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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.
The helicopter battalions are often grouped into aviation brigades. There are also a few fixed-wing aircraft battalions, consisting of training aircraft, Beechcraft RC-12 Guardrail operational aircraft, and Beechcraft C-12 Huron / Cessna UC-35 transports for VIP personnel.
The Provisional Brigade was formed around elements of the 12th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, 10th Cavalry Regiment and the 16th Field Artillery Regiment. In 1942, about five months after the U.S. entered World War II, the War Department created the U.S. Army Military District of Washington to plan for a ground defense of the nation's ...
FORT LIBERTY — The 82 nd Airborne Division Combat Aviation Brigade will deploy this fall to the U.S. Central Command area of operation, the division announced Tuesday. The deployment is part of ...
Upon its return in March 1973, the 12th Aviation Group became a major subordinate command of the XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. [2] In November 1979, the 12th Aviation Group deployed to Lindsey Air Station, Wiesbaden, Germany as a major subordinate command of the V Corps, providing command and control of aviation units throughout the V Corps area of operation.
Staff Sgt. Tanner W. Grone, 26, of Gorham, New Hampshire. Tanner W. Grone, a native of Gorham, New Hampshire, enlisted in the Army in 2017 as 15T UH-60 "Black Hawk" repair and was assigned to the ...
Company B, 2nd Aviation Battalion: Fort Benning: 1963-1988: 2nd Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment [75] Company A, 3rd Aviation Battalion: Germany: 1963-1987: 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment [76] Company B, 3rd Aviation Battalion: Germany: 1963-1987: 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment. [77] Company E, 3rd Aviation Battalion: Germany: 1979-1991
The helicopters were from the 1st Attack Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment at Fort Wainwright, based near Fairbanks. “This is an incredible loss for these soldiers’ families, their fellow ...