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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 ...
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.
32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States) 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States) 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division; 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States) 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States) 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States) 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Formed in 1957 as the 82nd Aviation Company and then later reorganized as the 82nd Aviation Battalion in 1960. The battalion became the first combat aviation battalion assigned to a division-sized unit in the U.S. Army. In 1987 the 82nd Aviation Battalion would again reorganized as the 82nd Aviation Brigade. [3]
The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) was the only division in the US Army to have two aviation brigades. On 7 May 2015 the 159th Combat Aviation Brigade was inactivated at a ceremony at the Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Division Parade field, leaving only the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade in the division. [10]
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.
At 201830z March 2003, the Aviation Brigade, as the Division's main effort, initiated combat operations with supporting fires from the Division Artillery. During the battle at An Nasiriah, the Aviation Brigade shaped the battlespace in order for 3d Brigade to destroy enemy unit's in the vicinity of the Highway 1 Bridge and Tallil Airbase.