The 4th Airmobile Brigade (french: 4 Brigade Aéromobile, 4 BAM) is a helicopter unit of the

French Army The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (french: Armée de Terre, ), is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces. It is responsible to the Government of France, along with the other components of the Armed For ...

. It makes up most of the

French Army Light Aviation The French Army Light Aviation (french: Aviation légère de l’armée de Terre, ALAT, , Land Army Light Aviation (the army is officially called the 'Land Army' because the air force is officially called the 'Air Army')) is the Army aviation serv ...

. The brigade is heir to the traditions and honours of the 4th Airmobile Division. The French Army announced that the brigade would be disbanded in 2010 and its constituent units placed directly under the command of the Land Forces Command. It was later announced, by the French Armed Forces, that the brigade would be reraised on July 1, 2016 as the 4th Air Combat Brigade (4e Brigade d'Aérocombat), headquartered at Clermont-Ferrant, directly subordinated to the COMALAT (the army aviation command) and including the 1st, 3rd and 5th Combat Helicopter Regiments.Official Ministry of Defence statement, page 7 http://www.defense.gouv.fr/content/download/391477/5836838/file/Restructurations+2016+Principales+mesures.pdf

Composition

* 1 Régiment d'Hélicoptères de Combat (1 RHC) Combat Helicopter Regiment in

Phalsbourg Phalsbourg (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Phalsburch'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France, with a population of about 5,000. It lies high on the west slopes of the Vosges, northwest of Strasbourg by rail. I ...

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, 20 Puma and 14

Cougar The cougar (''Puma concolor'') is a large Felidae, cat native to the Americas. Its Species distribution, range spans from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes in South America and is the most widespread of any large wild terrestrial mamm ...

* 3 Régiment d'Hélicoptères de Combat (3 RHC) Combat Helicopter Regiment in

Etain Etain (also Étain, Étáin) can refer to: * Étaín, a character from Irish mythology * the fairy princess in Rutland Boughton's opera ''The Immortal Hour'' * the fairy princess in the play The Immortal Hour (play) * Étain, France, a commune in ...

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, 16 Puma * 5 Régiment d'Hélicoptères de Combat (5 RHC) Combat Helicopter Regiment in Pau with 52 various

and Puma helicopters *4 Compagnie de Commandement et de Transmissions (4 CCT) in

Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label=Auvergnat (dialect), Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population ...

The 6 Régiment d'Hélicoptères de Combat (6 RHC) Combat Helicopter Regiment in

Margny-lès-Compiègne Margny-lès-Compiègne (, literally ''Margny near Compiègne'') is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. Population See also * Communes of the Oise department The following is a list of the 679 communes of the Oise department ...

was disbanded in July 2007. The airport has changed into civil status.

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