text: Chapter 2
  ORGANIZATION
  2-38. The ACS consists of a headquarters and headquarters troop, three air cavalry troops (ACTs)
  equipped with eight AH-64s and four RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aircraft each, an aviation maintenance
  troop (AMT), and a forward support troop. Figure 2-8 provides ACS organization.
  Figure 2–8. Air cavalry squadron
  CAPABILITIES
  2-39. The ACS conducts the following tasks:
  * Zone, route, and area reconnaissance.
  * Reconnaissance in force (when task-organized).
  * Screen.
  * Guard and area security (when task-organized).
  * Movement to contact.
  * Attack.
  ATTACK BATTALION
  2-40. As an element of the CAB, the AB provides accurate and timely information collection, provides
  reaction time and maneuver space, and destroys, defeats, delays, diverts, or disrupts enemy forces in
  support of the combined arms team. Although the AB is fully capable of conducting reconnaissance,
  security and movement to contact operations, it has less overall reconnaissance capability than the ACS due
  to the lack of organic UAS at the company level, unless the Gray Eagle company is released partially or in
  total from division control to conduct dedicated MUM-T in support of the AB. The AB typically employs
  its aircraft in formations as small as attack weapons teams (AWTs) of two aircraft to as large as company
  or battalion formations. The AB is an Active Duty and ARNG organization. The AB also provides staff
  planning, integration, and coordination for joint and combined arms operations for the Gray Eagle UAS
  company.
  ORGANIZATION
  2-41. The AB consists of an HHC, three attack companies (ACs) equipped with eight AH-64s each, an
  aviation maintenance company (AMC), and a forward support company (FSC) (figure 2-9).
  Figure 2–9. Attack battalion