6th Aviation Regiment (Australia)

6th Aviation Regiment
A 1st Commando Regiment soldier jumping from a Black Hawk helicopter in 2013
Active2008–current
CountryAustralia
BranchAustralian Army
TypeSpecial operations aviation
Part of16th Aviation Brigade
HeadquartersHolsworthy Barracks
Motto(s)Valour[1]
Insignia
Unit colour patch
Aircraft flown
Multirole helicopterUH-60M Black Hawk[a]

The 6th Aviation Regiment is one of the Australian Army's three Army Aviation regiments and was raised on 1 March 2008 to provide air mobility for the Australian Army Special Operations Command (SOCOMD).[2][3]

The 6th Aviation Regiment is being equipped with UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters.[a] The regiment forms part of the 16th Aviation Brigade. The regiment is headquartered at Luscombe Army Airfield, Holsworthy Barracks, Sydney which was vacated by 161st Reconnaissance Squadron of the 1st Aviation Regiment in 1995.[6][2][7] The regiment is under the operational command of SOCOMD for "directed special operations tasking".[8]

  1. ^ "Exercise Talisman Sabre 23". Defence Imagery. Department of Defence. Retrieved 13 October 2023. The regiment's motto is 'Valour'.
  2. ^ a b "6th Aviation Regiment". Australian Army. 19 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020.
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  6. ^ Gubler, Abraham (2008). "Army Aviation's New Decade of Growth". Asia Pacific Defence Reporter. 34 (5): 16–19.
  7. ^ "Army aviation in Australia 1970–2015 Factsheet" (PDF). Australian Army. 24 February 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2017.
  8. ^ Irvine, David (31 August 2018). Review of Special Operations Command - Australian Army (PDF) (Report). Australian Army. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2022.


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