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The 6th Cavalry Brigade (not to be confused with the 6th Cavalry Regiment) was an air cavalry brigade in the US Army. In the 1980's it was composed of it's headquarters and three squadrons: An air cavalry squadron (Air Cav), an air attack squadron (Attack Cav), and a support squadron (Stud Cav). It was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas.

Formation
The 6th Cavalry Brigade (not to be confused with the 6th Cavalry Regiment) was first constituted on 21 April 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 6th Tank Group and activated on 23 April 1942 at Camp Bowie, Texas. The unit was reorganized and redesignated on 1 February 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 6th Armored Group and inactivated on 22 October 1945 at Camp Miles Standish, Massachusetts. It was disbanded on 2 July 1952.

In the summer of 1974, the Army made the decision to implement one of the recommendations of the Howze Board, and created an air cavalry combat brigade. The 2nd Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division, Commanded by Colonel Charles D. Canedy, was reflagged as the 6th Cavalry Brigade (Air Combat). The unit was officially reconstituted on 21 February 1975 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 6th Cavalry Brigade, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas. While at Hood, the Brigade was a test bed for new concepts involving the employment of attack helicopters on the modern battlefield. (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/6cav.htm)

Operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm
In the fall of 1990 two of the Brigade's subordinate units were deployed in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm.

Current status
In late 1995, the 1st and 4th Squadrons, 6th Cavalry were again deactivated, leaving only the 3rd Squadron, 6th Cavalry at Fort Hood. At the same time the 6th Cavalry Brigade received orders to move its flag from Fort Hood to the Republic of Korea. This move was accomplished in July of 1996. The 6th Cavalry Brigade stood up its headquarters at Camp Humphreys, Korea on 24 July 1996. To augment the Brigade, the 5th Battalion (Attack), 501st Aviation Regiment was reflagged as 1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, which was assigned to the 6th Cavalry Brigade in July 1996.

In December 1996, the 1st Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery was assigned to the 6th Cavalry Brigade. This addition to the brigade created a unique organization that provided the Commander in Chief, United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and United States Forces Korea with critical force protection assets, as well as, lethal deep strike capability.

The 1st Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery was reassigned to the 35th Air Defense Brigade, an element of Eighth US Army in December 2004. On 16 June 2005, the 6th Cavalry Brigade was inactivated an reflagged as the 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade. (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/6cav.htm)