Round shaped, brass colored coin, 2 inches in diameter. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • XVIII Airborne Corps
  • 101st Aviation Brigade
  • 101st Airborne Division (Air Moble)
  • 8th Battalion 101st Aviation Regiment
Location
Coin Location: 2M9
Homebase: Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Additional Information
Date Acquired: Prior to 21 March 2008
Donated by: Unknown
Copies: 1 of 1

C001700

Location: 2M9 Height: 2

Coin: Command

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Narrative

Round shaped, brass colored coin, 2 inches in diameter.

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The mission of the 8th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, was to deploy support assets worldwide, and provide aviation intermediate maintenance, backup aviation unit maintenance, and aircraft repair parts supply support to the aircraft of the 101st Airborne Division.

The 8-101st Aviation Intermediate Maintenance (AVIM) Battalion was organic to the 101st Airborne DISCOM. It provided aviation intermediate maintenance and backup Aviation Unit Maintenance (AVUM) to Divisional and attached units' aircraft, systems and subsystems, including aircraft armament, avionics and aircraft survivability equipment. Additionally it sustained: Class IX (Air) repair part supply support, operational readiness floats of helicopters and selected aircraft peculiar items, technical information and quality assurance/assistance, repairable management (RM) service for selected items, recovery and evacuation aircraft, oversight of ESRA operations