# Forward Operating Base Fenty
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{{Infobox airport
| name = FOB Fenty
| nativename =
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| image = Nangarhar Airport.jpg
| image-width = 250px
| caption = Control tower of the Jalalabad Airport in Nangarhar
| IATA = JAA
| ICAO = OAJL
| pushpin_map = Afghanistan
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Afghanistan
| pushpin_label = JAA
| pushpin_label_position = right
| type = Military
| owner = Afghanistan
| operator = [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army)
[United States Air Force](/source/United_States_Air_Force)
[Afghan Air Force](/source/Afghan_Air_Force)
[ISAF](/source/International_Security_Assistance_Force)
| location = Jalalabad, [Nangarhar Province](/source/Nangarhar_Province)
| elevation-f = 1840
| elevation-m = 561
| coordinates = {{coord|34|24|01|N|70|29|54|E|region:AF_type:airport|name=Jalalabad Airport (Jalalabad)|display=inline,title}}
| website =
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| r1-number = 13/31
| r1-length-f = 6480
| r1-length-m = 1975
| r1-surface = [Asphalt](/source/Asphalt_concrete)
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| footnotes = Source: Landings.com,[[http://aerobaticsweb.org/cgi-bin/search_apt?OAJL Airport record for Jalalabad Airport] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522052455/http://aerobaticsweb.org/cgi-bin/search_apt?OAJL |date=2014-05-22 }} at Landings.com. Retrieved May 16, 2016] AIP Afghanistan[{{Cite web |url=http://acaa.gov.af/en/page/civil-aviation-authority/atm/aip---important-information |title=AIP Afghanistan - Important Information |access-date=2016-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617030052/http://acaa.gov.af/en/page/civil-aviation-authority/atm/aip---important-information |archive-date=2016-06-17 |url-status=dead }}]
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'''Forward Operating Base (FOB) Fenty''' was a military base built around [Jalalabad Airport](/source/Jalalabad_Airport).
==Namesake==
The base was named after Lt. Col. Joseph J. Fenty Jr. LTC Fenty received his commission for the [University of North Carolina](/source/University_of_North_Carolina)- Charlotte ROTC program in 1986 as an Infantry Lieutenant. LTC Fenty was a founding member and first commanding officer of [3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry (Recon)](/source/3rd_Squadron%2C_71st_Cavalry_(Recon)) building the organization from the ground up. He took command 16 September 2004, trained the unit, and led the Titans on their first deployment to Afghanistan, in support of OEF VII. On 5 May 2006, nearing the end of [Operation Mountain Lion](/source/Operation_Mountain_Lion), LTC Fenty personally oversaw a high-risk night extraction of one of his Cavalry scout teams located high in the mountains above [Chalas Valley](/source/Chalas_Valley). During the extraction on the hostile rugged terrain, the [Boeing CH-47 Chinook](/source/Boeing_CH-47_Chinook) helicopter that he was in crashed and all aboard perished.[{{cite news|last1=Giordono|first1=Joseph|title=Soldiers mourn helicopter crash victims at service in Afghanistan|url=https://www.stripes.com/news/soldiers-mourn-helicopter-crash-victims-at-service-in-afghanistan-1.48976|accessdate=2 June 2016|work=Stars and Stripes|date=15 May 2006}}]
==Units==
'''Ground'''
* [4th Brigade Combat Team](/source/4th_Brigade_Combat_Team%2C_4th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)), [4th Infantry Division](/source/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)) until December 2012.[{{cite web|url=https://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2012/12/13/fort-campbells-1st-brigade-combat-team-bastogne-replaces-mountain-warrior-at-forward-operating-base-fenty/|title=Fort Campbell’s 1st Brigade Combat Team "Bastogne" replaces Mountain Warrior at Forward Operating Base Fenty|publisher=Clarksville Online|accessdate=May 16, 2016}}]
* [1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division](/source/1st_Brigade_Combat_Team%2C_101st_Airborne_Division) from December 2012.[{{cite web|url=http://www.drum.army.mil/10thAB/Pages/10thAviationBrigadehome.aspx|title=History|publisher=Fort Drum Website|accessdate=Dec 30, 2016|archive-date=August 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811021128/http://www.drum.army.mil/10thAB/Pages/10thAviationBrigadehome.aspx|url-status=dead}}]
* [2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment](/source/2nd_Squadron%2C_17th_Cavalry_Regiment) between 2012 and 2013.[{{cite web|url=https://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2013/01/08/fort-campbell-air-cavalry-soldiers-continue-tradition-in-afghanistan/#more-158793|title=Fort Campbell Air cavalry soldiers continue tradition in Afghanistan|publisher=Clarksville Online|accessdate=May 16, 2016}}]
* October 2013 - December 2013
** 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, (TF Tigershark)
*** Unknown Company, 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment (AH-64)
*** Unknown Company, 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion (UH-60L/M)
*** Company C, 2nd Battalion (UH-60M)
*** Unknown Company, 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, (CH-47F)
*** B Troop, 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment (OH-58D)
*** 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (AH-64)
* December 2013 - October 2014
** [159th Combat Aviation Brigade](/source/159th_Combat_Aviation_Brigade)
* October 2014 - Unknown
** [82nd Combat Aviation Brigade](/source/82nd_Combat_Aviation_Brigade)
*** Company D, 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion
* June 2016 - April 2017
** [1st Infantry Division, Combat Aviation Brigade](/source/Combat_Aviation_Brigade%2C_1st_Infantry_Division_(United_States)) (TF Gunfighters)
*** 1st Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment
* April 2017 - November 2017[{{Cite web |title=TF Tigershark takes the reins at OB Fenty |url=https://www.army.mil/article/185752/tf_tigershark_takes_the_reins_at_ob_fenty}}]
** [16th Combat Aviation Brigade](/source/16th_Combat_Aviation_Brigade_(United_States)) (TF Tigershark)
*** [1st Battalion, 229th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion](/source/229th_Aviation_Regiment_(United_States))
* September 2018 - February 2019
** [Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division](/source/Combat_Aviation_Brigade%2C_101st_Airborne_Division) (TF No Mercy)
*** [1st Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment](/source/101st_Aviation_Regiment_(United_States))
*February 2019 - October 2019
** [Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division](/source/Combat_Aviation_Brigade%2C_1st_Armored_Division) (TF Heavy Cav)
*** [1st Armored Division CAB (United States) 3-6 ARS](/source/1st_Armored_Division_CAB_(United_States)_3-6_ARS)
**** [2-501st GSAB, Charlie Company, 2nd Platoon, Burro Dustoff](/source/2-501st_GSAB%2C_Charlie_Company%2C_2nd_Platoon%2C_Burro_Dustoff)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
Category:Military installations of the United States in Afghanistan
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