16th Combat Aviation Brigade

the American brigade other brigades 16th Brigade (disambiguation) October 2019 16th Combat Aviation Brigade 16 Avn Bde SSI.jpg 200 Shoulder sleeve insignia US United States Combat Aviation Brigade United States Army 16 October 2009 – present Aviation 25px 7th Infantry Division 25px I Corps Brigade Joint Base Lewis–McChord (JBLM) (Gray Army Airfield) Born in Battle / Wings of the Bayonet COL Tyler Cody Jack V. Mackmullhttps://www.usma1950.com/memorial/jack-v-mackmull Memorial, Jack V. Mackmull Mackmull Beverly 2011 USMA1950.com USMA Class of 1950 West Point, NY June 3, 2023 Mackmull, Beverly 100px Distinctive unit insignia 200px 16th Combat Aviation Brigade The 16th Combat Aviation Brigade is a Combat Aviation Brigade of the United States Army. It is subordinate to 7th Infantry Division and I Corps and based at Gray Army Airfield part of Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM). Structure The 16th Combat Aviation Brigade currently consists of the following units:https://www.army.mil/article/63920/born_in_battle_16th_cab_begins_service_at_jblm 'Born in Battle', 16th CAB Begins Service at JBLM U.S. Army September 24, 2020 25pxHeadquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) 25px 1st Battalion (Attack), 229th Aviation Regiment, AH-64E Apachehttps://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/229av001bn.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20131006063429/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/229av001bn.htm dead 6 October 2013 1st BATTALION, 229th AVIATION REGIMENT (FLYING TIGERS) | Lineage and Honors 25px 2nd Battalion (Assault), 158th Aviation Regiment, UH-60 Black Hawkhttps://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/158av002bn.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20131228072554/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/158av002bn.htm dead 28 December 2013 2d BATTALION, 158th AVIATION REGIMENT | Lineage and Honors 25px 1st Battalion (General Support), 52nd Aviation Regiment, UH-60, CH-47 Chinook and UH-60A+ (MEDEVAC) (supporting US Army Alaska)https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/052av001bn.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080620012316/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/052av001bn.htm dead 20 June 2008 1st Battalion, 52d Aviation Regiment | Lineage and Honors 25px 46th Aviation Support Battalion https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/spt/0046sptbn.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080621044920/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/spt/0046sptbn.htm dead 21 June 2008 46th Support Battalion History The brigade traces its history to the activation of the 16th Aviation Group (Combat) on 23 January 1968 subordinate to United States Army Pacific at Marble Mountain in Da Nang, South Vietnam. At the time of activation the group consisted of the 14th Aviation Battalion (Combat) and the 212th Aviation Battalion (Combat Support) with a total combat force 3,300 personnel. Operating in the I Corps area, its 14th Aviation Battalion (Combat) provided air assault to the 101st Airborne Division and the United States Marine Corps. The 212th Aviation Battalion (Combat Support) carried out aerial reconnaissance and surveillance. Structure between February and March 1971:https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/go7242.pdf Department of The Army - General Orders No. 42 U.S. Army November 19, 2019 6 335th Transportation Company 362nd Aviation Detachment 123rd Aviation Battalion Troop D, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Troop F, 8th Cavalry Company E, 723rd Maintenance Battalion 14th Aviation Battalion 71st Aviation Company 116th Aviation Company 132nd Aviation Company 174th Aviation Company 176th Aviation Company 178th Aviation Company 534th Medical Detachment 756th Medical Detachment In the years after the war the group was disbanded. In October 2005 Task Force 49 was formed at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. It oversaw 1st Battalion, 52d Aviation Regiment; 4th Battalion, 123rd Aviation Regiment; 68th Medical Company (Air Ambulance); and Company C (Maintenance), 123d Aviation Regiment. In February 2006 Task Force 49 was formally established and the 4th Battalion, 123d Aviation Regiment was inactivated, while the 1st Battalion, 52d Aviation Regiment was reorganized into a general support aviation battalion. In June 2006 the 6th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment was reflagged from 3d Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, flying OH-58D Kiowa Warrior light reconnaissance helicopters and relocated from Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii to Fort Wainwright. On 16 October 2009, Aviation Task Force 49 was disbanded, and "reflagged" as 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, and thus activated at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. On 31 March 2011, it was announced that the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade would be based at Joint Base Lewis McChord but still keep a substantial presence (1–52d Aviation) at Fort Wainwright.http://www.adn.com/2011/03/30/1783981/troops-in-fort-wainwright-brigade.html Fort Wainwright brigade sent to Washington base 2 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110403082321/http://www.adn.com/2011/03/30/1783981/troops-in-fort-wainwright-brigade.html 3 April 2011 dead It was also announced that the 4th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment would join the brigade and that 1st Battalion, 229th Aviation would move from Fort Hood to JBLM. Joint Base Lewis-McChord held a flag ceremony on 1 August 2011 to signify the movement of the headquarters of the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade from Fort Wainwright, Alaska. This process would end around September 2014. References External links Official homepage of 16th Combat Aviation Brigade https://web.archive.org/web/20141007235409/http://www.lewis-mcchord.army.mil/7id/16cab.html 7 October 2014 4-3 moves to 16th CAB Army Aviation: Full Spectrum Capability 16th CAB to station at JBLM Combat helicopter brigade forming at JBLM Two Change of Command ceremonies set for JBLM Ailing Teen becomes a soldier for the day - 1/152nd Aviation, 2009 Category:Military units and formations established in 2009 016