3AD HISTORY OF OPERATION DESERT STORM AND SPEAR

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Subject: 3AD HISTORY OF OPERATION DESERT STORM AND SPEAR                 

Box  ID: BX001301

Document Number:          3

Folder Title: OPORDS AND  COMMAND AND CONTROL                                                                 

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Unit: 3D AD       

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                  i,,i,poi@r/AUTI-401'N': Cl-Ir Dtvid S(,xattc.,t-
                  tj]41'T': 9/227tti Aviation Battilion
                  Ac,rIVI'rY/EVE14rt              T'imeliiie (overview) on Deployment -from Germany to
                  oi-riv.vtl -ti. FAA Victory
                  I)oTEIIII'll:' Or ACI)VITY/EVCIIT,                      I AttgttsL lc?90 Ltnii@l 28 Febri-tary 1991
                  1)1:-'SCRII:'I'ION 01' A(-TIVITY/EVE'Ni':


                  9.-227TH Aviation @;ttppori. LcAlt.-Alion. formed fi-ofti I Co. 227th began a
                  @ concept in ll,?fis by th Department of tlic-, Ai-my titled the Division
                  (@'ivi.al.ion Stipl@c)i,t @,tttAlic)n (I)ASL().                     Ill('. (mission to act:Lvate the
                  tti-iit was inti-Lt-.ted to L.'r(' DoriAld F'.                      fownsend and SGII Allen Daniel
                  ill ,Lily of 1989. Over the next seven months they wori-ed to i,efine
                  ,And develop this new concept.                            This work culminated with the
                  pt-tblishing of ill(:, Test Table of Organization and Equipment in -the
                  fall of 1989.              Oil 15 Febi-LtAi-y 1990 the unit provisionally activated
                  at I-lanau, Gc@t-niai-ky with a mission to provide Combat Service Support
                                                                                           l@ Battalion was assigned to
                  (CSS)to thc, (,(3mb,:tt i4vi..ttion Itrig@-kde                    .
                  [lie 3d At-fnor@rl I)ivirion St.tpi)(-)ri Command (DISCOM).                                     The 9th
                  11,@tt.tli.on pei-foi-m(-d wall at fi(,I(i training exei-cisls :Ln Mai-cl-k.

                  I I-on, @, Aitcltt@il till-til 'I.1                           'Ykli ilie LtAii.a'Lioti worked '1'4 hours
)t.1 i.ii ALJ                          al, .-;d riaLLal.,L(3ri, 1227th Aviation's.
                  tic,pl(.)ymc-,nt tt) @;okttltw(,st Asia.                  lti(@ kiattalion 'Llien participtted in
                  -field training exercises in @LI:)tefnb(-?r, OcLob(,i, and November.

                  (In IJ.     llovr?ml@oc@r     1990, the titttilion received orders to deploy to
                  @;(jt-ttliwc-st A@i,,k     with the 3(i Ai-moi-cd I)i.vision in support of Operation
                  1)(@r,L-rt                   ttjil.ti r(-?nc-wc,cl ttr(jc-iicy itic-, Battalion began to prepare
                  foi-                                              .@iiti (,?(ILtiptn(,nt slkoi-tages began to I:)e
                  iillecl                                          t(, (I(-I)Joy @x-L ri@.-trly YO% strength.

                  1)4t I, i ri (I II it-.                        ()4'( ( -,[]I'D] tti(:,                     began to lot(i
                                                           oil Ll,i(@               river for shipment North to
                                  "kii(i ititlffk,%'t('IY !iatt(ii                         On 1'7 December 1990,
                                    lvl,,xirt lin,ly                   in @'.Att4ii                    flying in King r@ahd
                  I it LLi-iiat i(:)ii6i I 0. I ri),ji-                              AcJvasic-c-d l@arty whici-i 1-iAd
                  ,"I-rived in (@ciiinti-y It,)                      pi,ic@i- r(?c-.*,ivcd itic-- t.init.             At that time
                  lii(@                     t,,iii@                                                        over 360 in Saudi
                  Ar,.tbi@t.

                  ll'irotigh-otil Lh(- nic.ittf, o,i 11,1114OAl'Y 19'?I, equipment began to arrive
                  ,xiici tlit, their                                                lo 'fActic-,,Al Assembly Ai-(-a (,rAA)

Document 269 f:/Week-28/BX001301/OPORDS AND COMMAND AND CONTROL/3ad history of operation desert storm and spear:0816961333481
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File Room = jul96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-28
Box ID = BX001301
Unit = 3D AD
Parent Organization = VII CORPS
Folder Title = OPORDS AND COMMAND AND CONTROL
Folder Seq # = 4
Subject = 3AD HISTORY OF OPERATION DESERT STORM AND SPEAR
Document Seq # = 1
Document Date =
Scan Date = 18-JUL-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 16-AUG-1996