16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team
Active British Army formation
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| 2024 | 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team will transition to provide the land component command of a joint and multi-domain sovereign Global Response Force (GRF) under the command of 1st (UK) Division. |
| 2023 | Brigadier Mark Berry of the Life Guards becomes the most recent commander of the brigade |
| 2021 | Brigadier Nick Cowley from The Queen's Royal Hussars assumes command |
| 2021 | The brigade was officially renamed from '16 Air Assault Brigade' to '16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team', expanding its operational designation. |
| August 2021 | The brigade returned to Kabul as part of Operation Pitting to ensure the safe evacuation of British nationals following Taliban gains across Afghanistan. |
| 2020 | Brigadier James Martin of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment becomes the brigade commander |
| 2019 | Brigadier John Clark from the Royal Engineers takes over brigade command |
| 2017 | Brigadier Nick Perry of the King's Royal Hussars assumes command |
| 2015 | Brigadier Colin Weir from the Royal Irish regiment becomes the brigade commander |
| November 25 2015 | Following Army 2020 restructuring, the Pegasus emblem was reinstated as the symbol of British airborne forces, returning to the brigade's traditional iconography. |
| 2013 | Brigadier Nick Borton of the Royal Regiment of Scotland takes over brigade command |
| 2011 | Brigadier Giles Hill, also from the Parachute Regiment, assumes command |
| 2010 | The brigade deployed to Afghanistan for the fourth time, further solidifying its record as the most frequently deployed British formation in the country. |
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