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77th Combat Aviation Brigade (United States)
The 77th Combat Aviation Brigade, also known as the 77th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade (ECAB),[2] is an aviation brigade of the United States Army in the Arkansas Army National Guard. When federalized and mobilized for active service, the 77th Combat Aviation Brigade comes under the command and control of an Aviation Command. On 20 or 21 August, the Arkansas Army National Guard received an order to mobilize, calling for 150 soldiers from the 77th Aviation Brigade to federal active duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.[3] Sometime around June 2016, Detachment 2, Company B, 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment were deployed alongside 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, with the former lying 3,300 flight hours and sortieing more than 275 mission requests.The former was also deployed in support of Operation Spartan Shield, operating mostly out of Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The detachment were responsible for the maintenance of 67 rotary wing aircraft and 24 unmanned aircraft.[4] Order of battleThe 77th Combat Aviation Brigade consists of the following units:[5]
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