10 1 The history of the airborne division can be traced back to the First World War. At that time, in order to meet the needs of constantly sending troops to Europe, the US Army formally established the 10 1 Infantry Division on July 23, 2008, but the war stopped before the division went out. After World War I, 10 1 Infantry Division retired from active service and became a reserve. During World War II, the US Army was formally established on August 6th, 1942 10 1 Airborne Division. Its personnel and equipment mainly come from the 82nd Motorized Infantry Division, and Li Hao Joan will be the commander of the 10 1 Airborne Division. 1944, 10 1 airborne division participated in the famous Normandy landing, fought fiercely for 33 days in a row, successfully completed the combat mission, and the division became famous at one fell swoop. In the same year, the division also took part in the battle to capture Bastogne and won the "Outstanding Army Award Order". After the war, 10 1 airborne division gradually changed from parachute maneuver to helicopter maneuver, which was renamed as 10 1 air cavalry division and1air maneuver division. 1974, the division was officially renamed as "No.10/air assault division", which realized the transformation from parachute maneuver to helicopter maneuver.
At present, 10 1 air assault division consists of three air assault brigades (each brigade has three air assault battalions), a combat aviation brigade (three air assault helicopter battalions, three attack helicopter battalions, a medium-range transport helicopter battalion, a command aviation barracks and an air cavalry squadron), a communication battalion, an engineering battalion, an anti-aircraft gun battalion and an air cavalry squadron. The division belongs to artillery units (3 field artillery battalions) and division support headquarters (3 forward support battalions, 1 main support battalions, 1 other aviation maintenance battalions and 1 air ambulance company).
The division has 16548 personnel and 487 helicopters. Among them are 88 AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, 203 UH-60 Black Hawk multi-purpose helicopters, 33 UH- 1 Huey utility helicopters, 109 OH-58 Kiowa observation helicopters and GH-47 Chinook transport helicopters. 657 "Tao" anti-tank missile launchers, 162 "Javelin" anti-tank missile launchers, 48 "Avenger" air defense missile systems, 54105mm howitzers, 3 1 90mm recoilless gun, 87 8 1 05mm howitzers.
10 1 The equipment of the air assault division is very advanced. Among them, the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter has the advanced level in the 1980s. It is the most advanced helicopter with the strongest firepower, the best protection and the most expensive price in the world today, mainly used for anti-tanks. The aircraft can carry 16 laser-guided "Helfa" anti-tank missiles with a range of 7 kilometers, and can also carry 30 mm anti-tank guns and 800 shells with a range of 2.5 kilometers; In addition, its short wing can mount two 19 combined 70 mm caliber rockets and eight ceramic anti-tank missiles. The aircraft has strong firepower, high flight performance and battlefield survivability, and can search, identify and attack targets at a long distance under complex weather conditions day and night. AH-64 Apache helicopter can not only resist the impact of12.7mm bullets, but also fly for 30 minutes after 95% of the fuselage surface is hit by 23mm blasting bullets.
Due to the advanced equipment, 10 1 air assault division is second to none in the US Army Division in terms of battlefield maneuverability and firepower, so it is known as the "sword" in the US Army. 199 1 year,1kloc-0/air assault division fired the first shot of the Gulf War. Before the large-scale air raid by the multinational forces, eight AH-64 Apache helicopters of1KLOC-0/Air Assault Division destroyed the radar station on the Iraqi border, opening up a "black security corridor" for the air raid by the multinational forces. In the air assault operation, 10 1 air assault division's helicopter gunships destroyed a large number of Iraqi tanks, trucks and armored vehicles. In the ground attack, two air assault battalions of 10 1 Air Assault Division quickly advanced into the Iraqi army by helicopter, and built a small combat base. The other part of the helicopter was equipped with the ground vanguard troops, adopting the "leapfrog" tactic, and went straight into the hinterland of Iraq, cutting off the retreat of hundreds of thousands of people from 29 army divisions of the Iraqi army invading Kuwait, which made a great contribution to the victory of the Gulf War.