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The division, during this time, participated in 12 separate campaigns and 17 of the division's Medal of Honor recipients are from this period of time – all this giving the 101st Airborne Division a combat record unmatched by any other division.
The 101st was the first conventional aviation asset deployed after 9/11. The 101st would support battalions of the 187th Infantry Regiment (part of the 3d Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division), fighting Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces. [citation needed] In February 2003, the brigade was again alerted to deploy in support of Operation Iraqi ...
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.
This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia produced by the United States Army Institute of Heraldry. It is in the public domain but its use is restricted by Title 18, United States Code, Section 704 [1] and the Code of Federal Regulations (32 CFR, Part 507) [2] , [3] .
The badge had previously been approved as the Airmobile Badge authorized for local wear by the Commander of the 101st Airborne Division, effective 1 April 1974." [3] The division had been reorganized from parachute to airmobile in mid-1968 in Vietnam and designated the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile). The parenthetical designation changed ...
101st Airborne Division - Rendezvous with Destiny [2] 71st Airborne Brigade - Go Texans Go [2] 173rd Airborne Brigade - Sky Soldiers [2] 82nd Airborne Division Artillery - Mass the Fire [2] 101st Airborne Division Artillery - De Nubibus (From the Clouds) [2] Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division - Wings of the Airborne [9]
A soldier pays his respects after a memorial for the nine soldiers with the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) who died when two HH-60 Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopters ...
The 101st Airborne Division ("Screaming Eagles") [1] is a specialized modular light infantry division of the US Army trained for air assault operations. [2] The Screaming Eagles has been referred to by journalists as "the tip of the spear" [3] as well as one of the most potent and tactically mobile of the U.S. Army's divisions. [4]