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A S-70 Blackhawk and a CH-47 Chinook from the 5th Aviation Regiment operating from a United States Navy ship during an exercise in 2005

The Australian 5th Aviation Regiment is an Australian Army aviation unit. The 5th Aviation Regiment was formed at Townsville on 18 January 1988 to operate the S-70A Blackhawk and UH-1 Iroquois helicopters which had previously been operated by the Royal Australian Air Force. The 5th Aviation Regiment has opertated S-70A Blackhawk, UH-1 Iroquois and CH-47 Chinook helicopters and forms part of the 16th (Aviation) Brigade. The regiment's S-70As and UH-1s were replaced by MRH-90 helicopters in 2014 and 2015.