MISSION STATEMENT
The U.S. Army Aviation Brigade (TAAB) plans, coordinates, and executes aviation operations for the U.S. Army Military District of Washington (USAMDW), to include regional and worldwide priority air transport for the Army’s senior leadership, selected DoD Officials, and Combatant Commanders. TAAB executes airfield operations at Davison Army Airfield (DAAF) and provides Air Traffic Services support to the Pentagon helipad. As directed by the Joint Task Force–National Capital Region (JTF–NCR), TAAB employs rotary wing aviation and engineer technical rescue assets to support designated contingency operations within the National Capital Region.
TAAB HISTORY
The Army Aviation Brigade’s colors were uncased Dec. 9, 2005, and presented to the brigade-level aviation command by the commanding general of Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region (now called Joint Task Force-National Capital Region) and U.S. Army Military District of Washington . The 12th Aviation Battalion, located at Davison Army Airfield, Fort Belvoir, Va., provides a fleet of helicopters for civilian and senior military leaders for transport and provides operational airlift for such tactical units as the Military District of Washington’s 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) and the 12th’s own technical rescue unit, the 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company. The United States Army Priority Air Transport Command (USAPAT), headquartered at Andrews Air Force Base (now Joint Base Andrews), operates from there as well as Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany and Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. Its mission is to provide long-range executive airlift around the world.
The Army’s decision to assign USAPAT to MDW came from the Office of the Administrative Assistant, Headquarters Department of the Army. Twelve years earlier, MDW had both fixed and rotary wing operations located at Davison Army Airfield, but reorganization placed the fixed wing assets with those of the National Guard, creating Operational Support Airlift Command in 1994. It in turn was under the Operational Support Airlift Agency. General Orders No. 2, dated Feb. 25, 2004, moving USAPAT from OSAC to the U.S. Army Services and Operations Agency, Office of the Administrative Assistant, HQDA.
The 12th Aviation brought its six companies to the AOG, including its Headquarters Company, two UH-60A/L Flight Companies, Delta Company Maintenance, and the 911th Engineer Company for technical rescue capabilities. Another element, that Davison Airfield Management Command provides, is airfield services and operational support to all of Davison Army Airfield and transient aircraft.
The 18 Black Hawks of the battalion were divided between Alpha and Charlie Companies. Alpha, with VIP transport, owned four VH-60 models and five of the UH-60A/Ls, while Charlie Company, a general support aviation company, managed the other nine UH-60A/Ls. Aircraft flown by USAPAT included nine short- and long-range fixed-wing aircraft, six of them based at Joint Base Andrews, two in the Pacific (USAPAC) and one in Europe (USAEUR). USAPAT Headquarters is at Joint Base Andrews, where it operates three short-range UC-35 Cessna Citations.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Commander: 703-806-7005
Deputy Commander: 703-806-7008
Command SGM: 703-806-7557
Standards Officer: 703-806-7520
Safety Officer: 202-253-5771
S1 Administrative Officer: 703-806-7112
S2 Security Officer: 703-806-7572
S3 Operations Office: 703-806-7571
S4 Logistics Officer: 703-806-7988
S6 Informations Systems Security Officer (ISSO): 703-806-7527
S8 Budget Analyst: 703-806-7587
Military aircraft comprise a small percentage of air traffic in the National Capital Region. Aircraft from the Army constitutes an even smaller percentage. In order to ensure complaints concerning aircraft noise are properly referred to the right entity, initial complaints should be referred to the Washington Metro Area Helicopter Noise Complaint Portal to assist in determining the source of the complaint and, if applicable, referral to the appropriate military entity.
MISSION STATEMENT
12th Aviation Battalion provides continuous, time-sensitive rotary wing aviation and technical rescue support to the National Capital Region to enable continuity of government/operations and defense support of civilian authorities.
MISSION STATEMENT
Provides worldwide priority aviation support to Army Senior Leadership, Combatant Commanders, and other government officials as directed by the Office of the Administrative Assistant (OAA) to the Secretary of the Army and be prepared to launch all assigned aircraft in support of contingency operations as required in the National Capital Region (NCR).
HISTORY
The United States Army Priority Air Transport (USAPAT) Battalion, located at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, was activated on 1 August 1988 as a jet detachment of the U.S. Army Davison Aviation Command and the U.S. Army Military District of Washington. Its mission was to provide senior Army leadership and key government officials with fast, long-range and professional executive transportation throughout the world.
In February 1988, the authorization was given for two C-20E Gulfstream III jets to be entered into the Army inventory and to be operated by Army personnel. Training of the initial crews soon commenced with FlightSafety International in Savannah, Georgia, and by 1 August 1988, USAPAT was operational. USAPAT’s first mission was flown with the Secretary of the Army, the Honorable John O. Marsh Jr., to Wright Army Airfield, Georgia, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, and then back to Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
USAPAT expanded its fleet to provide travel capability in excess of 5,000 nautical miles non-stop anywhere in the world. The current inventory of executive aircraft consists of three UC-35s, two C-37A aircraft (“Normandy” and “Gettysburg”), one C-37B (“Valley Forge”), one C-20E (“Lexington”) at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and one C-20F (“Victory”) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
USAPAT was realigned under the command of U.S. Army Air Operations Group and the U.S. Army Military District of Washington in October 2005. USAPAT’s current organizational structure consists of a headquarters at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, and two subordinate flight detachments, one located at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and the other at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
MISSION AND HISTORY
The 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company (TREC), formerly known as the MDW (Military District of Washington) Engineer Company, is a highly specialized unit assigned to perform technical rescue operations in five disciplines of rope rescue, mine rescue, trench rescue, structural collapse, and confined space. Remarkably, it stands as the only technical rescue engineer companies in the Department of Defense. Located at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, this elite company is assigned to the 12th Aviation Battalion, The U.S. Army Aviation Brigade (TAAB), Military District of Washington. Its manning and equipment closely resemble those of a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Urban Search and Rescue Heavy Task Force. To maintain readiness, the company routinely executes joint training exercises with local, state, and federal first responders.
The MDW Engineer Company responded immediately to the September 11th attacks on the Pentagon, when the first sergeant and company commander swiftly mobilized the company to the disaster site without awaiting orders, dedicating ten days to intense search and rescue operations. In honor of the company’s historic role in the recovery efforts, the unit was re-designated as the 911th United States Army Technical Rescue Engineer Company on September 11, 2006.
Further demonstrating its unwavering commitment to the nation, the company supported President Barack Obama ‘s historic 2009 inauguration, staging for immediate rescue support. The 911th is always prepared to respond to a myriad of critical unforeseen events in the National Capital Region.
MISSION STATEMENT
To support, manage and sustain ARNG’s Fixed Wing fleet, crew members and units, both domestic and abroad, IOT maximize wartime readiness, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and peacetime utilization.
Mission
Control and manage Davison Army Airfield (DAAF) and Pentagon Helipad (JPN). Conduct continuous airfield operations in support of National Capital Region airfield users in order to provide a safe , controlled, and efficient airfield environment; on order support to Joint Reception Staging and Onward Movement and Integration during contingency operations.