[1] Dunstan, in Vietnam Choppers writes that the numerous independent aviation companies deployed during the war's early years had become difficult to move between sectors because they had developed 'individual means of operating in conjunction with the formations they supported.

The HQ then moved to the MACV compound at Tan Son Nhut, where it stayed until withdrawal.

On the signing of the cease-fire on 28 January 1973, the Brigade, then commanded by Jack V. Mackmull, had been reduced to 5,000 personnel and 420 aircraft in four combat aviation groups.

[5] Vietnam War combat veteran John Bahnsen commanded the 1st Aviation Brigade in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

The course curriculum consists of a wide range of professional military education subjects, with emphasis on combined arms battlefield integration.

IET teaches fundamental skills for U.S. Army personnel to perform their occupational specialties in an aviation unit.