The 171st Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the U.S. Army. The regiment was constituted 8 June 1995 as the 171st Aviation, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System and allotted to the Army National Guard of Georgia and Florida. [1]

On Jan. 29, 2025, a passenger plane approaching Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport collided with a U.S. military helicopter, killing all 67 people aboard the two aircraft. Politicians ...

2019年2月9日 · Lieutenant Col. Barry Simmons relinquished command of the Marietta, Ga.-based 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment to Lt. Col. Christopher Buck during a ceremony at the Clay National Guard ...

2023年1月3日 · Ten KC-135 aircraft were launched in a single day by the 171st on Oct. 25, 2022, making it one of the busiest days for flying at the unit on record. The ten aircraft were supporting a wide...

2024年2月6日 · Forty-five years ago, eight KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft were permanently assigned to the 171st Air Refueling Wing. In 1976, the 171st converted from Tactical Air Command to a Strategic...

3 天之前 · Elon Musk and the U.S. Department of Transportation will "remake" U.S. airspace, Transportation secretary Sean Duffy said at an event on Wednesday.. Why it matters: The collision last week between an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter became the deadliest aviation disaster in the U.S. in more than 20 years, leading to renewed scrutiny of the country's ...

It was the nation's worst military aviation accident since 1982 when an Air National Guard air refueling tanker crashed in Illinois, killing 27 people including 23 National Guard members.

2020年10月3日 · MARIETTA, Ga. – Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Buck relinquished command of the Marietta, Ga.-based 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment to Lt. Col. Matthew Kukla during a ceremony at the Clay National Guard Center Oct. 3, 2020.

3 天之前 · The 12th Aviation Battalion — the same unit involved in the collision — is charged with priority air transport for government officials below the president, including the secretary of Defense ...

2025年1月31日 · The investigation will focus, in part, on personnel who were at Reagan National Airport, where a government report indicated the air traffic control tower was understaffed at the time of the crash.