Flight Club Visits Army Aviation Support Facility

October 26, 2023

Fifty Cretin-Derham Hall JROTC Cadets visited the Minnesota National Guard, 34th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade on October 26 at the St. Paul Airport's Army Aviation Support Facility.

Cadets learned about the mission of an Army Aviation Brigade from pilots, crew chiefs and technicians, checked out UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopters, and toured the hangar, flight operations, and maintenance facilities.

The 34th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade is an Army National Guard unit that supports the 34th Infantry Division and the state of Minnesota by providing aviation capabilities - both UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopters - for federal and state missions. In 2024 The brigade will undergo an organizational structure change, converting the 34th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade to a new Heavy Combat Aviation Brigade. This change will add two AH-64 Apache helicopter attack battalions.