FDR – Land (16 Air Assault Brigade)
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This is the final post on infantry structure that has seen the suggestion of a slightly enlarged infantry and a reduced armoured component.
16AAB is unusual in the context of the British Army because it is the only one designed to deliver air manoeuvre, yet as usual, the helicopter assets do not exist to actually fulfil on the vision. Permanent fixtures are 2 and 3 Para with the 1 Battalion Royal Irish, 5 Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland and 2 Battalion Gurkha rotating through the air assault role and 52 Light Infantry Brigade on a 5 year timescale.. 2 out of the three are assigned to 16AAB. With our previous proposal to increase 19 and 52 light infantry brigades by a battalion each these might also rotate into 16AAB