1st Battalion, 210th Aviation (United States)
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| 1st Battalion, 210th Aviation (formerly: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Training Battalion) | |
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 UASTB logo |
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| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Type | Aviation |
| Role | UAV Training |
| Part of | TRADOC |
| Garrison/HQ | Fort Huachuca |
| Motto | "Wings Above" |
| Anniversaries | Activated 19 April, 2006 |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
LTC Ronald G. Myers |
The 1st Battalion, 210th Aviation, formerly known as the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Training Battalion, or UASTB, is a U.S. Army unit at Fort Huachuca, Arizona whose primary mission is to train soldiers in the operation and maintenance of the RQ-7 Shadow, the RQ-5 Hunter, and the Warrior-A unmanned aircraft systems. 1-210th Aviation was previously based at Fort Rucker, Alabama, and its designation was moved to Fort Huachuca after the Rucker unit inactivated.
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[edit] Overview
1-210th Aviation is a tenant unit of Fort Huachuca, but its parent unit is the 1st Aviation Brigade at Fort Rucker, Alabama, also known as the Army Aviation Warfighting Center.
The UASTB operates the largest UAS training center in the world[1], with over 125,000 square feet (11,600 m²) of training space, 4 hangars, and two runways, and 24-hour operational capacity.
Formerly known as Company E, 305th Military Intelligence Battalion, the UASTB was activated on April 19th, 2006 as a provisional training battalion.
[edit] Command and Staff
- LTC Ronald Myers - Battalion Commander
- CSM Danny Thurecht - Battalion Command Sergeant Major
- Mr. Mark Farrar - Deputy Commander
- MAJ Antonio Jasso - Battalion XO
[edit] Subunits
- HHC, UASTB
- A Co, UASTB
- B Co, UASTB - B Company's primary mission is to train UAV Operators. The systems they fly are the RQ-7 Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and the RQ-5 Hunter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Company commander is Captain Kyle Duncan.
- C Co, UASTB-C Company mission is to train soldiers in the MQ-1 Sky Warrior A system. Soon C Company will begin to transition to Sky Warrior (ER/MP) while continuing to train Sky Warrior A through 2015.
[edit] UASTB Activation
Article in Quad A on the UASTB Activation
Speaking of integrating UAS, the U.S. Army Aviation Warfighting Center assumed control of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Training Battalion (UASTB) on April 19, beginning a new phase for the program.
The Military Intelligence Center officially activated the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Test Company in October 1991 as a separate company under the 111th MI Brigade.
The company’s mission was to provide joint service training, testing and doctrinal development for the Joint Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Short Range Program.
LTC Ronald Myers and CSM Raleigh Matthews uncased the new unit colors distinguishing the UASTB officially as a member of the Aviation Branch, part of an alignment that began last year when USAAWC was named the Army’s Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
The unit now falls under the 1st Aviation Brigade, headquartered at Fort Rucker.
The reputation that the MI Branch has forged on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan is legendary, and established unmanned systems as a combat multiplier and a critical intelligence asset for commanders at every level.
As the Aviation Branch assumes the charter to train the Army’s UAS soldiers and leaders, we want to reaffirm the commitment to every soldier engaged in combat, peacekeeping and humanitarian missions around the world; you can count on Army Aviation and you can count on our UAS soldiers.
Missions for unmanned systems are limitless, and the goal is for Soldiers to continue to adapt UAS to accomplish their assigned missions safer and more efficiently than ever before.
We will carefully manage the growth of our UAS, ensuring that we provide realistic, hands-on training to our soldiers. Currently, there are approximately 400 UAS in the Army, but that number will grow incrementally in the coming years as we standardize the kind of UAS the Army will field, and the missions each will perform.
Aviation commanders will continue to provide rigorous oversight for aviation-based training, safety, maintenance and operational discipline.
Army Aviation remains committed to the “call to duty,” whether it’s combat, homeland defense and security, or responding around the globe with humanitarian relief and assistance missions.
Even while we are simultaneously reorganizing, re-stationing, modernizing, and conducting reset and preset, we stand ready and are executing with phenomenal results. We will also continue to innovate as we have in the area of integrating unmanned aircraft systems.
All of our efforts are directed to give our soldiers the best training and equipment to fight the global war on terrorism.
