34th_Combat_Aviation_Brigade
The Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, 34th Infantry Division (ECAB) is a unit of the Minnesota Army National Guard that supports the 34th Infantry Division and the state of Minnesota by providing aviation capabilities. The brigade is based in Saint Paul and uses UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopters, and Beechcraft C-12 Huron fixed-wing aircraft for federal and state missions.
The Minnesota-based subordinate units of the ECAB are
- 2nd Battalion (Assault Helicopter), 147th Aviation Regiment
- Company C, 1st Battalion (General Support), 171st Aviation Regiment
- Companies B and C, 2nd Battalion (General Support), 211th Aviation Regiment
- Company F, 1st Battalion (General Support), 189th Aviation Regiment
- 834th Aviation Support Battalion (834th ASB)
Outside Minnesota, the ECAB provides training and operational guidance to the 1st Battalion, 112th Aviation Regiment of the ND ARNG, the 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment of the Montana and Missouri Army National Guard and the 1st Battalion, 183d Aviation Regiment of the Idaho Army National Guard.[1]