601 Assault Helicopter Battalion
Argentine military unit
Batallón de Helicópteros de Asalto 601 601 Assault Helicopter Battalion | |
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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 |
Military unit
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 |
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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 |
See also
- Rapid Deployment Force
- 601 Air Assault Regiment
References
- ^ a b c "EJERCITO ARGENTINO - ORBAT". Saorbats. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
External links
- (in Spanish) Argentine Army Aviation Official website
- (in Spanish) Official website
- (in Spanish) Article in "La Nación" newspaper Archived 2016-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
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- Special Operations Forces Grouping
- 601st Engineer Grouping
- Mountain Huntsmen
divisions
- 1st Army Division
- 1st Tank Cavalry Regiment
- XII Bush Brigade
- 2nd Army Division
- VI Mountain Brigade
- VII Mountain Brigade
- 3rd Army Division
- I Armored Brigade
- 7th Infantry Regiment
- XI Mechanized Brigade
- GADA 601
- IV Airborne Brigade
- 601 Commando Company
- 602 Commando Company
- Army Aviation
- 601 Assault Helicopter Battalion
- 601st Engineer Grouping
- 601st Signals Grouping