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{{Infobox military aviation unit
|unit_name= 25th Aviation Regiment
| image= [[File:25th Avn Rgt coa.jpeg|100px]]
| image_size = 100
|caption= Coat of Armsarms
|dates= 1957
|country= {{USA}}
|allegiance=
|branch= Army
|type=[[United States Army Aviation Branch|Aviation]]
|role=
|type=Aviation
|rolesize=
|size=
|command_structure=
|garrison=
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|patron=
|motto= Lele Makou No Na Puali (We Fly For The Troops)
|colors=
|colors= Ultramarine Blue, Golden orange
|colors_label=
|march=
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|identification_symbol= [[File:25 Avn Rgt DUI.gif|150px]]
|identification_symbol_label= Distinctive Unitunit Insigniainsignia
|identification_symbol_2=
|identification_symbol_2_label=
<!-- Aircraft -->
|aircraft_helicopter=
|aircraft_helicopter_attack= [[Boeing AH-64 Apache|AH-6464D Apache]]
|aircraft_helicopter_cargo= [[Boeing CH-47 Chinook|CH-47F Chinook]]
|aircraft_helicopter_multirole=
|aircraft_helicopter_observation=
|aircraft_helicopter_trainer=
|aircraft_helicopter_utility= [[Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk|UH-60L/M Black Hawk]]
|aircraft_recon=
|aircraft_transport=
}}
The '''25th Aviation Regiment''' is an aviation regiment of the U.S. Army.
 
==HistoryStructure==
[[File:3-25 Avn. practices non-combatant evacuation 150301-A-ZQ077-018.jpg|thumb|right|350px|CH-47 Chinook helicopter landing on the deck of the Ex-USS Tarawa]]
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* 1st Battalion (Attack Reconnisance)
** Company A (AH-64E)
** Company B (AH-64E)
** Company C (AH-64E)
** Company D "Thunderbirds"(MQ-1C)
* 2nd Battalion "Diamondhead" (Assault)<ref name="25IDL">{{cite web|url=https://www.25idl.army.mil/UNIT_AVN_BDE/index.html|title=25th Combat Aviation Brigade – 25th Infantry Division|publisher=U.S. Army|date=10 March 2019|access-date=10 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029162554/https://www.25idl.army.mil/UNIT_AVN_BDE/index.html|archive-date=29 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC)
** Company A "Blackjacks"(UH-60M)
** Company B "Knighthawks"(UH-60M)
** Company C "Wolfpack" (UH-60M)
** Company D "Cannibals"
** Company E "Road Runner"
 
* 3rd Battalion "Hammerheads" (General Support)<ref name="25IDL"/>
** HHC "Marlins"
** Company A "Stingrays"(UH-60M)
** Company B "Hillclimbers"(CH-47F)
** Company C "Dustoff"(HH-60M)
** Company D "Tiger sharks"
** Company E
** Company F "Cobras" (Air Traffic Control)
 
==Lineage==
Constituted 1 February 1957 in the Regular Army as the 25th Aviation Company, assigned to the [[25th Infantry Division (United States)|25th Infantry Division]], and activated at [[Schofield Barracks]], Hawaii
 
Reorganized and redesignated 12 August 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, '''25th Aviation Battalion''' (organic elements constituted 21 June 1963 and activated 12 August 1963).<ref name=25AVL>[https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/025av.htm Lineage, 25th Aviation]</ref>
 
Between 1966 and 1967 the 341st Airfield Operations Detachment was attached.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/go6866.pdf|title=General Orders No. 66|publisher=U.S. Army|date=November 20, 2019|page=2}}</ref>
Inactivated 15 October 1985 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii▼
 
▲Inactivated 15 October 1985 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}
 
Activated 16 January 1986 at [[Wheeler Air Force Base]], Hawaii
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It may at its maximum size have had up to four battalions.
 
==Campaign Participationparticipation Creditcredit==
Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII
 
==Decorations==
* [[File:Valorous_Unit_Award_ribbon.svg|60px]][[Valorous Unit Award]] for HO BO WOODS
* [[File:Valorous_Unit_Award_ribbon.svg|60px]]Valorous Unit Award for TAY NINH – HAU NGHIA
* [[File:Valorous_Unit_Award_ribbon.svg|60px]]Valorous Unit Award for SOMALIA
* [[File:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation_ribbon.svg|60px]][[Meritorious Unit Commendation]] (Army) for VIETNAM 1966–1967
* [[File:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation_ribbon.svg|60px]]Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968
* [[File:Gallantry Cross Unit Citation.png|60px]][[Gallantry_Cross_(South_Vietnam)|Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm]] for VIETNAM 1966–1968
* [[File:Gallantry Cross Unit Citation.png|60px]]Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1968–1970
* [[File:Civil Action Unit Citation.png|60px]][[Civil Actions Medal|Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal]] for VIETNAM 1966–1970
 
==See also==
* [[List of United States Army Aviationaircraft Branchbattalions]]
* [[Coats of arms of U.S. Army Aviation Regiments]]▼
* [[U.S. Army Regimental System]]
▲* [[CoatsUnited of arms of U.S.States Army Aviation RegimentsBranch]]
 
==References==
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==External links==
* http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/default.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522053055/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/default.htm |date=22 May 2011 }}
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110512225727/http://www.armyavnmuseum.org/index.html
* http://25thaviation.org/
 
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