Army Announces 800-Soldier Aviation Unit to Deploy to Afghanistan
Soldiers of Company C, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, sing the “Big Red One” song during a deployment ceremony at Fort Riley July 13. (Sgt. Jarrett Allen)
Military.com Jul 26, 2016 | by Brendan McGarry
The U.S. Army has announced an 800-soldier aviation unit will deploy later this summer to Afghanistan.
The service on Tuesday said soldiers from the 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, at Fort Riley, Kansas, will head overseas sometime after this month and before October, along with aircraft including AH-64 Apache attack helicopters and UH-60 Black Hawk utility choppers.
The deployment is part of a regular rotation of forces to the country in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel, the name of the U.S. counter-terrorism operation against the remnants of al-Qaida, an emerging offshoot of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, and other terror groups.
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