Bravo Company, 5-158 Aviation, nicknamed "Big Windy" since 5 August 1969, was activated on 17 March 1966 as the 180th Aviation Company at Fort Benning, Georgia. In March of 1973, Big Windy departed from a seven-year tour in Vietnam for Europe. In November 1987, the 180th Aviation Company was redesignated to A/5-159th Aviation Regiment. In June of 1993 Alpha Company relocated from Dolan Barracks, Schwäbisch Hall to Giebelstadt Army Airfield. Over the following years, the company gathered remnants of the now deactivated "Geronimo", "Cyclone" and "Centurion" units. The Centurion's deactivation in 1997 gave Big Windy the distinction as the only CH-47 medium lift unit in the European Theater. In August 1996 the company came under control of the Mission Ready Battalion, 5-158th Aviation Regiment. In July 2006, F/159 was redesignated as B Co 5-158 AVN.
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Below is an email from a current member of Big Windy! For those who don’t know, they are currently on deployment to Iraq. They would appreciate our support by sending letters and anything else you'd like to send to make their remaining time on deployment an easier burden to deal with. My thanks to Ken Martin for bringing this to my attention.
Email 1
Its always good to meet former Big Windy dudes. If you didn't know were in Iraq right now and if you just wanna send a letter or some other cool fun shit our address is:
Kyle
Bco 5-158th AVN Regt LSA Anaconda
APO AE 09391
Were on the last stretch and any hello's from anyone would make it better. Thanks a lot man.
Kyle ( I hope this wont stop you but I have to say it anyways.
GO GATORS )
2nd email
Hey man thanks for your support. This war and the fact that we fly six hours of nvg every night our beating us all down and a gift box or just a simple letter will boast all of our moods. I'll see if we can get you some Big Windy patches and stickers so you can spread the word that Big Windy does in fact rock.
Go Gators
