2nd Flight Platoon, "Bandits"

The 2nd Flight Platoon was formed from from the 2/171st Aviation Company assets that were absorbed by the 281st Aviation Company (AML) (-) when it first arrived in Nha Trang.  The 2/171st was recently formed by combining the assets of the 145th and 6th Airlift Platoons.  Originally the 2nd Platoon was assigned the Special Operations mission supporting 5th SFG (ABN), Detachment B-52, Project Delta primary and other B Detachments and Special Projects as secondary.  Over the years this mission migrated to supporting the lettered companies of the 5th SFG (ABN), MACV-RECONDO, DSA II Corps, and other missions assigned from 10th CAB.

Currently there are two Websites dedicated to the Bandits, the first was established in 1999 by Bob Mitchell and is located at: http://www.angelfire.com/tn/mitchellrw/index.html

The second was created by Paul Griener as part of his personal website and is located at: http://thegeezerzone.com/Bandits/Banditsindex.htm