The 101st Combat Aviation Brigade will deploy to the Middle East in early February to support ongoing operations against the Islamic State group. Approximately 2,000 air assault soldiers will ship overseas to take over “all aviation-related missions for the Joint Task Force” already there. The elements of the 101st will replace those from the 10th Mountain Combat Aviation Brigade.
According to Capt. Andrew Lightsey, an Army spokesperson, the nine-month deployment will be in support of units in the U.S. Central Command area of operations in the Middle East, which is primarily focused on northern Iraq and Syria.
This deployment comes on the heels of a year-long work-up for long-range, large-scale air assault operations that enabled the 101st to deliver a brigade-sized element up to 500 nautical miles in one period of darkness.
101st CAB to deploy to Middle East for counter-ISIS mission
- by: Joshua Skovlund
- 2025-01-14
- Source:
Task & Purpose
- 01/14/2025
Task Force Destiny, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter conduct aerial reconnaissance in southern Afghanistan by U.S. Army Photo by Task Force Destiny Public Affairs Officer Sadie Bleistein/Released is licensed under flickr U.S. Army
