It continued to operate as the Army's only Airborne Attack Helicopter Battalion. Three months later, the D Company was reactivated and redesignated as the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion (Attack), 82nd Aviation, with its organic elements concurrently constituted and activated. In October 1986, Company D inactivated and reorganized as the 20th Attack Helicopter Battalion (Provisional). In October 1983, Company D conducted attack helicopter combat operations with the 82nd Airborne Division during Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada. In July 1979, Company A was inactivated and reactivated as Company D, 82nd Aviation Battalion. Throughout its one year stay in Vietnam, Company A participated in several defensive and counteroffensive operations and performed with valor earning both the Presidential and Meritorious Unit Citations. Company A became known as the "Wolfpack" and adopted the name as its callsign. The unit was first committed to combat in the Republic of Vietnam. The assets of A Company significantly increased the Division's mission capabilities and provided a highly mobile and responsive source of combat power to the division commander. 1st Battalion (Reconnaissance), 82nd Combat Aviation Brigadeġst Battalion, 82nd Aviation was activated 7 December 1962, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina as Company A, 82nd Aviation Battalion, an element of the 82nd Airborne Division.
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