4th Airmobile Brigade (France)

The 4th Airmobile Brigade (French: 4e Brigade Aéromobile, 4e BAM) is a helicopter unit of the French Army. It makes up most of the French Army Light Aviation. The brigade is heir to the traditions and honours of the 4th Airmobile Division. The French Army announced that the brigade would be disbanded in 2010 and its constituent units placed directly under the command of the Land Forces Command.[1] It was later announced, by the French Armed Forces, that the brigade would be reraised on July 1, 2016 as the 4th Air Combat Brigade (4e Brigade d'Aérocombat), headquartered at Clermont-Ferrant, directly subordinated to the COMALAT (the army aviation command) and including the 1st, 3rd and 5th Combat Helicopter Regiments.[2]

4th Air Combat Brigade
4e Brigade d'Aérocombat
Badge
Active1999 - 2010 Since 2016
CountryFrance
BranchFrench Army
TypeALAT
Size4,400 men, 202 helicopters
Part ofCommandement de l'Aviation légère de l'Armée de terre
Garrison/HQClermont-Ferrand

Composition

The 6e Régiment d'Hélicoptères de Combat (6e RHC) Combat Helicopter Regiment in Margny-lès-Compiègne was disbanded in July 2007. The airport has changed into civil status.

References
  1. French Army website, 4th Airmobile Brigade page http://www.defense.gouv.fr/terre/decouverte/presentation/composantes/brigades/4e_brigade_aeromobile
  2. Official Ministry of Defence statement, page 7 http://www.defense.gouv.fr/content/download/391477/5836838/file/Restructurations+2016+Principales+mesures.pdf
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