 Upon redeployment, the Aviation Brigade welcomed the 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment "Six Shooters" to the brigade as part of its aviation transformation and, on 13 June 2005, inactivated the 1st Squadron, 1st Aviation Regiment "Gunfighters," the colors of which departed for the Longbow Unit Fires Training Program (UFTP).The 1st Infantry Division's Combat Aviation Brigade (The Demon Brigade) completed a fifteen-month deployment to Iraq supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom 07-09.The CAB Hq conducted operations from Forward Operating Base (FOB) Speicher.