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117th ASSAULT HELICOPTER COMPANY
117th Assault Helicopter Company Beach Bums, and Warlords Annie Fannys, Pink Panthers, Sidewinders and Roadrunners; This site is about the 117th AHC in Vietnam during the 11 years that it was in country. It includes a short history of the 117th Assault Helicopter Company, a tribute to those of the 117th who did not make it home and to those who have passed away since their return. As well as Roster, Reunion Information,Stories,Photo link to the 117th Flickr Site and much much more. All text and personal photos are the possession of ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 117th AHC was formed from the 8th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY (Light Helicopter) and had these Detachments assigned to it. and Gunners from the 25th Inf.Shotgun Programwho were TDY to the 117th None of us could have done our jobs without the help of others. It took all of us to make up the company. 18th Annual 117th AHC Reunion up-date 2/07/18 .ALLATTENDEES MUST REGISTER with VHCMA to get the reduced room rate.< The reunion is held in conjunction with the Vietnam Helicopter Crew Members Association, this will be their 32nd Reunion. Our 117th Reunion will include our support detachments and our parent companyVIETNAM
ASSOCIATION
(117thAHCVA)
WELCOME HOME!
117th AHCVA website or its members and may not be
copied without permission from the webmaster or the contributor.
130th MEDICAL DETACHMENT
140th TRANS.DET. (CHFM)
125th ATC (Air Traffic Control)
256th SIGNAL DETACHMENT
117th Reunion will be June 12-16, 2018 (departing on the 18th)
The location is RENO,NV. at the NUGGET CASINO RESORT.
Located at 1100 Nugget Ave. Sparks,NV 89431
Room rates are $100.00 includes all taxes.
The Reservation number is 1-800-648-1177 and be sure to tell them you are with the GVHCNMA group rate
This is the same hotel that the 2012 Reunion was held in.
The reason for having our reunion held with VHCMA is there were guys who served in other units
or attended AIT that may be attending and
this is a great place for all to meet.
8th Transportation Company (Light Helicopter), 140th Trans Det.,
130th Med. Det., 256th Sig. Det., & the 25th Inf. Shotgun Gunners,
117th AHC was in VIETNAM from 1961-1972
The 117th will be collecting THE FEES FOR THE VHCMA Saturday Banquet---thw 117th Friday Dinner and the 117th Ladies Lunch.
ALL OTHER FEES FOR THE REUNION WILL BE SENT TO THE VHCMA
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If you are planning to attend. We/117TH will need your name and the names of those who will be attending with you.
We are also asking for your address and home & cell phone numbers.
We try to keep our data base/roster up to date.
SEE YOU IN RENO
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If you would like to host a Mini-Reunion in your area let me know
and I will help get the word out.
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RECENT 117th BROTHERS, FAMILY'S or FRIENDS Who Have Need of PRAYERS do to SICKNESS or DEATH
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Links to 117th PAGES on this site:
LIST of KIA's in Vietnam http://www.117thahc.org/gone_but_not_forgotten.htm",
LIST of those WHO HAVE PASSED since Vietnam http://www.117thahc.org/died_after_vietnam.htm",
A Brief History of the 117thhttp://www.117thahc.org/history_of_the_117th.htm",
FUTURE REUNIONS http://www.117thahc.org/future 117th reunions.htm>
PAST REUNIONShttp://www.117thahc.org/Past 117th Reunions.htm
ROSTER http://www.117thahc.org/Roster.htm
Board of Directors of the 117thAHCVA http://www.117thahc.org/board_of_directors.htm",
MEMBERSHIP Application http://www.117thahc.org/membership_ application.htm
WE NOW HAVE 117TH CHALLENGE COINS with the Warlord patch on one side an the other has the 117th Air mobile patch117th AHC HATS , PATCHES , License Plate Frames ( Car & Motorcycle)and T- SHIRTS: http://www.117thahc.org/for_sale.htm"
All text and personal photos are the possession of 117th AHCVA website or its members and may not be
copied without permission from the webmaster or the contributor ©2011.
If you have photos you would like to see on this page from your tour with the 117th,
please email or snail mail them to me. If hard copies, I will make sure you get them back.
117th PHOTOS are posted on the Flickr Web Site click on the link below.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/117thahc/sets/"
Help us to Identify the people in these photos. Thanks.http://www.117thahc.org/please_identify.htm
Special Requests for Help. http://www.117thahc.org/special_requests.htm
AIRCRAFT INCIDENT and STATISTICS REPORT http://www.117thahc.org/incidents_and_statistics.htm
Some of the Company MISSIONS; http://www.117thahc.org/missions.htm
Memories from our 117th Past http://www.117thahc.org/memories.htm
Nostalgia http://www.117thahc.org/nostalgia.htm
Triviahttp://www.117thahc.org/trivia.htm
Stories of Vietnamhttp://www.117thahc.org/stories.htm
Poemshttp://www.117thahc.org/poems.htm
Salutehttp://www.117thahc.org/salute.htm
117th Mentioned Storieshttp://www.117thahc.org/117th_mentioned.htm
Ann Margaret Storyhttp://www.117thahc.org/ann_margaret.htm
Links to Other Sites of Interest Vietnamhttp://www.117thahc.org/links_to_other_sites.htm
D. Company 151st Inf.Rangershttp://www.117thahc.org/d_company_rangers.htm
117th In Korea (Toros) after leaving Vietnamhttp://www.117thahc.org/james_boone.htm
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8th Transportation Company (Light Helicopter)
Now has a Web Page thanks to Hans Halberstadt Hans was in the 8th 1962-1963 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
VIETNAM HELICOPTER CREW MEMBERS ASSOCIATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 145th COMBAT AVIATION BATTALION (VIETNAM) ASSOCIATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
VIETNAM HELICOPTER PILOTS ASSOCIATION Also Check out the 117th page at the VHPA Museum site. http://www.vhpamuseum.org/companies/117ahc/117ahc.shtml ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1ST AVIATION BRIGADE WEBSITE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ohio River Logo used with permission. To contact the Ohio River Chapter of VHPA contact Bob Hamilton at:CAPTBOB757@AOL.COM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <!-- END FASTCOUNTER LINK --> </a></center>
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