B CO 2-501 GSAB, Black Knights

09/15/2023

08/31/2023

☀️Don't miss out on all the fun!! Come out to BOSS Bash!!☀️
Sep 15 // 10AM-3PM // Biggs Park // Free to attend!

Enjoy live entertainment, free food and beverages (while supplies last), sports, games, inflatables, henna tattoos, massage booth and more! ☀️

Open to Active-Duty Single Soldiers, ages 18+ only // Scan QR code to register!!

Thanks to our sponsors: USAA American States Utility Services, Inc. Boingo

08/29/2023

Mirage

/stay tuned for some big things coming from your Black Knights/

08/24/2023

Range day! Last week 1LT Wuthrich and WO1 Poole of the Black Knights ran the M17 range for the Desert Knights! Soldiers across the BN qualified on the M17 pistol and were transported to and from the range via the mighty CH47F

08/15/2023

Yesterday afternoon, your Black Knights conducted ERFS/FARE academics! The Extended Range Fuel System/Forward Area Refueling Equipment is a unique capability of the Chinook company by allowing our aircraft to carry extra fuel (up to 15,000lbs) out to a field site, shutdown, and run fuel lines out to refuel others (Blackhawks, Apaches, ground vehicles, etc) for expeditionary operations!

08/12/2023

have a Fantastic Friday and weekend Black Knight Family! Thank you all for what you do!



PC: Travis Fuentes 📸

08/12/2023

Best of luck to all of the ROTC/West Point Cadets we had attend Cadet Troop Leading Training with us this Summer! We are excited to see what the future holds for you all; know that you will always be members of the Black Knights!

08/03/2023

Come out and enjoy a fun night with the Black Knights and the rest of the Battalion down at the Epic Rail Yard!!! Tickets on sale now!

Team DK - only a few days left until our welcome back bash! Food trucks, karaoke, cash bar, costume prizes, games, photo booth - what else could you ask for!! This Saturday at the Epic Railyard. Link for tickets below ($7 for Junior Enlisted, $15 for all others).

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/post-deployment-bash-millennials-vs-gen-z-registration-523371557417?aff=eemailordconf&ref=eemailordconf&utm_campaign=order_confirm&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eventbrite&utm_term=viewevent

07/31/2023

The wait is over! This weekend your Black Knights painted the Chinook aft pylons with the iconic Black Knight chess piece! The effort was led by SFC Toy (FI/FE), SGT Laster (CE), CPL Vasquez (FE), CPL Piffko (CE), SPC Smith (CE), and SPC Jeffries (CE).

07/29/2023

have a Fantastic Friday and weekend Black Knight Family!



PC: Travis Fuentes 📸

07/26/2023

Can’t wait to see everyone from Team DK on August 5th at our Welcome Home Bash! Millennials - get you tie-dye and stone washed jeans ready l. Gen Z - this party will be straight fire, no cap. Link below for the old heads who don’t know how to use QR codes:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/post-deployment-bash-millennials-vs-gen-z-registration-523371557417?aff=eemailordconf&ref=eemailordconf&utm_campaign=order_confirm&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eventbrite&utm_term=viewevent

07/26/2023

Change of Responsibility! On 20 Jul 23 we said goodbye to 1SG Norris and wife Tanya for their time with the Black Knights and welcomed in 1SG Ware and wife Stephanie to the team! We wish the best for 1SG Norris and Tanya as they begin their final chapter in the Army before retirement and look forward to 1SG Ware and Stephanie’s leadership!

PC: SGT Laster 📸

07/22/2023

Join us for our post Deployment Party at Epic Railyard on August 5th.

Frost those tips, lower your jeans and put on your favorite DMB live album. Then join us at this throwback event.

Reserve your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/post-deployment-bash-millennials-vs-gen-z-registration-523371557417

07/20/2023

Congratulations 1SG Norris and wife Tanya Norris! Welcome 1SG Ware and Stephanie, Isis, and Rain!

07/19/2023

The Black Knights are back in action here at Fort Bliss, Texas. Over the next several weeks our crews will begin qualifications all over the local training area to re-qualify our crews on operating our mighty CH47F in a desert-mountain environment

PC: Travis Fuentes 📸

07/14/2023

Bravo Company could not complete our mission if it wasn’t for the hard work, professionalism, and excellence from our Flight Engineers (FEs), and Crew Chiefs (CEs). Featured in this photo from left to right is SPC Smith (CE), SGT Berania (CE), CPL Vasquez (FE), and SFC Landers (FE/SI). Have a fantastic Friday Black Knight Family!!

PC 📸: Travis Fuentes

07/04/2023

07/04/2023

Happy 4th of July Black Knight Families!! We hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Holiday!!

05/20/2023

FARVEL EUROPA 🇩🇰

Our Delta Company/2-501 “Dragon Slayers” and Bravo Company/2-501 “Black Knights” have been killing it in Esbjerg!!!

They moved 12/12 Chinooks (CH-47F) in two days and are already 10/12 blades removed.

Led by 1LT Cooper/SSG Borda form B Co and 1LT Hoffman/SSG Simpson from D Co, these outstanding professionals maintain the pace as the Desert Knight Team closes out the EUCOM rotation strong!!

05/17/2023

05/17/2023

MONDAY MORNING VIBES!!!

(📸: SSG Simpson/LT Hoffman)



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03/04/2022

02/04/2022

Some great multiship training accomplished today at Fort Bliss flying through the mountains preparing our crews

01/20/2022

a fantastic shot of our Black Knight crews conducting table 8 during aerial gunnery last week! Every day we continue to work and build lethal crews in preparation for any Mission given to us

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01/12/2022

Gunnery is always better with friends. The Black Knights and Rattlers work together to complete Tables 10-12 of gunnery today!

01/11/2022

crews from Bravo Company conduct aerial gunnery on a cold January afternoon!

12/21/2021

Birds Eye View.

12/18/2021

And on Fridays we play Paintball! Thank you to everyone who came out to play paintball today as part of the Warrior Adventure Quest! Paintball is a fun way for our company members to enjoy the outdoors, build teams, and get closer as a company

12/15/2021

Yesterday DK6 (Battalion Commander), DK5 (Battalion Executive Officer), DK3 (Battalion Operations Officer), and DK2 (Battalion Intelligence Officer) flew two CH47F out to Columbus, NM for our BN Staff Ride. The Bravo Company command team learned about Pancho Villas raid on the town and the historical impact of the area. This was the first time an Army Aircraft has been back to the landing strip since 1916!

11/29/2021

B Co 2-501 is back from some much needed Thanksgiving leave and is ready to get after it leading up to the Winter break. Bravo Company continues to stay ready as we prepare for upcoming NTC rotations

11/20/2021

Have a great weekend Black Knight Family! Thank you for all that you do!

11/05/2021

10/27/2021

The Black Knights are hard at work in preparation for the upcoming Aerial Gunnery and Field Training Exercise in November. Stay tuned for updates!

09/26/2021

The National Training Center (NTC) is filled with sand and dust making it a perfect environment for Degraded Visual Environment (DVE) landings. 2-501st AVN "Desert Knights" Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss

09/24/2021

ENDEX. That’s a wrap for (National Training Center) NTC 21-10. Crews from Bravo Company just finished the force on force portion of NTC and will spend the next several days tearing down the tactical assembly area and consolidating equipment in preparation for redeployment back to Fort Bliss. Pictured is Bravo Company flying the American flag on September 11th as a tribute to the men and women lost on that fateful day.

08/12/2021

08/06/2021

Touchdown in Tucson. B Co 2-501 GSAB arrived yesterday in Tucson, AZ to conduct joint training with Air Force Aviation assets over the next two weeks.