The unit was redesignated 16 September 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 158th Aviation, but withdrawn from the regular army on 16 September 1988 and allotted to the army reserve at Glenview, Illinois, where it was inactivated and re-allotted to the regular army.
The unit underwent a name change on 16 September 1987 to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 158th Aviation, but was subsequently withdrawn from active military service on 16 September 1988 and transferred to the reserve forces in Glenview, Illinois, where it was eventually deactivated and then returned to regular army duty.