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Army Reserve Aviation Command (ARAC) is the headquarters command for all aviation assets in the
United States Army Reserve The United States Army Reserve (USAR) is a reserve force of the United States Army. Together, the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard constitute the Army element of the reserve components of the United States Armed Forces. Since July 2020, ...
. It is located at
Fort Knox, Kentucky Fort Knox is a United States Army installation in Kentucky, south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. It is adjacent to the United States Bullion Depository, which is used to house a large portion of the United States' official gold rese ...
and is commanded by a
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. The command consists of approximately 5,000 soldiers and 583 Department of the Army civilians, with 190 aircraft at facilities in 12 states. The command's assets provide air assault, air movement, air traffic services airfield management, aeromedical evacuation, combat aviation brigade reinforcement, theater aviation support, and coordination of aviation staging and onward movement to theater. It supports all
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regions within the United States to respond to emergencies. The command was activated in its current formation on 16 September 2016 with the following subordinate units: * Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), Army Reserve Aviation Command (ARAC), at
Fort Knox, Kentucky Fort Knox is a United States Army installation in Kentucky, south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. It is adjacent to the United States Bullion Depository, which is used to house a large portion of the United States' official gold rese ...
**
11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade The 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade is a Combat Aviation Brigade in the United States Army Reserve. The unit's lineage can be traced to the prior lineage and insignia of the 11th Aviation Group which was last headquartered in Illesheim, ...
(11th ECAB), at
Fort Carson, Colorado Fort Carson is a United States Army post located directly south of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, El Paso, Pueblo County, Colorado, Pueblo, Fremont County, Colorado, Fremont, and Huerfano County, Colorado, Huerfano counties, Colora ...
*** 1st Battalion (Assault),
158th Aviation Regiment The 158th Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the United States Army. It traces its heritage to the 158th Aviation Battalion. Company A, 158th Aviation Battalion, was activated in the Regular Army on 25 July 1968 at Fort Carson, Colorad ...
in
Conroe, Texas Conroe is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Texas, United States, about north of Houston. It is a  principal city in the metropolitan area. As of 2021, the population was 98,081, up from 56,207 in 2010. Since 2007, th ...
, equipped with
UH-60 Black Hawk The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky submitted the S-70 design for the United States Army's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System ...
*** 6th Battalion (Theater) (Forward), 52nd Aviation Regiment in
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*** 8th Battalion (Assault),
229th Aviation Regiment The 229th Aviation Regiment is an aviation unit of the United States Army. 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion and 229th Aviation Battalion The unit was constituted on 18 March 1964 in the Regular Army as the 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, ...
at Fort Knox, Kentucky, equipped with
UH-60 Black Hawk The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky submitted the S-70 design for the United States Army's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System ...
*** 90th Aviation Support Battalion (90th ASB), at
Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. Accordin ...
** 244th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade (244th ECAB), at
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,
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*** 2d Battalion (Airfield Operations), 58th Aviation Regiment at
Fort Rucker, Alabama Fort Rucker is a U.S. Army post located primarily in Dale County, Alabama, United States. It was named for a Civil War officer, Confederate General Edmund Rucker. The post is the primary flight training installation for U.S. Army Aviators an ...
*** 5th Battalion (General Support), 159th Aviation Regiment at Fort Eustis, Virginia *** 7th Battalion (General Support),
158th Aviation Regiment The 158th Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the United States Army. It traces its heritage to the 158th Aviation Battalion. Company A, 158th Aviation Battalion, was activated in the Regular Army on 25 July 1968 at Fort Carson, Colorad ...
at
Fort Hood, Texas Fort Hood is a United States Army post located near Killeen, Texas. Named after Confederate General John Bell Hood, it is located halfway between Austin and Waco, about from each, within the U.S. state of Texas. The post is the headquarter ...


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{{Reflist Aviation Commands of the United States Army Military units and formations established in 2016