82nd Combat Aviation Brigade

Fort Bragg United States

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The 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade deploys, on order, worldwide to find, fix and destroy enemy forces using aerial fire and maneuver to concentrate and sustain combat power. The 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade tactical moniker "Pegasus" is a name drawn from the historic June 6th, 1944 Allied invasion of mainland Europe. Specifically, Pegasus Bridge was the single most important piece of key terrain whose control was critical to the protection of thousands of British and Canadian soldiers during their early morning assault on the beaches of Sword and Juno. British paratroopers were inserted on six gliders around midnight, the first Allied company sized unit to begin the D-Day invasion. These p