1st Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment

The 1st Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment, nicknamed the "Tigersharks", was an Attack Helicopter Battalion operating AH-64 Apaches attack and OH-58 Kiowa scout helicopters. It was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina [ cite website | url = http://scramble.nl/mag/scramble297-english.pdf | title = Military News, page 11 ] from 1992 having moved from Fort Hood, Texas after graduation from the Apache Training Brigade (later called the combat aviation training brigade). The battalion was assigned to the 18th Aviation Brigade, and was disbanded on or about 15 May 2004, with the standing down of the brigade. [Global Security [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/1-229avn.htm] ]

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*List of United States Army aircraft battalions