The organizational flash (or simply "flash) is a shield-shaped patch with a semi-circular bottom that is worn on the beret. Personnel who have been authorized to wear maroon, tan, or green berets wear their unit's distinctive organizational flash on the beret, while all other Soldiers wear the standard Army flash on the black beret. The Distinctive Unit Insignia or Regimental Distinctive Insignia is worn centered on the flash.
Now designated the Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, the 82nd Aviation Brigade was originally constituted in the Regular Army as HQ and HQ Company, Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division on 1 October 1986 and activated on 15 January 1987 at Fort Bragg (now Fort Liberty). It was reorganized and redesignated as HQ and HQ Company, Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division on 16 June 2006.
Its Battle Honors include the Armed Forces Expedition in Panama (Operation Just Cause), all three campaigns of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War, and one campaign, Consolidation II, from the Afghanistan Theater on the War on Terrorism. For its outstanding service in support of Operation Enduring Freedom between 2009 and 2012, the Brigade was awarded two Meritorious Unit Commendations.
The Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division is based at Fort Liberty, North Carolina.