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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.
1st Air Cavalry Brigade; 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade; 4th Combat Aviation Brigade; 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade; 12th Combat Aviation Brigade; 16th Combat Aviation Brigade (United States) 17th Aviation Brigade (United States) 18th Aviation Brigade (United States) 25th Combat Aviation Brigade; 34th Combat Aviation Brigade
16th Combat Aviation Brigade: N/A: Gray Army Airfield, Joint Base Lewis–McChord, Washington "Seek and Destroy" 6th Squadron: 10th Combat Aviation Brigade: 10th Mountain Division: Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield, Fort Drum, New York "Six Shooters" 17th Cavalry: 1st Heavy Attack Reconnaissance Squadron: 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade: 82nd Airborne ...
This is a list of current formations of the United States Army, which is constantly changing as the Army changes its structure over time. Due to the nature of those changes, specifically the restructuring of brigades into autonomous modular brigades, debate has arisen as to whether brigades are units or formations; for the purposes of this list, brigades are currently excluded.
United States Army: Size: Brigade: Garrison/HQ: Biggs Army Airfield, Fort Bliss: Nickname(s) Iron Eagles: Motto(s) Iron Eagles Iron Soldiers: Commanders; Commanding Officer: COL Margaret Stick: Command Chief Warrant Officer: CW5 Scott Bean: Command Sergeant Major: CSM Bryston Manintin
The Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, was originally formed from the assets of the Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division, [7] which had been created from the assets of 1st Armored Division's 501st Aviation Battalion on 17 April 1986. Colonel James W. Lloyd, the first Aviation Brigade Commander, accepted the unit colors from Major ...
The 101st Combat Aviation Brigade is the Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division. [1] It was first organized in July 1968 as an aviation group and stands as the most decorated aviation unit in the United States Army. [citation needed] It was redesignated an aviation
On 7 August 2006, the units of Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division combined with units of both the 12th Aviation Brigade and the former 11th Aviation Group (inactivated 9 June 2005) and reflagged as the 12th Aviation Brigade (Combat), attached to the 1st Armored Division. On 20 March 2007 the 12th became a separate brigade under V Corps.