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Georgia Department of Defense
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The 78th Aviation Troop Command is based in Marietta, Georgia and commands over 700 Army National Guard pilots, aircrew, maintenance, and support personnel. In 2011, several of its units deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan to provide command and control, air movement, medical evacuation, and other aviation support missions. Some key accomplishments included supporting earthquake relief efforts in Haiti and fighting forest fires in Georgia using helicopter buckets.

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78th Aviation Troop Command Stationed at Clay National Guard Center in Marietta, the Georgia Army National Guard’s 78th Aviation Troop Command (ATC) is the aviation branch of the Georgia Army Guard. Colonel Robert B. Gaston, with Command Sgt. Major Claude Ray as his senior enlisted leader, commands the 78th ATC. The mission of the 78th ATC’s more than 700 pilots, aircrew, maintenance, and support personnel is to mobilize and deploy aviation forces for providing command and control, air movement, and air assault operations in support of combat operations worldwide, as well as to provide aviation support during state and national emergencies in response to homeland defense operations. The 78th ATC’s major deployments and redeployments in 2011 included: UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters of Detachment 1, Company C, of the 1-185th deploying to Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn; UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters of the 1-171st mobilizing in November for their second deployment to Iraq, this time in support of Operation New Dawn; and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters of the Detachment 1, Company C, 1-111 Medevac mobilizing for deployment to Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn. The most recent aviation unit to deploy involved the UH-60 Black Hawks of Detachment 2, Company C, 1-169th Medevac, which left February 5, 2012, for deployment in Afghanistan. There, under the Army’s 49th and 29th Aviation brigades, its 21 pilots, aircrew, flight medical and support personnel, will provide Medevac support to troops now involved in Operation Enduring Freedom. Among the 78th ATC’s accomplishments in 2011 was Company C, 1-151st Service and Support’s support of Operation new Horizons in the Haiti earthquake relief efforts. Our Chinooks were also busy this past year. On three different occasions they fought forest fires in Southeast Georgia using helicopter buckets to assist in the efforts. They also provided aviation support to the Joint Readiness and Training Center in Fort Polk, La. Additionally, the 78th Aviation Troop Command fielded four new Unmanned Aircraft System aircraft, trained the Soldiers, and deployed them to Afghanistan to support the Global War on Terror. (Word Count 335) 78th ATC Units • 78th Aviation Troop Command Headquarters, Clay National Guard Center, Marietta • 1st of the 171st General Support Aviation Battalion, Clay National Guard Center, Marietta • Company H, 171st Aviation Regiment, Clay National Guard Center, Marietta • Company C, 2nd of the 151st Service and Support Battalion, Clay National Guard Center, Marietta • Company B, 1st of the 169th General Support Aviation Battalion, Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah • Company C, 1st of the 169th General Support Aviation Battalion, Clay National Guard Center, Marietta • Company C, 1st of the 111th General Support Aviation Battalion, Clay National Guard Center, Marietta • Company C, 1st of the 185th Assault Helicopter Battalion, Winder • Company B, 935th Division Support Aviation Battalion, Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah • Detachment 9, Operational Airlift Authority, Clay National Guard Center, Marietta • Army Fixed Wing Support Activity, Robins Air Force Base, Warner Robins • Army Aviation Support Facility No. 1, Winder Barrow Airport, Winder
• Army Aviation Support Facility No. 2, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Marietta • Army Aviation Support Facility No. 3, Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah

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78th aviation troop command

  • 1. 78th Aviation Troop Command Stationed at Clay National Guard Center in Marietta, the Georgia Army National Guard’s 78th Aviation Troop Command (ATC) is the aviation branch of the Georgia Army Guard. Colonel Robert B. Gaston, with Command Sgt. Major Claude Ray as his senior enlisted leader, commands the 78th ATC. The mission of the 78th ATC’s more than 700 pilots, aircrew, maintenance, and support personnel is to mobilize and deploy aviation forces for providing command and control, air movement, and air assault operations in support of combat operations worldwide, as well as to provide aviation support during state and national emergencies in response to homeland defense operations. The 78th ATC’s major deployments and redeployments in 2011 included: UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters of Detachment 1, Company C, of the 1-185th deploying to Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn; UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters of the 1-171st mobilizing in November for their second deployment to Iraq, this time in support of Operation New Dawn; and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters of the Detachment 1, Company C, 1-111 Medevac mobilizing for deployment to Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn. The most recent aviation unit to deploy involved the UH-60 Black Hawks of Detachment 2, Company C, 1-169th Medevac, which left February 5, 2012, for deployment in Afghanistan. There, under the Army’s 49th and 29th Aviation brigades, its 21 pilots, aircrew, flight medical and support personnel, will provide Medevac support to troops now involved in Operation Enduring Freedom. Among the 78th ATC’s accomplishments in 2011 was Company C, 1-151st Service and Support’s support of Operation new Horizons in the Haiti earthquake relief efforts. Our Chinooks were also busy this past year. On three different occasions they fought forest fires in Southeast Georgia using helicopter buckets to assist in the efforts. They also provided aviation support to the Joint Readiness and Training Center in Fort Polk, La. Additionally, the 78th Aviation Troop Command fielded four new Unmanned Aircraft System aircraft, trained the Soldiers, and deployed them to Afghanistan to support the Global War on Terror. (Word Count 335) 78th ATC Units • 78th Aviation Troop Command Headquarters, Clay National Guard Center, Marietta • 1st of the 171st General Support Aviation Battalion, Clay National Guard Center, Marietta • Company H, 171st Aviation Regiment, Clay National Guard Center, Marietta • Company C, 2nd of the 151st Service and Support Battalion, Clay National Guard Center, Marietta • Company B, 1st of the 169th General Support Aviation Battalion, Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah • Company C, 1st of the 169th General Support Aviation Battalion, Clay National Guard Center, Marietta • Company C, 1st of the 111th General Support Aviation Battalion, Clay National Guard Center, Marietta • Company C, 1st of the 185th Assault Helicopter Battalion, Winder • Company B, 935th Division Support Aviation Battalion, Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah • Detachment 9, Operational Airlift Authority, Clay National Guard Center, Marietta • Army Fixed Wing Support Activity, Robins Air Force Base, Warner Robins • Army Aviation Support Facility No. 1, Winder Barrow Airport, Winder
  • 2. • Army Aviation Support Facility No. 2, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Marietta • Army Aviation Support Facility No. 3, Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah