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The 159th Assault Support Helicopter Battalion was formed on 1 July 1968 from the dissolved 308th Combat Aviation Battalion. Organized as the medium and heavy lift Assault Support Helicopter Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division, the unit was eventually composed of three CH-47 companies (Pachyderms - A Company, formerly the 200th Medium Lift Helicopter Company; Varsity - B Company, formerly the 272nd Medium Lift Helicopter Company; Playtex - C Co, formerly 293rd Medium Lift Helicopter Company) and 1 CH-54 company (Hurricanes - 478th Heavy Lift Company). |
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From January 1969 through February 1972, the battalion provided lift support to 101st Airborne Division, operations Kentucky Jumper, Massachusetts Striker, Apache Snow, Campbell Streamer, Montgomery Rendezvous, Lam Son 719, Jefferson Glen and Lam Son 810. The unit conducted artillery support, troop movement operations, flare and flame drops, fire-base insertions and extractions, IFR airdrops, and flight suport and aircraft recovery missions. The 159th ASH Battalion received the Valorous Unit Award for services in the Republic of Vietnam, 1 January 1970 through May 1971. In February 1972, the 159th ASH Battalion returned to Fort Campbell Kentucky as the only CH-47 Chinook Battalion in the United States Army. |
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