Round shaped, brass colored coin 2 inches in diameter. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • III Corps
  • Combat Aviation Brigade
  • 1st Cavalry Division
  • 1st Battalion 227th Aviation Regiment
Location
Coin Location: 1B10
Homebase: Fort Hood, Texas
Deployment: Iraq
Additional Information
Date Acquired: Prior to 21 March 2008
Donated by: Unknown
Copies: 1 of 1

C002374

Location: 1B10

Coin: Unit - Deployment

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Round shaped, brass colored coin 2 inches in diameter.

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The 1st Battalion 227th Aviation Regiment is an attack helicopter battalion that is a sub unit of the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, the aviation brigade for the 1st Cavalry Division. The battalion is an AH-64D Apache task force based at Fort Hood, Texas. The unit's nickname is "First Attack" because it was the first army aviation battalion to field the AH-64A and AH-64D model Apache.

In October of 2006 the unit deployed to Camp Taji, Iraq for a 15 month deployment in support of OIF 06-08, soldiers returned home in December 2007.

1st Attack & Reconnaissance Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment.