Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
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The 101st Combat Aviation Brigade is the
Vietnam
On 1 July 1968, at
Post-Vietnam reorganization
On 15 August 1986, the 101st Aviation Group was redesignated as the Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division.
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] Concurrently the 101st CAB was redesignated as the Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, bringing it in line with other divisional aviation brigades, which are not numbered. This reorganization resulted in the division having the same configuration as the 10th Mountain Division, a light infantry division.
Along with the 159th Combat Aviation Brigade being inactivated, one of the most storied dustoff units in the United States Army history was inactivated as well, the division's "Eagle Dustoff." During the 1990 Gulf War (Desert Shield/Desert Storm) Eagle Dustoff was deployed to the Saudi Arabian Theater of operations on 22 August 1990 and was the first US Army medevac unit in country. When Eagle Dustoff landed in Dhahran Saudi Arabia and was unloaded from a C-5A Galaxy, the unit immediately began taking missions with the evacuation of a US Marine with a broken leg. Throughout Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Eagle Dustoff transported and saved the lives of US military personnel, Saudi nationals and Iraqi enemy prisoners of war.[11]
Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom
Beginning in January 2002, the brigade responded to the call to arms in support of
In February 2003, the brigade was again alerted to deploy in support of
After the brigade's redeployment in the spring of 2004, it transformed into an effort to create a self-sustaining combat aviation brigade. Completely transformed, the brigade once again answered the nation's call in August 2005 and began its second deployment in support of
In December 2007, the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Destiny, deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Headquartered out of Bagram Airfield, the brigade task force provided full-spectrum aviation support to CJTF-82, CJTF-101, CJSOTF and International Security Assistance Force, covering an area of responsibility the size of Texas.[citation needed]
Deploying to Afghanistan again, this time to
Current role and structure
Since the brigade's restructuring in 2004, the Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), 101st Airborne Division has become a self-sufficient aviation unit. It has successfully utilized the Task Force format in its 2008, 2010, and 2012, 2014 deployments to Afghanistan. In keeping with the traditions by the 101st Airborne Division of using card suits to distinguish subordinate units, the brigade is represented by the diamond (♦) on their helmets.[citation needed]
The Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division currently consists of the following units:
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), CAB (Hell Cats)
- 1st Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment (Expect No Mercy)[12]
- HHC (Avengers)
- A Company (Spectres)
- B Company (Bearcats)
- C Company (Paladins)
- D Company (Dragonslayers)
- E Company (Executioners)
- B/101 Aviation Regiment (Archangels)
- 5th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment (Eagle Assault)[12]
- HHC (Havoc)
- A Company (Phoenix)
- B Company (Lancers)
- C Company (Phantoms)
- D Company (Ghostriders)
- E Company (Renegades)
- 6th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment (Shadow of the Eagle)[12]
- HHC (Iron Eagles)
- A Company (Warlords)
- B Company (Pachyderms)
- C Company (Shadow Dustoff)
- D Company (Witchdoctors)
- E Company (Trailblazers)
- F Company (Sky Masters)
- G Company (Varsity)
- 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment (Out Front)[12]
- Headquarters and Headquarters Troop (Headhunters)
- A Troop (Annihilators)
- B Troop (Banshee)
- C Troop (Condors)
- D Troop (Dirty Delta)
- E Troop (Iron Horse)
- F Troop (Firehawk)
- 96th Aviation Support Battalion (Troubleshooters)[12]
- Headquarters and Support Company (Wolfpack)
- A Company (Roadrunners)
- B Company (Big Ugly)
- C Company (CIPHER)
References
This article incorporates public domain material from 101st Aviation Lineage And Honors Information. United States Army Center of Military History.
- ^ "Units". U.S. Army. 19 November 2019.
- ^ John Pike. "Operation Enduring Freedom – Deployments". Globalsecurity.org. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ a b "101st Combat Aviation Brigade". Campbell.army.mil. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ "101st Aviation". History.army.mil. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ "2d Squadron, 17th Cavalry". History.army.mil. Archived from the original on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ John Pike. "101st Aviation Brigade (Attack)". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "5th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment". History.army.mil. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ "1st Battalion, 101st Aviation". History.army.mil. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ "6th Battalion, 101st Aviation". History.army.mil. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ "159th Combat Aviation Brigade cases colors during inactivation ceremony | Article | The United States Army". 11 May 2015.
- ^ Desert Shield/Desert Storm after action report.
- ^ a b c d e "101st Combat Aviation Brigade". U.S. Army. Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
External links
- Official Homepage of the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade
- 'More missions, more contact' for Task Force Shadow
- Heeding the call: Medevac crews in Afghanistan
- 101st AA's Historic Icons
- 5 101st Combat Aviation Brigade Soldiers killed in Afghan Helicopter Crash
- Army Staff Sgt. Brandon M. Silk died 21 June 2010 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom