Task Force Mustang

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FieldValue
unit_nameCombat Aviation Brigade, 36th Infantry Division
captionCombat Aviation Brigade, 36th Infantry Division insignia
countryUnited States
branchUnited States Army
typeAviation brigade
size2,700 soldiers
command_structureTexas Army National Guard/36th Infantry Division
garrisonAustin-Bergstrom International Airport, Texas
battlesOperation Iraqi Freedom 2006–2008
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Task Force Mustang is the deployment unit name for the Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard. The CAB completed a tour of duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the fall of 2007 when it was relieved by the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, a similarly constituted regular army unit. It deployed to Kuwait in April 2013 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as part of Operation Spartan Shield, based at Camp Buehring.

Current Structure

History

The CAB, 36th Infantry Division was the first National Guard combat air brigade under the Army's reformatting plan.

Task Force Mustang has previously deployed to Bosnia and Kosovo, and to the United States Gulf Coast in support of disaster operations following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Global War on Terror

During the brigade's deployment to Iraq it was composed of over 2700 soldiers from 44 states. Approximately 2500 were from 16 state Army Guard units. The brigade was augmented by over 200 Individual Ready Reserve Army soldiers from 36 different states.

Task Force Mustang shipped to Iraq in September 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, following a few weeks of boots on the ground training at Camp Buehring, Kuwait in August. They completed five months of flight and theatre immersion training at Fort Hood, Texas and Fort Sill, Oklahoma and were certified "Fit to Fight" by Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honoré, commanding general, First U.S. Army, on 30 July 2006.

In the first eight months in Iraq, the CAB's units flew 51,000 combat flight hours while executing almost 7,300 combat missions. 36 CAB has carried more than 230,000 passengers, moved more than 15 million pounds of cargo, conducted almost 60 large combat air assaults, provided outstanding Medical evacuation (medevac) support to save many soldiers' lives, and supported ground troops with AH-64 Apaches.{{cite news | last = Picard | first = Stephan J. | title = The Mustang Leader | publisher=US Army | volume=1 | issue=9 | date = 30 April 2007

Elements deployed to Iraq

Army Guard unit personnel contributions

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All troop strength numbers are approximate.

The unit flew approximately 18 AH-64 Apache, 80 UH-60 Black Hawk, 12 CH-47 Chinook helicopters.

References

References

  1. (March 2022)
  2. "Aerial Gunnery Exercise".

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