Mission and the supporting aviation unit depends upon the mission or degree of control directed by a. A divisional aviation battalion provides the higher headquarters. The degree of conaviation general support to the division, partrol depends on the capability of the ground ticularly those units which do not have organic aviation andreios o r d a unit to plan, coordinate, control, and logisticaviation, and reinforces other divisional aviaally support the aviation unit. Normally, an aviation battalion or an element thereof is conb. The mission of a nondivisional aviation trolled by its parent unit and is placed in supbattalion depends largely upon the type and port; of the ground unit, with operational concomposition of the battalion and the capabil- trol of both units retained by the headquarters ities of its subordinate units. which directs and supports the operation.
DesignationFM 1-15
EditionJul 1965
StatusSuperseded
Pages76
FunctionAviation
EchelonBattalion
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)