ILLESHEIM, Germany – The 101st Combat Aviation Brigade “Wings of Destiny”, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), took authority over Operation Atlantic Resolve from 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division on July 17, at Illesheim, Germany.
ILLESHEIM, Germany – The U.S. Army’s 5th Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade (Wings of Destiny), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) participated in Silver Arrow in Adazi, Latvia, Sept. 26 – Oct. 2.
Silver Arrow is a weeklong exercise that joins Canadian, Estonian, Latvian, Polish and U.S. armed forces to develop relationships and increase interoperability and lethality between allied and partner nations.
Nearly 150 Wings of Destiny Soldiers from the battalion, nicknamed Task Force Eagle Assault, trained alongside the Latvian Mechanized Infantry Brigade by providing aerial offense, defense and logistic support during a simulated battle.
While in Latvia, the aviators enabled partner forces and conducted air assault,...
LTC Tony Marston, commander of 1st Battalion "No Mercy", 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), conducted a Leader Professional Development for the 30th anniversary of Desert Storm on June 24th, 2021, Saber Army Airfield, Fort Campbell, Ky.
The 101st Combat Aviation Brigade participates in Combined Resolve XV, a joint, multinational exercise designed to hone the interoperability between NATO ally and partner nations at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany. The 101st provides aerial assets including logistic support, offensive capabilities and medical evacuation with their fleet of AH-64E Apache, UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47F Chinook helicopters to ensure that they and their partner forces fight and win against any enemy threat. (U.S. Army National Guard video by Staff Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma)
