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Air Mobile Brigade (other)
Air mobile brigade, a specialised form of military brigade dedicated to carrying out air assault, may refer to: *16th Air Assault Brigade, British Army * 4th Airmobile Brigade (France), French Army *11 Luchtmobiele Brigade, Royal Netherlands Army *Air Mobile Brigade (Sri Lanka), Sri Lanka Army *Ukrainian Airmobile Forces **79th Airmobile Brigade (Ukraine) **95th Airmobile Brigade (Ukraine) See also *Air assault Air assault is the movement of ground-based military forces by vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft—such as the helicopter—to seize and hold key terrain which has not been fully secured, and to directly engage enemy forces behind e ... {{mil-unit-dis Airborne infantry brigades ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Air Assault Brigade
16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team, from 1999 to 2021 16 Air Assault Brigade, is a formation of the British Army based in Colchester in the county of Essex. It is the Army's rapid response airborne formation and is the only brigade in the British Army focused on delivering air assault operations. History Formation The brigade was formed as part of the defence reforms implemented by the Strategic Defence Review on 1 September 1999, by the merging of 24 Airmobile Brigade and elements of British 5th Infantry Brigade, 5th Airborne Brigade. This grouping created a highly mobile brigade of parachute units and airmobile units, which employ helicopters. Macedonia After a ceasefire was declared in the North Macedonia, Republic of Macedonia (now known as the Republic of North Macedonia) between government forces and rebels known as the National Liberation Army (Albanians of Macedonia), National Liberation Army, NATO launched a British-led effort, Operation Essential Harvest, to collect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
