FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN A TREMENDOUS INTEREST IN THE 22ND AVIATION DETACHMENT.  FOR A LOT OF US, IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST ASSIGNMENTS WE HAD IN OUR MILITARY CAREER, LONG OR SHORT.  ABOUT 7 YEARS AGO, THERE WAS ONLY A SMALL YAHOO GROUP AND A SMALL FACEBOOK PAGE FOR FORMER MEMBERS, WHICH HAS NOW GROWN TO 163 MEMBERS.  

IN 2011, THE 22ND HAD A REUNION IN CLARKSVILLE TENNESSEE, WHICH WAS WRONGLY CALLED THE 1ST REUNION.  IT TURNS OUT THAT THERE WAS A REUNION IN 1985.  NOW IN 2016, WE ARE READY TO HAVE ANOTHER "FLY-IN" AT THE 3RD 22ND AVIATION DETACHMENT REUNION.   SEE YOU AT THE MALTESE.

US Army Aviation Unit, 22nd Aviation Detachment, Pirmasens, Germany, 59th Ordinance Brigade, Husterhoeh Kaserne, Reunion.

THE 22ND AVIATION DETACHMENT WAS CONSTITUTED IN THE REGULAR ARMY AS THE 22ND SPECIAL WARFARE AVIATION DETACHMENT IN MARCH 1962 AND ACTIVATED AT FORT BRAGG NC. IN JUNE 1962 THE UNIT WAS REORGANIZED AND REDESIGNATED AS THE 22ND AVIATION DETACHMENT (SPECIAL FORCES). THE DETACHMENT WAS INACTIVATED IN DECEMBER 1963. THE UNIT WAS ACTIVATED IN SEPTEMBER 1965 AS THE 22ND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY IN PIRMASENS, GERMANY AND ASSIGNED TO U.S. ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ZONE TRANSPORTATION COMMAND WITH ATTACHMENT TO THE U.S. ARMY ADVANCED WEAPONS SUPPORT COMMAND. THE 22ND REPLACED THE 26TH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY WHICH WAS INACTIVATED. THE FOLLOWING MONTH THE ACTIVATION ORDERS WERE AMENDED TO DESIGNATE THE UNIT AS THE 22ND AVIATION DETACHMENT. IN MAY 1967, THE DETACHMENT WAS ASSIGNED DIRECTLY UNDER U.S. ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ZONE WITH ATTACHMENT TO AWSCOM. IN 1971, AND AGAIN IN 1977, THE 22ND AVIATION DETACHMENT WAS NAMED THE USAREUR REGION AAAA AVIATION DEACHMENT SIZE UNIT OF THE YEAR. THE 22ND WAS INACTIVATED IN JULY 1992.