Task Force Mustang

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36th Combat Aviation Brigade
Active
Country	United States
Branch	Army National Guard
Type	Aviation Brigade
Part of	4th Infantry Division U.S. Army III Corps U.S. First Army
Garrison/HQ	LSA Anaconda, Iraq and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Texas
Commanders
Current commander	Col. Vernon A. Sevier Jr.

Task Force Mustang is the deployment unit name for the 36th Combat Aviation Brigade, 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard. The 36th is an aviation brigade now under the command of MNF-Iraq with helicopter and aviation support units in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. 36 CAB provides attack capability, moves troops & cargo, gives air support to convoy operations, and myriad other operational support missions.

1 History
2 Brigade Formation
3 Aircraft
4 References and External links

[edit] History

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

[edit] Brigade Formation

The task force is currently (September 2006) composed of over 2700 soldiers from 44 states. Approximately 2500 are from 16 state Army Guard units. The brigade is augmented by over 200 Individual Ready Reserve Army soldiers from 36 different states. The 36th CAB is the first National Guard Combat Air Brigade under the Army's reformatting plan.

[edit] Global War on Terror

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.