12 January: The 119th Aviation Company used ten UH-1B's and six Armed UH-1Bs to lift 120 troops of the Plei Mrong CIDG Company into a two ship LZ at YA 917300 for a search and clear operation. Six VHAF A1-Hs provided prestrike and air cover on this first assault of the year.

14 January: The 119th aviation Company as part of the 52nd Aviation Battalion, participated in Operation Le Lei at Boun Mi Ga(BP315835).Ten UH-1BS from the 119th staged our of Bam Me Thuot and carried 95 troops into an LZ at BQ 348707 in two lifts. Four A1-H fighters flew cover during the assualt.

22 January: Ten UH-1B Slicks and six armed UH-1B gun ships of the 119th staged out of Tan Canh carring 103 troops of the ARVN 42sn Regiment. Two lifts were made into a landing zone at ZB 1557 Air Force A1-H fighters provided a prestrike on the LZ for this search and clear operation. Heavy small arms and automatis weapons fire was received near the LZ.

26 January : The 119th moved to Tuy Hoa where the 52d Avn. Bn. Participated in Operation Ban Thi Wan. Before the airlanded assault, UH-1BS and VHAF Skyraiders were used to disperse CS and CH chemical gernades and powder. The 52d Bn. then lifted 214 troops of the 23d ARVN Div to a LZ at CQ270320. Moderate ground fire was received, But no aircraft were hit.

7 Feb: The 119th Avn.Co joined the 52d Airlift Platoon in an airlanded assault and an Eagle Flight in persuit of the Viet Cong force that had attacked Camp Holloway the previous night. The Eagle Flight was carried from Camp Holloway to an LZ at AR 930570. The Airlanded Assualt was into an LZ at AR 930730. Contact was made with the VC. and by 9 Feb when the operation ended, 28 VC, KIA'S had been counted. 23 Feb.The 119th Avn. Co. staged out of Ankhe and lifted 63 troops of the 281st CIDG Company to an LZ at BR 600450. Intense automatic weapons fire was received during the lifts, and two ships were hit.

24 Feb: The 119th joined in a battalion sized troop extraction of the 281st CIDG Co. and elements of the 22nd Ranger Bn. A total of 220 troops were extracted from an LZ on Highway 19(BR350465) east of the Mang Yany Pass, in three lifts. Intense automatic weapons, small arms and motat fire was received in the landing zone. Two 119th aircraft received hits. Eight B-57 bombers and four A-1H fighters provided restrike and air cover for this Operation.

5 March: A Eagle Flight was conducted from Camp Holloway to an LZ at ZA 230172. The 119th used 8 Slicks and 4 Gunships to carry 86 troops in two lifts. Later in the day an airlanded assault was conducted in support of the 1st AVRN Airborne Brigade. The company lifted 270 troops into an LZ(BR 4100520) north of Ankhe. Twenty Air Force fighter-bomber aircraft flew close air support for the operations.

14 March: Operation Quyet Thang 127 was staged out of Qui Nhon in support of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Airborne Brigade. The 119th joined others elements of the 52d Bn. to land 300 troops in three llifts at an LZ (BR744532 )northeast of Binh Khe.

23March: The 119th Avn, Co. participated in Operation Le Dang Phung at Phan Thiet (LZ 801065) as the 52d Bn. moved 384 troops of the 23d ARVN Div. in four lifts from Phan Thiet to an LZ at YT 960390. Eight Air Force B-57s provided close air support.

27 March: The 119th moved th Qui Nhon to conduct an air landed assualt called Pperation Quyet Thang 128. The 52d Bn. moved 332 troops of the 22d ARVN Div. in three lifts from Phu By. to an LZ (915825) southeast of Bon Son.

3 April. On Operation Quyet Thang 131 the 119th Avn. Co. joined a battalio sizeed operation which lifted a Marine Task Force into two LZs in nine lifts. The operation staged out ofDon Son airfield. Semi automatic and automatic weapons fire was received and grew more intense with each lift. One Armed UH-1D was hit. This operation was the largest lift the 52d bn. had ever performed.

11 April: An Eagle Filght was lifted from Camp Holloway to a two ship LZ at YA 9641. The 119th carried 73 troops in two lifts using 6 slicks and 3 gunships.

19 April: Operation Quyet Thang 137 was conducted in support of the 22nd Div. The 119th Avn Co joined other elements of the battalion in lifting 320 troops from Phu Cat to LZ Alpha (CR 099410) on the peninsula north of Qui Nkon. An additional 100 troops were landed at LZ Bravo(CR 075495). Intense ground fire was received from LZ Alpha, and two armed UH-1Bs were shot down and exsploded on impact. All crew members were killed. Four other aircraft were also hit with one additional crewman being killed.

28 April. The 22d ARVN Marine Task Force was airlanded at BS 835215. Three lifts carried 520 troops from Dong Son. The 119th joined the 52d Bn. in the assault which started with a prestrike by eight B--57s and four Skyraiders.

5 May: Five slicks and one gunship of the 119th Avn Co. caried 101 trops of the 22d Div. from Bong Son southwest to an LZ at BR 740515. Five lifts were required on this search and kill operation which had eight F-100s and four A-1E providing chose air support.

24 May: Operation Quyet Thang 147 was a serch and clear operation which required five lifts. The 119th joined other elements of the 52d Bn. at Kontum to carry 450 troops of the 2d Bn, 40th Inf. (ARVM)west to an LZ at YA 985865.

1 June: The 119th Avn. Co. Conducted an Eagle Flight in response to a convoy ambush on Highway 19 west of Pleiku(ZA 090305). Nine slicks escorted by four gunships lifted the reaction force into the ambush site. As the flight was returning to Holloway, the sircraft began drawing heavy ground fire from a second ambush site. Two of the armed UH-1Bs were hit by the ground fire and were forced to land, The crews were immediately rescued, Their were no injuries sustained by any of the crew members, and the two downed aircraft were later recovered.

19 June: Two slicks escorted by two gunships carried cargo from Knotum to Dak Sut (BY932516). As the aircraft entered the Dak Sut valley (YB915355) the lead aircraft came under intense automatic weapons fire. The lead aircraft was hit and caught fire on the left side, near the tail boom. The aircraft entered autorotation. The tail boom seperated from the aircraft at 300 feet above the ground and the aircraft hit the ground inverted and exploded on impact. No crew members survived.

28 June: The 119th made a troop lift from Tan Canh to Dak Sut carring 130 troops in three lifts. Four Skyraiders provided air cover, but no ground fire was received.

16 July: The 119th Avn.Co. joined the other units of the 52d Bn. in Highway 19 road clearing Operation Dan Thien 109. The 119th staged out of Camp Holloway, while other elements of the battlion staged from Ankhe Airfield. Air Force B-52s bombed the ridges on both sides of Highway 19 at the Mang Yang Pass.This was the first time the B-52s had flown a mission in support of ground forces.

24 July: A combat extraction of the 1st Ranger Bn. (ARVN) was made from an LZ (BR 388352) south of Ankhe, Ninty-six troops were extracted in one lift to Camp Holloway without incident.

3 Aug: Operation Dan Thang 5 was conducted by the entire 52d Bn. operating from Camp Holloway. The 3rd and 8th Battalions, 1st ARVN Airborne Brigade were carried in six lifts to the landing zone at Ducco airstrip. The Special Forces Camp at Ducco had been under seige for several weeks by an estimated VC battalion. Small arms and automatic weapons fire was received in the vicinity of the LZ, and two aircraft were hit.

10 Aug: The 5th ARVN Airborne Bn. was lifted from Camp Holloway to Ducco. The 119th and other elements of the 52d Bn. carried 450 troops in three lifts. On the third lift the 119th was diverted to YA 917269 to extract 45 ARVN KIAs to Pleiku. Small arms, automatic weapons and mortar fire was received in the landing xone. Two armed UH-1Bs received hits and one door gunner was wounded.

10 September: The 119th Avn.Co. joined other 52d Bn. units at Quang Nagai in 1 Corps and performed an airlanded assault and extraction in support of the 5th US Special Forces Group. Fifty USSF and 210 VN Rangers were lifted from the stagefield at Quang Ngai, west to the LZ at BT 137003 in one lift, and later extracted from the same LZ in one lift. Air Force B-52s and B-57s were used in the prestrike while eight A-1As flew air cover during the landing.

20 October: US Special Forces, Det c-2, requested assistance from the 52d Avn Bn. for the Special Forces Camp at Plei Me, which was under attack. Two armed helicopters and a flare ship of the 119th Avn. Co. were dispatched and gave illumination and air cover until the arrival of Air Force flare and fighter aircraft. Later in the morning two armed UH-1Bs of the 119th received intense automatic weapons fire from all quadrants, while escorting medical evacuation helicopters from the Plei Me Camp. One of the gunships was shot down with no survivors.

24 October: The 119th Avn. Co. joined other units of the 52d Bn. in deploying 400 troops of the 22d Ranger Bn. along the route of the Armered Task Force enroute to the Plei Me Camp.

25 October: The 119th Avn. Co. assisted the 1st Bde, 1st Air Cav Div., in a troop placement from Camp Holloway to an LZ on the road to Plei Me (ZA245165).

28 October: The 119th Avn. Co. assisted in extracting the 42d ARVN Ranger Company from the airstrip at Plei Me to New Pleiku Airfield in two lifts.

7 November: The 119th Avn. Co. and other units of the 52d Bn. conducted an airlanded assault. US Marine Helicopter Squadron HM363 was attached to the 52d Bn. for this operation which staged out of Tuy Hoa. Two Battalions of the 47th Inf. Regt. and two battalions of the Airborne Task Force were carried north west to an LZ at BQ 905580.

9-12 November: The 119th Avn. Co. spent the period from 9-12 Nov. as part of the 52d Bn. in support of the ARVN Artillery School in a Combined Arms Demonstration at the Duc My Training Center. Thirteen slicks and six gunships of the company were used in the demonstration. As part of the demonstration, a total of 546 troops were lifted on an sirlanded assault.

18 Nov: The 52d Avn. Bn. staged II Corps Operation Than Phong 7 from Ducco. Twelve slicks and six gunships of the 119th took part as 1500 troops were carried in five lifts, from Ducco to an LZ at YA 841092. Two aircraft sustained light damage from ground fire received in the La Drang Valley south of Ducco.

30 December: For the last combat assault of the year, the 119th joined other elements of the 52d Bn. to airlift 465 troops of the 23d Inf Div (ARVN), from Boun Ea Yang(BQ010010) to an LZ at BQ280045. The operation was conducted in three lifts, and groound fire was received, There were no hits, however.

18 November: The 52nd Avn. Bn. staged II Corps Operation Than Pong 7 from Ducco. Twelve slicks and six gunships of the 119th took part as 1500 troops were carried in five lifts, from Ducco to an LZ at YA841092. Two aircraft sustained light damage from ground fire received in the La Drang Valley south of Ducco.

30 December: For the last combat aswsault of the year, the 119th joined other elements of the 52d Bn. to airlift 465 troops of the 23d Inf Div (ARVN), from Boun Ea Yang (BQ 0100110) to an LZ atBQ 280045. The operation was conducted in three lifts, and ground fire was receivedd. There were no hits, however.