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A Combat aviation brigade (CAB) is a multi-functional brigade-sized unit in the United States Army that fields military helicopters, offering a combination of attack/reconnaissance helicopters (Boeing AH-64 Apache), medium-lift helicopters (Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk), heavy-lift helicopters (Boeing CH-47 Chinook), and MEDEVAC capability.
GSAB may mean: General Support Aviation Battalion , a unit in the US Army's Combat Aviation Brigades, for example, 168th Aviation Regiment (United States) Geological Society of America Bulletin
Between 1965 and 1966 the group doubled in size and was used to form the 1st Aviation Brigade in March 1966. [4] Among its units in Vietnam were the: 17th, 57th, and 61st Aviation Companies flying the de Havilland Canada CV-2 Caribou transport aircraft before the Caribous were transferred to the United States Air Force on 1 January 1967.
The 1st Battalion (General Support), 168th Aviation Regiment (GSAB), can trace its history back to 1959 when it was originally organized as the 41st Aviation Company in the Washington Army National Guard located at Camp Murray, Tacoma, Washington. [1]
The brigade traces its history to the activation of the 16th Aviation Group (Combat) on 23 January 1968 subordinate to United States Army Pacific at Marble Mountain in Da Nang, South Vietnam.
Headquartered out of Bagram Airfield, the brigade task force provided full-spectrum aviation support to CJTF-82, CJTF-101, CJSOTF and International Security Assistance Force, covering an area of responsibility the size of Texas. [citation needed]
Spain was the host nation for 5-159th GSAB (5th Battalion, a general support aviation battalion of the 159th Aviation Regiment). 5th Battalion is an Army Reserve unit out of Fort Eustis, Virginia. The aviation materiel included CH-47s , Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks , and supporting equipment.
Combat Aviation Brigade, 2d Infantry Division; Active: 1988 – present: Country: United States: Allegiance: United States Army: Type: Aviation: Size: Brigade: Part of