Combat Aviation Brigade

Combat aviation brigades (CABs) were introduced during the transformation of the United States Army to a modular force.

The Army stated that they need the CAB to be modular designed to enable task organization and optimize aviation capability for specific mission of specified duration.

[2][3] Full spectrum combat aviation brigades design includes: With the retirement of the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters in 2017 the army concentrated all AH-64E Apache attack helicopters in the active CABs, which now are all Heavy.

The Army Reserve fields one theater aviation command which oversees two brigades (one USAR and one ARNG).

The Army National Guard brigade is different from the Army's full spectrum combat aviation brigade as it replaces the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior of attack reconnaissance squadron with the Eurocopter UH-72 Lakota and organized into support and security battalion (S&S BN).

Heavy Combat Aviation Brigade Organizational Table
Full spectrum combat aviation brigade organizational table