34th Combat Aviation Brigade

The Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, 34th Infantry Division (ECAB) is a unit of the Minnesota Army National Guard that supports the 34th Infantry Division and the state of Minnesota by providing aviation capabilities.

The brigade is based in Saint Paul and uses UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopters, and Beechcraft C-12 Huron fixed-wing aircraft for federal and state missions.

The Minnesota-based subordinate units of the ECAB are Outside Minnesota, the ECAB provides training and operational guidance to the 1st Battalion, 112th Aviation Regiment of the ND ARNG, the 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment of the Montana and Missouri Army National Guard and the 1st Battalion, 183d Aviation Regiment of the Idaho Army National Guard.

[1] While under state control, the brigade consists of the following aviation elements: The brigade also provides training and operational guidance for the following units:[8]

The annual training period of the Combat Aviation Brigade, 34th Infantry Division culminated with the Domestic Operations competition testing flight crew abilities at sling and water bucket operations 21 July 2010