12th Aviation Battalion

12th Avn BN

The 12th Aviation Battalion ( Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region, JFHQ-NCR ) is responsible for providing aviation support to the Military District of Washington, federal agencies and technical rescue support within the National Capital Region.

Is comprised of three helicopter companies, a helicopter-maintenance company, a headquarters company, and the 911th U.S. Army Technical Rescue Engineer Company.

A company flying with UH-60A
B company Black Sheep flew UH-1 until 2002 then deactivated. Reactivated In 2010 with UH-72A
C company flying with UH-60A

In 2014 replaced both UH-60A and UH-72A types with UH-60L Black Hawks often called VH-60L due to their VIP mission

News

DC Battalion Received ICARUS Training Devices

Feb 23, 2023 · US Army 12th Aviation Battalion, responsible for providing aviation support to the District of Washington, is the first military unit to receive the Instrument Conditions Awareness Recognition and Understanding System (ICARUS) for flight training
911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company

Apr 4, 2021 · The US Army 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company ( 911th TREC ) which is specialised in technical rescue, particularly urban search and rescue (USAR) is the only such unit in the Dept of Defense. Based at Fort Belvoir, VA with the 12th Aviation B
Army aviators fill Washington skies

Jun 9, 2014 · US Army 12th Aviation Battalion inventory ( 17 UH-60A Black Hawks and 7 UH-72A Lakota ) flew all together over Washington for the last time before their replacement with the UH-60L model

Locations

KDAA DAA

Davison AAF Airport

Models

	Bell 205 UH-1D/H
	Sikorsky Black Hawk
2010/14	Eurocopter UH-72A Lakota

Airframes (7)

Reg	Model	C/N
00-26857	uh-60l	unknown
00-26860	uh-60l	unknown	PAT25 w/o 2025
00-26861	uh-60l	unknown
06-27093	uh-60l	unknown
06-27094	uh-60l	unknown
09-20216	uh-60l	70-3432
09-72120	uh-72a	9340

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