2nd Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment

This unit was activated at Ft. Rucker, AL in 1987. Our call sign was Ghost Rider. Transitioned from AH-1 to AH-64 in 1988

This unit was at Sabre AAF on the south end of Ft Campbell until 1994 at which time it moved to Campbell AAF.

This unit didn’t move to Campbell AAF until after 1996 as I was in this unit until 1996

The unit lost aircraft 85-25355 (Alpha Model Aircraft) "Venom" (Noted by the elongated Venom spider logo that was painted on the Pilots air inlet panel) in early 1997 due to a manufacture design flaw for the rear rotor shear pin. The aircraft was out on a single ship night mission when the pilots experienced a loss of tail rotor control. The aircraft was navigated to rest between two trees in order to keep the aircraft from rolling over as there was no tail rotor control. In the process of this emergency landing the tail boom was cut off by the main rotor blades just behind the door to enter the catwalk area. The tail rotor came to rest about 15 yards from the main body upside down. The aircraft absorbed enough g-force that the wingtips which usually were approximately 5 feet off the ground were now about a foot and a half off the ground. The 30MM had penetrated the bulkhead under the co-pilot, who was severely injured in this accident and had to be cut out of the co-pilot's station. In order for the pilots to be extracted the windows were blown. The aircraft was eventually sling loaded out of the woods and came to rest on a flatbed for transport back to CAAF. ~Woody Cco 2-101 AVN "GHOSTRIDERS" Crew chief 1994-1997 -

I’m not sure exactly, but transitioned to AH-64D Longbow around 1999 testing through Fort Hood.

Deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom January 2003.