The 110th Aviation Brigade consists of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company which provides staff assistance to four battalions, each with a unique mission and additionally is the administrative element for all graduate flight training courses for each of the flying battalions. Additionally, the brigade operates the Army’s largest radar approach control (ARAC), providing services not only to the training at Fort Rucker, but all FAA traffic in the national local airspace. The Brigade Graduate Academic Training Branch is the Department of the Army Night Vision Device (NVD) training and operations staff agency.
The 1-11th aviation regiment, reassigned to 110th Aviation Brigade in October 2010, provides air traffic services for all aviation training for U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence, both Initial Entry Rotary Wing (IERW) and graduate training — on base-fields, stage-fields and tactical training areas.
The 1-14th aviation regiment at Hanchey Army Heliport trains attack and reconnaissance aviators in the AH-64E aircraft in both IERW and graduate training.
The 1-212th aviation regiment at Lowe AHP trains aviators in the UH-60M aircraft in both IERW and graduate training.
The 1-223rd aviation regiment at Cairns Army Airfield trains Initial Entry Rotary Winged student pilots in the contact and instruments phases of IERW while Shell AHP conducts basic warfighting skills, tactical navigation and SOLO flights. Knox AHP trains heavy lift aviators and flight engineers in the CH-47F aircraft for IERW and graduate courses. The battalion also provides crash rescue and air ambulance support to AVCOE and surrounding communities.
When the brigade assumed the numerical designation as the 110th Aviation Brigade in March 2005, it inherited an illustrious lineage. The noteworthy history of the 110th Aviation Brigade represents the untiring efforts of our true professionals and serves as a solid foundation for future endeavors.
HISTORY
The 10th Aviation Group was activated on June 30, 1965, and evolved from the 10th Air Transport Brigade (Test). It supported the 11th Air Assault Division. When the 11th was disbanded, the 10th remained at Fort Benning, Georgia, to provide all aspects of training for aviation companies preparing to deploy to Vietnam. The 10th Aviation Group was inactivated and re-designated back to the 10th Aviation Group in 2004. On March 1, 2005, the 10th Aviation Group was re-designated as the 110th Aviation Brigade. The Aviation Training Brigade at Fort Rucker assumed this unit designation and lineage on the same day. The mission of the 110th Aviation Brigade is to provide the Army and allied forces with professionally trained aviators and non-rated crew members through planning, coordinating, and executing formal flight instruction at the undergraduate and graduate level.
Leadership
Commander, 110th Aviation Brigade
Colonel Keith Hill is a distinguished military graduate from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in Army Aviation in 2001. In March 2003, he graduated from the Aviation Officer Basic Course and the OH-58D AQC at Fort Rucker, Alabama.
Col. Hill began his career as an aero-scout Platoon Leader with 1-4 Cavalry, 1st ID, Schweinfurt, Germany, where he deployed with the Squadron in support of Operation... READ MORE
Command CWO, 110th Aviation Brigade
Chief Warrant Officer Five Dennis Eelkema is a native of Oak Harbor, Washington and entered into military service in 2002. He attended U.S. Army Basic Training at Fort Sill, OK and Warrant Officer Candidate School at Fort Rucker, Alabama followed by Warrant Officer Flight Training. He earned his wings in October of 2002 and completed UH-60A FSXXII October 2003.... READ MORE
Command Sgt. Maj, 110th Aviation Brigade
Command Sgt. Maj. Nathan D. Mullins
Command Sgt. Maj. Nathan D. Mullins was born in Cheltenham, England, and was raised on the East Coast of the United States. He graduated Deep Creek High School in Chesapeake, Virginia in 1998. He enlisted in the U.S. Army as a Blackhawk Helicopter Repairer (UH-60) on August 18, 1998, and attended Basic Training at Fort Jackson, SC and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Eustis, VA. CSM Mullins’ previous assignments include; C Co 123rd AVIM and A Co 4-123rd Aviation Regiment... READ MORE