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The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) ("Screaming Eagles") [2] is a light infantry division of the United States Army that specializes in air assault operations. [3] It can plan, coordinate, and execute brigade -sized air assault operations, within one period of darkness, up to 500 nautical miles behind enemy lines, to seize key terrain for ...
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]
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]
In the United States Army, the air assault mission is the primary role of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). [26] This unit is a division-sized helicopter-borne fighting force. [26] 101st Airborne Division soldiers attend the Sabalauski Air Assault School. [2]
The soldiers were part of the 101st Airborne Division, the U.S. Army’s only air assault division. That division been based at the Fort Campbell army post since 1956, according to official U.S ...
The 101st Airborne Division Artillery (DIVARTY) is the force fires headquarters for the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.The DIVARTY has served with the division in World War II, Vietnam, Operations Desert Shield and Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and in peacetime at Camp Breckinridge and Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
During the exercise, US helicopters supported Greek special operations forces on objectives only accessible by traversing long distances over water.
When the 101st Airborne Division was converted to air assault, it carried over the wear of the cloth airborne background trimmings (ovals) from its time as an active airborne unit. According to DR 670-1, airborne background trimmings are authorized for organizations designated (by structure, equipment and mission) "Airborne" or "Air Assault" by ...