16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team

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brigade combat team military formation

16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team is the British Army’s primary rapid reaction and airborne formation, specializing in air assault operations and high-readiness deployments.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team canonical	18
16 Air Assault Brigade	7
16 Air Assault Brigade Headquarters	2
16 Air Assault Brigade (historical association)	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	brigade combat team ⓘ military formation ⓘ
allies	NATO ⓘ United States Army airborne units ⓘ
branch	Army ⓘ
capability	airborne insertion ⓘ airmobile operations ⓘ helicopter assault ⓘ joint operations with Joint Helicopter Command ⓘ joint operations with Royal Air Force ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
doctrine	air manoeuvre ⓘ rapid intervention ⓘ
formedFrom	16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 16 Air Assault Brigade
garrison	Merville Barracks, Colchester ⓘ surface form: Colchester Garrison
garrisonCountry	United Kingdom ⓘ
garrisonTown	Colchester ⓘ
hasComponent	13 Air Assault Support Regiment RLC ⓘ 16 Medical Regiment ⓘ 1st Battalion 7th Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles ⓘ surface form: 1st Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles 216 Parachute Signal Squadron ⓘ 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment ⓘ 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ surface form: 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ surface form: 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery ⓘ Pathfinder Platoon ⓘ airborne artillery units ⓘ airborne engineer units ⓘ airborne logistics units ⓘ airborne medical units ⓘ airborne signals units ⓘ
motto	Ready for Anything ⓘ
notableDeployment	Iraq War ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ operations in the Balkans ⓘ peacekeeping operations in Africa ⓘ
operationalEnvironment	contingency operations ⓘ expeditionary ⓘ
partOf	British Army ⓘ
primaryMission	to conduct operations at short notice worldwide ⓘ to provide a rapidly deployable air assault force ⓘ
readinessLevel	high readiness ⓘ
role	expeditionary warfare ⓘ high-readiness deployment ⓘ rapid reaction force ⓘ
size	brigade ⓘ
specialization	air assault operations ⓘ airborne operations ⓘ
type	air assault brigade ⓘ
usesEquipment	helicopters ⓘ light armoured vehicles ⓘ parachute equipment ⓘ

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Parachute Regiment → parentFormation → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

Operation Herrick → notableUnit → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

this entity surface form: 16 Air Assault Brigade

Merville Barracks, Colchester → garrisonFor → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

Merville Barracks, Colchester → hasUnit → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

this entity surface form: 16 Air Assault Brigade Headquarters

2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment → parentFormation → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

The Paras → associatedWith → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment → alliance → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment → operationalCommand → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team → formedFrom → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 16 Air Assault Brigade

Commander Field Army → formationControlled → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment → higherFormation → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

British airborne forces → hasComponent → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

3 PARA → parentFormation → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

16 Medical Regiment → supportsUnit → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

16 Medical Regiment → associatedFormation → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

this entity surface form: 16 Air Assault Brigade

16 Medical Regiment → associatedFormation → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

216 Parachute Signal Squadron → supports → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

216 Parachute Signal Squadron → associatedWith → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

this entity surface form: 16 Air Assault Brigade

Pathfinder Platoon → partOf → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

this entity surface form: 16 Air Assault Brigade

Pathfinder Platoon → taskingAuthority → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

this entity surface form: 16 Air Assault Brigade Headquarters

Ready for Anything → usedBy → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

Ready for Anything → isOfficialMottoOf → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

4 PARA → parentUnit → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

this entity surface form: 16 Air Assault Brigade (historical association)

7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery → parentUnit → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

13 Air Assault Support Regiment RLC → partOf → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

British Army parachute wings → relatedUnit → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

this entity surface form: 16 Air Assault Brigade

23 Parachute Engineer Regiment → alliance → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

23 Parachute Engineer Regiment → supportsFormation → 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ

this entity surface form: 16 Air Assault Brigade