2/171st Aviation...

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The 2/171st Aviation was formed in Nha Trang, RVN by combining the assets of the 145th and the 6th Aviation Platoons February 1966 prior to the arrival of the 281st.  The combining of these assets was necessary to adequately support 5th SFG (ABN), Detachment B-52, Project Delta and the other assets of the 5th SFG (ABN).  See the 281st Chronological History for a date by date chronology of the events leading up to and surrounding the creation of the 2/171st.