1204th Aviation Support Battalion
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|unit_name=1204th Aviation Support Battalion
| image=1204 Spt Bn CoA.jpg
| image_size = 150
|caption=1204th Aviation Support Bn unit insignia
|nickname=
|motto="Wings of Thunder"
|type=Aviation Support
|branch=Army
|country=United States
|installation=
|command_structure = Kentucky Army National Guard
| decorations =Meritorious Unit Commendation
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| disbanded =10 January 2016
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The 1204th Aviation Support Battalion (ASB) is a unit in the Kentucky Army National Guard that was inactivated January 10, 2016.{{Cite web|title = Northern Kentucky unit inactivated|url = http://kentuckyguard.com/northern-kentucky-unit-inactivated/|website = Kentuckyguard.com|access-date = 2016-01-27}} The unit deployed to Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn (Iraq, 2010–2011) on October 1, 2011.{{Cite web|title = History in the making: the 1204th Aviation Support Battalion, the last Kentucky National Guard unit out of Iraq|url = http://kentuckyguard.com/history-in-the-making-the-1204th-aviation-support-battalion-the-last-kentucky-national-guard-unit-out-of-iraq/|website = Kentuckyguard.com|access-date = 2016-01-27}}
Service in Iraq
Following arrival for Iraq War service and the uncasing of the colors on November 3, 2011, the battalion quickly began work, assuming the responsibility of aviation logistics sustainment and support operations from Contingency Operating Site Taji, while simultaneously planning for the withdrawal of the Combat Aviation Brigade, 29th Infantry Division.
The unit earned the Meritorious Unit Commendation for operational service in Iraq from August 23, 2011, to August 10, 2012, during the unit's Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation New Dawn deployment.[http://kentuckyguard.dodlive.mil/2016/12/19/kentucky-unit-receives-meritorious-unit-citation/ Kentucky unit receives Meritorious Unit Citation], Kentucky National Guard, 19 December 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
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