1st Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment

Tigersharks

1-229 AVN

Established 1964

1-229th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion (1-229th ARB), part of 16th Combat Aviation Brigade based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord

Well in 1996 we were just a attack battalion not this reconnaissance stuff. Then 18th airborne corp. After Bosnia.

2002, 1/229th was at Fort Bragg during deployment to Afghanistan summer 2002. C Company Blue Max

News

Idaho Army National Guard New Range

Mar 28, 2022 · Idaho Army National Guard’s newest range, Orchard Combat Training Center (OCTC), completed certification. Located 19 miles south of Boise, has 143,000 acres (~ 578 km2) and 23 training ranges
US Army Fields Apache Version 6

Jan 28, 2021 · US Army 1-229th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Washington is the first operational unit to receive the Boeing AH-64E version 6 (V6) Apache helicopter
Tigersharks First to Receive AH-64E Version 6

Aug 27, 2020 · US Army 1-229th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, “Tigersharks”, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in Washington state, part of 16th Combat Aviation Brigrade, will be the first unit to upgrade to Apache AH-64E Version 6 from Version 4 next Octo
US Army achieves IOC with AH-64E Apache

Nov 27, 2013 · US Army 1-229th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion (ARB) from JB Lewis-McChord is the first unit to achieved Initial Operating Capability (IOC) with the AH-64E Apache variant

Locations

KGRF GRF

Models

2013-

Airframes (3)

Reg	Model	C/N
20-03313	ah-64e	unknown
20-03323	ah-64e	CU012
20-03333	ah-64e	CU019

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