601 Assault Helicopter Battalion

Batallón de Helicópteros de Asalto 601
601 Assault Helicopter Battalion
Active 1970 - present
Country  Argentina
Branch Argentine Army
Type Army aviation
Part of Army Aviation Command
Army
Ministry of Defense
Motto(s) Non Sufficit Orbis
Engagements Operativo Independencia
Falklands War
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief President
Chief of Staff of the Army General
Chief of Army Aviation Colonel
Battalion Chief Lieutenant Colonel
Insignia
Roundel

The 601 Assault Helicopter Battalion (Spanish: Batallón de Helicópteros de Asalto 601) is a helicopter unit of the Argentine Army.

Description

This battalion is the main helicopter unit of the Argentine Army Aviation and is based at Campo de Mayo, Buenos Aires. The unit is composed by Bell UH-1H and Aerospatiale Puma helicopters. It is organised in two assault companies.

The battalion works closely with the infantry unit 601 Air Assault Regiment (Spanish: Regimiento de Asalto Aéreo 601), also based at Campo de Mayo.

History

The unit took part in the Falklands War in 1982 with its original name "601 Combat Aviation Battalion" (Batallón de Aviación de Combate 601).

Inventory

Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Bell UH-1 Iroquois[1] USA Helicopter 205A-1
UH-1H		 2
16
Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma[1] France Helicopter AS332B 3
Bell 212[1] USA Helicopter 1

References

  1. 1 2 3 "EJERCITO ARGENTINO - ORBAT". Saorbats. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

See also

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