159th Combat Aviation Brigade
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The 159th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) is part of the 101st Airborne Division
(Air Assault
), based at Fort Campbell
, Kentucky
. The 101st Airborne Division is the only division with two aviation brigades. The other aviation brigade in the division is the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade
.
101st Airborne Division
The 101st Airborne Division—the "Screaming Eagles"—is a U.S. Army modular light infantry division trained for air assault operations. During World War II, it was renowned for its role in Operation Overlord, the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, in Normandy, France, Operation Market Garden, the...
(Air Assault
Air assault
Air assault is the movement of ground-based military forces by vertical take-off and landing aircraft—such as the helicopter—to seize and hold key terrain which has not been fully secured, and to directly engage enemy forces...
), based at Fort Campbell
Fort Campbell
Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located astraddle the Kentucky-Tennessee border between Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and Clarksville, Tennessee...
, Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
. The 101st Airborne Division is the only division with two aviation brigades. The other aviation brigade in the division is the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade
101st Combat Aviation Brigade
The 101st Combat Aviation Brigade is a Combat Aviation Brigade of the United States Army. It was first organized in July 1968 as an Aviation Group. It was redesignated an Aviation Brigade in 1986. It has served in almost every single military operation since the Vietnam War...
.
Subordinate units
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 159th CAB ("Dragonlords")
- 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment (United States)17th Cavalry Regiment (United States)The 17th Cavalry is a historical organization within the United States Army that began as a regiment of cavalry after the Pancho Villa Expedition. The unit was constituted on 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 17th Cavalry at Fort Bliss, Texas and originally inactivated 26 September 1921 at the...
("Pale Horse") - 3rd Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment (United States)]] ("Eagle Attack")
- 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment ("Wings Of The Eagle")
- 7th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment (GSAB) ("Eagle Lift")
- 563rd Support Battalion (Aviation) ("Keep Them Fighting")