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The 78th Aviation Troop Command (ATC) is the aviation branch of the Georgia Army National Guard stationed at Clay National Guard Center in Marietta, Georgia. In 2011, the 78th ATC supported operations in Haiti, Iraq, Afghanistan, and fought forest fires in Georgia. Their missions involve providing aviation support for combat operations worldwide and responding to domestic emergencies. Their most recent deployment was Detachment 2 of Company C, 1-169th Medevac to Afghanistan in February 2012 to provide medical evacuation support.
78th atc
- 1. 78th Aviation now involved in Operation Enduring Freedom. Troop Command Among the 78th ATC’s accomplishments in 2011 was Stationed at Clay National Guard Company C, 1-151st Service and Center in Marietta, the Georgia Support’s support of Operation New Army National Guard’s 78th Horizons in the Haiti earthquake Aviation Troop Command (ATC) is relief efforts. the aviation branch of the Georgia Our Chinooks were also busy Army Guard. Colonel Robert B. this past year. On three different Gaston, with Command Sgt. Major occasions they fought forest fires in Claude Ray as his senior enlisted Southeast Georgia using helicopter leader, commands the 78th ATC. buckets to assist in the efforts. They The mission of the 78th ATC’s also provided aviation support to the more than 700 pilots, aircrew, Joint Readiness and Training Center maintenance, and support personnel in Fort Polk, La. Additionally, the is to mobilize and deploy aviation 78th Aviation Troop Command forces for providing command and fielded four new Unmanned Aircraft control, air movement, and air assault System aircraft, trained the Soldiers, operations in support of combat and deployed them to Afghanistan to operations worldwide, as well as to support the Global War on Terror. provide aviation support during state and national emergencies in response to homeland defense operations. Col. Brock Gaston The 78th ATC’s major Commander deployments and redeployments in 78th Aviation Troop Command 2011 included: UH-60 Blackhawk Ga. Army National Guard helicopters of Detachment 1, Company C, of the 1-185th deploying to Iraq in support of 78th ATC Units • Company C, 1st of the 185th Assault Helicopter Battalion, Winder Operation New Dawn; UH-60 Black • Company B, 935th Division Support Hawk helicopters of the 1-171st • 78th Aviation Troop Command Aviation Battalion, Hunter Army mobilizing in November for their Headquarters, Clay National Guard Airfield, Savannah second deployment to Iraq, this time Center, Marietta • Detachment 9, Operational Airlift • 1st of the 171st General Support Authority, Clay National Guard Center, in support of Operation New Dawn; Aviation Battalion, Clay National Marietta and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters Guard Center, Marietta • Army Fixed Wing Support Activity, of the Detachment 1, Company • Company H, 171st Aviation C, 1-111 Medevac mobilizing for Robins Air Force Base, Warner Robins Regiment, Clay National Guard Center, • Army Aviation Support Facility No. deployment to Iraq in support of Marietta 1, Winder Barrow Airport, Winder Operation New Dawn. • Company C, 2nd of the 151st Service • Army Aviation Support Facility No. The most recent aviation unit to and Support Battalion, Clay National 2, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Marietta deploy involved the UH-60 Black Guard Center, Marietta • Army Aviation Support Facility No. Hawks of Detachment 2, Company • Company B, 1st of the 169th General 3, Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah C, 1-169th Medevac, which left Support Aviation Battalion, Hunter February 5, 2012, for deployment Army Airfield, Savannah • Company C, 1st of the 169th General in Afghanistan. There, under the Support Aviation Battalion, Clay Army’s 49th and 29th Aviation National Guard Center, Marietta brigades, its 21 pilots, aircrew, flight • Company C, 1st of the 111th General medical and support personnel, will Support Aviation Battalion, Clay provide Medevac support to troops National Guard Center, Marietta 2011 Annual Report | 14