and range rates. of my tenets was Colonel Gayler said, do it the never pattern set,” “One “Never same way every time.” In February 2011, the 159th CAB replaced the 101st CAB in RC-South. Bravo Company, 7th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment deployed with new model Chinooks, while two ‘F’ attached companies B Company, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment (HIARNG) and B – Company, 1st Battalion, 52d Aviation Regiment from Alaska were equipped with – older ‘D’ models. The majority of the aircraft were at Kandahar, with a platoon each at FOBs Tarin Kowt and Wolverine. Chinook pilots and crews flew air assault missions in support of all the ground units in the region, including US conventional and Special Operations forces, Afghan counterparts, and Romanian and Latvian troops. The general trend for CH-47 air assaults in continued, often with two conventional and two Special Operations insertions per night. two [conventional] companies would air assault into an objective area, stay for a “Typically couple of days, and then extract said 7th Battalion Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Darren out,” Operations night assaults, on the other hand, were targeted and out Gerblick. “Special raids…in in a couple of hours.” Bravo Company, 1-52 was advised prior to deployment to expect a preponderance of general support missions battlefield circulation in support of multiple units in the AOR. – Instead, the company was divided upon arriving in Afghanistan, with half the aircraft remaining at Kandahar and the other half split between Wolverine and Tarin Kowt. Due to the priorities in the AOR, were immediately assigned direct support missions at all three Captain “we locations,” Robert Bender, commander, B/1-52 explained after redeploying to Alaska. The most common air assaults were night cordon and search operations, involving two Chinooks and approximately 70 Soldiers/passengers, and requiring extraction within two to five days. Speed and surprise
and range rates. “One of my tenets was never pattern set,” Colonel Gayler said, “Never do it the same way every time.” In February 2011, the 159th CAB replaced the 101st CAB in RC-South. Bravo Company, 7th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment deployed with new ‘F’ model Chinooks, while two attached companies – B Company, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment (HIARNG) and B Company, 1st Battalion, 52d Aviation Regiment from Alaska – were equipped with older ‘D’ models. The majority of the aircraft were at Kandahar, with a platoon each at FOBs Tarin Kowt and Wolverine. Chinook pilots and crews flew air assault missions in support of all the ground units in the region, including US conventional and Special Operations forces, Afghan counterparts, and Romanian and Latvian troops. The general trend for CH-47 air assaults in continued, often with two conventional and two Special Operations insertions per night. “Typically two [conventional] companies would air assault into an objective area, stay for a couple of days, and then extract out,” said 7th Battalion Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Darren Gerblick. “Special Operations night assaults, on the other hand, were targeted raids…in and out in a couple of hours.” Bravo Company, 1-52 was advised prior to deployment to expect a preponderance of general support missions – battlefield circulation in support of multiple units in the AOR. Instead, the company was divided upon arriving in Afghanistan, with half the aircraft remaining at Kandahar and the other half split between Wolverine and Tarin Kowt. Due to the priorities in the AOR, “we were immediately assigned direct support missions at all three locations,” Captain Robert Bender, commander, B/1-52 explained after redeploying to Alaska. The most common air assaults were night cordon and search operations, involving two Chinooks and approximately 70 Soldiers/passengers, and requiring extraction within two to five days. Speed and surprise
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