1st Army Aviation Brigade (Greece)

The 1st Army Aviation Brigade (Greek: 1η Ταξιαρχία Αεροπορίας Στρατού, 1η ΤΑΞΑΣ, 1 Taxiarchia Aeroporias Stratou - 1 TAXAS) is the main formation of the Hellenic Army's Army Aviation.

History

In August, 1950, the first Αrmy Aviation unit was created, belonging to Artillery, the 190th Air Observation Unit, based at Megara airport. Also, few years later, a special Air Observation School was created in order to provide training, in parallel with the establishment of other support units. At that time, the unit's main activities included target detection for Artillery units and light transportation.

One of the most important dates was 1961, when the first helicopters, the Bell 47G, were delivered, marking the eve of new era, that of air assault and medium transportation.

The modernization continued with the acquisition of UH-1s in 1969, CH-47s in 1981 and recently with the delivery of the AH-64D and NH-90.

Structure

1st Army Aviation Brigade based at Stefanovikio, Thessaly

• HQ Company, based at Stefanovikio, Thessaly
• 307th Aviation Technical Group, based at Stefanovikio, Thessaly
• 17th Signal Company (17 ΛΔΒ), based at Stefanovikio, Thessaly
• 1st Attack Helicopter Battalion (1o ΤΕΕΠ), based at Stefanovikio, Thessaly
• 2nd Attack Helicopter Battalion (2o TEEΠ), based at Megara, Attica
• 1st Army Air Battalion (1o TEAΣ), based at Stefanovikio, Thessaly
• 2nd Army Air Battalion (2ο ΤΕΑΣ), based at Megara, Attica
• 3rd Army Air Battalion (3ο ΤΕΑΣ), based at Alexandreia, Macedonia
• 4th Army Air Battalion (4ο ΤΕΑΣ), based at Megara, Attica

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