inactivated at Fort Hood, Texas. Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 158th Aviation was redesignated on 16 October 1997 as Company B, 158th Aviation, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas, and then redesignated again on 1 October 2005 as Company B, 158th Aviation Regiment. It

882-605: The 101st Airborne Division (airmobile). The division, already in Vietnam, was transitioning from a parachute unit to a helicopter-transported airmobile unit. The 2nd Battalion was constituted on 25 July 1968, in the regular army as Company B, 158th Aviation Battalion, nickname "Lancer" an element of the 101st Airborne Division (airmobile), and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado. It was reorganized and redesignated on 16 September 1987, as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 158th Aviation, and relieved from assignment to

945-513: The 158th Aviation Battalion. Company A, 158th Aviation Battalion, was activated in the Regular Army on 25 July 1968 at Fort Carson , Colorado; and Company C on the same date at Fort Riley , KS. Both became an element of the 101st Airborne Division. Company A was inactivated on 19 April 1979 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Company C on 16 October 1986 at Fort Campbell. Both Companies A and C were redesignated as Battalion HHCs on 16 September 1987, for

1008-696: The 163d Liaison Squadron was inactivated. Light aviation detachments of the Ground General School and the 10th Infantry Division took over most of its functions. However, in September 1949, Tenth Air Force established an Instrument Training Center at Marshall AFB to provide a refresher course for all its pilots outside of the 56th Fighter Wing . The school had eight instructors and was equipped with ten B-25 Mitchell bombers modified as TB-25 training aircraft, which were later replaced by Beechcraft C-45 Expeditors . In March 1950, after 86 pilots had graduated,

1071-592: The 1946 USAAF reorganization, and its successor units returned to its prewar mission, the defense of the Panama Canal; support for friendly Latin American air forces, and to provide support to Latin American nations engaged in anti-communist activities during the Cold War . Howard Air Force Base became a focus for military air support, with many surplus USAF aircraft being transferred to Latin American air forces there, as well as

1134-475: The 1st and 3rd Battalions, respectively. The 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, nicknamed the "Ghostriders", is headquartered at Conroe, Texas . The battalion flies UH-60 Black Hawks as part of the United States Army Reserve 's 11th Theater Aviation Command . The battalion traces its lineage to Company A, 158th Aviation Battalion, activated on 25 July 1968, for assignment to

1197-490: The 21st Transportation Helicopter Battalion was activated at Marshall Field. The first unit of its kind in the Army, the battalion's mission was to "activate, supply, and supervise training of helicopter companies to prepare them as combat ready units for assignment overseas or with units in the United States." Advancements in military aircraft and airborne combat tactics kept the units at Marshall Field supplied with new machines, new units, and new training courses. By March 1955,

1260-546: The 5th Battalion was also responsible for transporting V Corps leaders throughout the area of operations. Unit aircraft were a mixture of UH-60 Blackhawks and CH-47 Chinooks. Companies A and E of the battalion were located at Wiesbaden Air Base (WAB) in Wiesbaden, while Company B, activated on 16 October 1998, was stationed in Aviano. The activation of Company C at WAB was, at that time, projected for January 2000. This activation completed

1323-462: The 6th Observation Squadron (Special) was activated at Fort Sill , Oklahoma , on 7 February 1942 to take its place at the Cavalry School. The squadron moved to Marshall Field on 21 April 1942 with 15 liaison planes. In June 1943 the squadron was redesignated 6th Reconnaissance Squadron (Special), and on 12 October of that year its name was changed to 2d Composite Squadron (Special). It well deserved

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1386-454: The 71st Helicopter Transportation Battalion was training pilots in the operation of twin rotor helicopters, first the Piasecki H-25 A, then the larger Piasecki H-21 C. The emphasis on helicopters did not result in neglect for fixed-wing aircraft at Fort Riley. The post was selected as the home of the 14th Army Aviation Company in June 1955. Activated as a Fixed-Wing Tactical Transport unit, it

1449-611: The Assistant Chief of Cavalry, who had died in a plane crash the year before. In March 1926, Arnold, then a major, returned as air base commander. He held the post for about two and a half years. When he arrived the only flying unit there was still the 16th Observation Squadron. Considerably below strength, it had about eight officers and four or five De Havilland observation planes ( DeHavilland DH-4 ) supplemented by eight or ten Curtiss JN-4 Jennies. Both these planes dated from World War I . A few more modern observation aircraft reached

1512-670: The Canal Zone. During World War I, the 7th Aero was assigned to patrol for German U-boats offshore of the Canal Zone under direction of Coast Defenses of Cristobal, from 1 June – 15 November 1918. The 7th Aero Squadron was assigned to several fields during 1917 and 1918, those being Corozal (16 April); Empire (May); Fort Sherman (29 August); Cristobal (March 1918) before finding a permanent home at Coco Walk, which became France Field in May 1918. A second permanent army airfield, Albrook Field , opened in 1932 due to France Field becoming too small for

1575-606: The Caribbean was not in defensive convoys, aerial surveillance of the area was crucial to their safety. However, in the fall of 1942 the German Navy changed tactics and reduced their submarine activity in the Caribbean region to concentrate its activity on the North Atlantic convoy route and the approaches to northwest Africa. With the withdrawal of submarines from the Caribbean region the Sixth Air Force concentrated its efforts as

1638-514: The Caribbean. The subs sank several tankers in the harbor at Sint Nicholaas, Aruba and even shelled an oil refinery on the island. The refineries at the island of Aruba and Curaçao possessed oil from wells in Venezuela, and accounted for one-third of the Allies' supply of gasoline. The first wartime mission of the newly created Sixth Air Force was to perform antisubmarine operations in the Caribbean and

1701-651: The Latin American nations. The command supported disaster relief to countries such as Guatemala , Jamaica, Nicaragua , the Dominican Republic , Panama and Colombia . It also assisted states in Central and South America in purchases of United States military aircraft and trained their technicians in logistics and maintenance for the aircraft. The first United States air units arrived in the Canal Zone in February 1917, with

1764-458: The airmen at Marshall put on a giant air show in which they displayed to the general public the tactical skills they had acquired during the war. Several units besides the 2d Composite Squadron spent some time at Marshall during the war. The 72d Observation Group had its headquarters squadron there briefly in December 1941; the 5th Observation Squadron was there from August 1942 till April 1943; and

1827-515: The army's doctrinal template of the Mission Ready Battalion. As of early 2000 the unit consisted of eight companies flying and maintaining UH-60 Black Hawks and CH-47 Chinooks. The battalion had a total of 70 aircraft, which was larger than the normal 24 in a then-standard aviation battalion. A standard battalion generally flew 3,000-4,000 hours per year, while the 5th Battalion had nearly 12,000 accident-free flying hours during 1999. The unit

1890-793: The base, beginning in 1926. The primary responsibility of the fliers at Marshall was to provide demonstrations and participate in training exercises for the United States Army Cavalry School at Fort Riley. At Arnold's initiative a regular air indoctrination course was set up for the cavalrymen. The 16th Observation Squadron also had to furnish aircraft to work with ground units all over the Seventh Corps Area , which stretched from Arkansas to North Dakota , and for such special assignments as flying President Calvin Coolidge 's mail from North Platte to Rapid City, South Dakota while he

1953-482: The battalion were over 135,000. The unit also dispensed over 750,000 gallons of aircraft fuel without a major incident. Soldiers of the 5th Battalion were the first to fly US troops into Kosovo. 5th Battalion cased its colors at Katterbach Kaserne in June, 2015 in accordance with the Aviation Restructuring Initiative. In October 1987, under an army-wide restructuring, Company B of the 6th Battalion

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2016-425: The biggest strip being 3,700 feet long. These installations were about a mile south-east of Fort Riley proper and three and a half miles from Junction City, Kansas . During the war the old strips had to be surfaced and lengthened to take increased traffic and heavier, faster planes. Two concrete runways, each 4,500 feet long and 150 feet wide, six taxiways and 5,400 square yards of parking apron were laid down to meet

2079-544: The establishment of the United States Air Force in September 1947, the name of Marshall was changed to Marshall Air Force Base . with the Air Force placing Marshall AFB under Continental Air Command . The Air Force decision in 1948 to eliminate all enlisted pilots by the end of the year caused a drastic shake-up at Marshall AFB. Though they were almost extinct in most USAF flying units, the 163d had twenty-five enlisted pilots and only nine commissioned pilots in 1947. Undoubtedly

2142-684: The establishment of the Inter-American Air Forces Academy, which provided technical training and education for airmen and officers from approximately 14 Latin American countries. In the post Vietnam War drawdown of the USAF, the United States Air Forces Southern Command was inactivated in 1976 for budgetary reasons. Most of its functions and resources passed to the Tactical Air Command , which established

2205-491: The factory to be used in training at Marshall AAF. The 98th Transportation Army Aircraft Repair Detachment at Fort Riley was the only unit of its type in the Fifth Army area in 1954, and serviced all of the planes for the region. Working largely in the hangars at Marshall Field, the unit worked primarily on engines, instruments, and rigging. Around the same time, the 328th Helicopter Transportation Company transferred overseas, and

2268-477: The field in July 1945, 614 were transients. Another and not inconsiderable activity was the flying in and out of distinguished visitors to Fort Riley. Among them were Generals Ben Lear , Joseph W. Stilwell , and George S. Patton . On 7 November 1945 the 2d Composite Squadron was inactivated, its place being taken by Detachment "B" of the 69th Reconnaissance Group which inherited some of its personnel and equipment. About

2331-449: The most dramatic episode of the postwar period at Marshall AFB came early in 1949 when the base contributed its facilities, planes, and helicopters to "Operation Haylift", bringing relief to snowbound areas in several Western states. Another memorable event was the emergency landing on 6 August 1948 of a B-29 Superfortress which had made a record-breaking 5,120-mile non-stop flight from Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base , Germany. On 1 April 1949,

2394-549: The new needs. A base detachment activated in January 1941 to operate the field was designated in January 1942 as the 305th Air Base Squadron (Reduced), but in June it was renamed the 305th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron (Reduced). The field was placed under the United States Army Air Forces Third Air Force control and was designated as Marshall Field Army Airfield . However, Marshall remained

2457-421: The number fluctuates as aircraft go through maintenance and reset rotations. The unit is expecting nearly 120 aircraft total, including Kiowas. Co. A, 158th Aviation Regiment (AVIM), and numerous other military and civilian organizations. The airfield also provides CH-47, UH-60 and AH-64 Synthetic Flight Training Systems for all Fort Riley aviation units and specific Army National Guard aviation units. One of

2520-612: The numbers of aircraft being assigned to the Canal Zone, as well as having a poor landing surface; offering no room for expansion, and providing little defense for the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. A third airfield, Howard Field was built on the Canal Bruja Point Military Reservation, opening on 1 December 1939. By 1940, a rapid increase in the number of flying squadrons in both the Canal Zone as well as in Panama as

2583-520: The oldest military airfields in the United States, Marshall Army Airfield at Fort Riley made its first appearance in history in November 1912 as the site of the first attempts in the US to direct artillery fire from an airplane. Among the participants was a young lieutenant, Henry H. Arnold , who later became Commanding General of the United States Army Air Forces . Long afterward Arnold recalled

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2646-409: The regular army as Company C, 158th Aviation Battalion, an element of the 101st Airborne Division (airmobile), at Fort Riley, Kansas. It was inactivated 16 October 1986 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division (air assault). The unit was redesignated 16 September 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 158th Aviation, but withdrawn from

2709-458: The regular army on 16 September 1988 and allotted to the army reserve at Glenview, Illinois , where it was inactivated and re-allotted to the regular army. The battalion was concurrently redesignated as Company C, 158th Aviation and activated in Germany. It was redesignated on 16 October 2000 as the 3d Battalion, 158th Aviation. As of mid-2001, a detachment from Foxtrot Company, 159th Aviation Regiment,

2772-436: The regular army, allotted to the army reserve, and activated at Fort Devens, Massachusetts (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated). It was inactivated there on 1 September 1996. Redesignated on 16 October 1997 as Company D, 158th Aviation, it was relieved from allotment to the army reserve, allotted to the regular army, and activated in Germany, where it was again inactivated on 15 October 2000. Nine days later it

2835-442: The same time the 72d and 167th Liaison Squadrons, equipped with 75 L-5s, arrived at the base for training. At the end of the year there were 106 aircraft at Marshall. However, this strength was soon reduced as the postwar demobilization progressed. Early in 1946 the detachment of the 69th Group was withdrawn and the 72d Squadron was reduced to a two-man cadre, so that by late April only the 167th Squadron remained. On 3 October 1946 it

2898-497: The school was moved to Selfridge Air Force Base , Michigan. The Air Force then withdrew entirely from Marshall and, effective 1 June 1950, the base unit, which on 23 August 1948 had become the 4406th Air Base Squadron, was inactivated, and jurisdiction of Marshall was transferred to the United States Army as Marshall Army Airfield. Thanks to conflict-driven innovations in flight and cargo hauling operations, helicopters assumed

2961-424: The spring of 1947 it acquired six helicopters, the novelty of which aroused much interest in subsequent demonstrations. That spring the squadron was also given control of detachments at Biggs Army Airfield , Texas; Alamogordo Army Airfield , New Mexico, and Camp Beale , California. These detachments, with a half-dozen liaison planes, were working with the rocket development center at White Sands, New Mexico . With

3024-510: The term "composite" for by that time it had acquired 15 P-39 Airacobra fighters and five B-25 Mitchell medium bombers as well as liaison planes and was flying all sorts of tactical air missions. Besides photographic work, observation, and artillery adjustment, its pilots flew air-ground support demonstrations and simulated strafing, bombing and chemical warfare missions. They "destroyed enemy headquarters" with flour bombs, and sprayed troops with molasses residue in lieu of mustard gas. Members of

3087-1112: The unit was inactivated at Scott AFB. The lineage was resurrected on 16 October 1999 when it was reactivated at Fort Hood, Texas, and on 1 October 2005 the unit was redesignated as the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment. Elements ordered into active military service from 15 January 2005 to 11 October 2006 at home stations, then released from active military service from 12 February 2006 to 7 April 2008, reverting to reserve status. Company A ordered into active military service on 10 November 2008 at Victorville, California, then released and reverting to reserve status on 14 December 2009. Company C and other elements were ordered into active federal service on 29 January 2009 at Salem, Oregon, then released and reverting to state control on 4 March 2010. Elements ordered into active military service on 24 January 2010 at home stations and then released and reverting to reserve status on 11 March 2010. On 17 March 2011 elements were again ordered into active military service, this time at New Century, Kansas. Caribbean Air Force The United States Air Forces Southern Command

3150-472: The various methods tried for transmitting observations and instructions: a primitive radio, smoke signals, and even colored cards, weighted with iron nuts and dropped through a stovepipe. The airdrome from which Arnold made his flights was probably the polo field at Fort Riley. How and when the polo field turned into an air base is unknown. In 1921, Colonel Fred Herman selected the Smoky Hill Flats across

3213-518: The vital Air Transport Command South Atlantic Air Route to Europe and North Africa, Sixth Air Force combat units were stationed in Brazil to patrol the South Atlantic air routes. Sixth Air Force had the responsibility for tracking down submarine wolfpacks , which consisted of groups of three of more subs attacking Allied shipping using a strategy now known as "Search and Destroy" . As most shipping in

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3276-470: Was activated by reflagging the existing 295th Aviation Company within the 12th Aviation Group (concurrently redesignated as the 12th Aviation Brigade) at Wiesbaden AB, Germany. The 7th General Support Aviation Battalion was constituted on 16 September 1987 with headquarters in the Army Reserve as the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation and activated on 16 September 1988 at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. There it

3339-608: Was also the primary organization used for transporting the US Vice President and entourage for the president when they were in the theater. In 1999, the 5th Battalion deployed to Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo, Bosnia, Africa, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland and other areas within Europe. The total flying hours for FY99 was over 11,000, with over 5,000 of those hours logged in support of Task Force Hawk in Albania. Vehicle miles covered by members of

3402-467: Was assigned the training mission on 24 January, and the AAUTC became operational on 18 February, making it the first of its kind in the Army. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency 158th Aviation Regiment The 158th Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the United States Army . It traces its heritage to

3465-575: Was deployed to Camp Able Sentry, Macedonia, in support of KFOR and Operation Joint Guardian. Company D was activated on 25 July 1968 in the regular army as Company D, 158th Aviation Battalion, an element of the 101st Airborne Division (airmobile), and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado. It was inactivated on 30 September 1981 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division (air assault), then redesignated on 16 September 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Battalion , 158th Aviation, relieved from allotment to

3528-577: Was inactivated and the 163d Liaison Squadron was created to replace it. Late in 1946 the Army Cavalry School and the Cavalry Intelligence School at Fort Riley were inactivated and the Ground General School was established there. The principal mission of the 163d Squadron continued to be the giving of air support to the new school as to the old, but it confined its efforts mainly to visual reconnaissance. At first it used only L-5s, but in

3591-425: Was inactivated there on 15 January 2008. On 17 October 2011 it was redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, and activated at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington (organic elements concurrently activated). 2nd Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment received the overall Ellis D Parker Award on the 24th of January, 2024. The 3rd Battalion was activated on 25 July 1968 in

3654-588: Was ordered into active military service 27 December 1990, deployed to serve in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and later released on 17 June 1991, reverting to reserve status. Except for C Company, 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, which remained on active duty attached to 5th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment 12th Aviation Brigade stationed in Giebelstadt AAF Germany, supporting Operation Beirut Air Bridge . On 1 September 1995

3717-604: Was part of the Caribbean Defense Command , (10 February 1941 – 1 November 1947), which was the senior United States Army headquarters in the Canal Zone . The Caribbean Interceptor Command , was the Air Force component (10 February 1941 – 17 October 1941) of the CIC until being inactivated and replaced by VI Interceptor Command. In early 1942 the Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine , began anti-shipping operations using U-boats in

3780-685: Was reflagged as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Battalion, 158th Aviation, which was constituted and activated, using the assets of the 11th Aviation Battalion . The battalion's organic elements were subsequently constituted and activated. During the 1990s the 5th Battalion an element of the 12th Aviation Brigade, was the largest aviation battalion in the US Army. Units of the battalion were located in Giebelstadt and Wiesbaden, Germany and Aviano, Italy, and their mission included transportation of personnel and equipment. During combat or peacekeeping missions

3843-531: Was relieved from allotment to the regular army, allotted again to the army reserve, and subsequently activated on 16 September 2002 at Victorville, California. The 5th Battalion was reorganized and redesignated in 1987 as a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System. On 18 September 1987 at Giebelstadt Army Airfield (GAAF) in Giebelstadt, Germany, the lineage of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 158th Aviation Battalion

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3906-547: Was the first of its type and flew the 14-seat de Havilland U-1 Otter . Big news arrived on 21 July 1955, with receipt of a directive to activate the first Army Aviation Unit Training Command (AAUTC) at Fort Riley. The creation of the AAUTC was the result of the rapid expansion in Army aviation units in the mid-1950s. Seeking to utilize existing resources, the Department of the Army established two AAUTCs in 1955: one at Fort Riley and one at Fort Sill. The 71st Transportation Battalion

3969-458: Was vacationing in the Black Hills in 1927. Marshall Field did not change much in size or mission during the 1930s. In March 1931, the 16th Observation Squadron was subdivided into several flights, of which only Flight D was stationed at Marshall. However, it occasionally had company, because from 1930 to 1933 the 35th Division Aviation, National Guard, St. Louis, Missouri , was using the field as

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