The United States Army announced its next
rotation of its Combat Aviation Brigades (CAB) on August 18, 2023. Its
82nd will deploy to U.S Central Command replacing its National Guad
colleagues of the 185th CAB, MS ARNG. In Europe the 11th Atlantic
Resolve rotation (prior known as OAR) was assigned to the 1st CAB
"Demong Brigade", 1st Infantry Divisions "BIG RED ONE", Fort Riley,
Kansas. The CAB and its battalions are based at Marshall AAF. For the
1st CAB it will be their third deployment to Europe in support of
Atlantic Resolve.
Atlantic Resolve rotations last around nine months including shipment
from the helicopters, vehicles and other equipment to and from Europe.
The Brigades battalions are divided between operations in Central and
Eastern Europe (Baltics, Germany, Poland) and Southeastern Europe
(Greece and Romania). For the last Greece provides the host nation
support while for the other company's ports in Belgium, Denmark, France,
Germany and The Netherlands have been used.
Both the outbound 10th rotation as well as the inbound 11th rotation
will are flying to/from the port of Vlissingen, The Netherlands. 1st CAB
will fly to Woensdrecht Air Base where all helicopters are checked
before continuing their flight to their destinations. Their 3rd CAB
colleagues will stage through Eindhoven AB and after the ground crews
completed their work will fly to Vlissingen. |
