Army Reserve Aviation Command

{{Short description|Headquarters command for all aviation assets in the U.S. Army Reserve}}

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| unit_name = Army Reserve Aviation Command

| image = Army Reserve Aviation Command SSI.png

| caption = ARAC Shoulder Sleeve Insignia

| dates = 16 September 2016 – present

| country = United States

| allegiance = Army Reserve

| branch = Army Aviation

| type = Composite Command

| role = Control of all Army Reserve aviation assets.

| size = Approximately 4,400 Soldiers, 600 civilians, 230 aircraft in 12 states{{Cite web |title=US Army Reserve Aviation Command |url=https://www.usar.army.mil/Commands/Functional/Aviation-Command/About-Us/ |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=USAR Official Website}}

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| garrison = Fort Knox, Kentucky

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| motto = "Rise Above"

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| current_commander = Brig. Gen. Roger F. Deon

| current_commander_label = Commanding General

| ceremonial_chief = CSM Robert A. Bennett, Jr.

| ceremonial_chief_label = Command Sergeant Major

| colonel_of_the_regiment = Col. Clinton "Clint" S. Williams

| colonel_of_the_regiment_label = Deputy Commanding General

| commander4 = CW5 Jason R. Payne

| commander4_label = Command Chief Warrant Officer

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| identification_symbol = File:US Army Reserve Aviation Command DUI.png

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The Army Reserve Aviation Command (ARAC) is the headquarters command for all aviation assets in the United States Army Reserve. It is located at Fort Knox, Kentucky and is commanded by a brigadier general.

The command consists of approximately 4,400 soldiers and 600 civilians, with 230 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 Federal Emergency Management Agency 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:{{cite web |title=ARAC Units |url=https://www.usar.army.mil/Commands/Functional/Aviation-Command/Aviation-Command-Units/ |website=USAR Official Website |accessdate=21 October 2019}}

• Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), Army Reserve Aviation Command (ARAC), at Fort Knox, Kentucky
• 30x30px 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade (11th ECAB), at Fort Carson, Colorado{{cite web |title=11th ECAB |url=https://www.usar.army.mil/11thECAB/ |website=USAR Official Website |accessdate=21 October 2019}}
• 1st Battalion (Assault), 158th Aviation Regiment{{Cite web | url=https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/158av001bn.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905224216/http://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/158av001bn.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=5 September 2015 | title=1st Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment | Lineage and Honors }} in Conroe, Texas, equipped with UH-60 Black Hawk
• 6th Battalion (Theater) (Forward), 52nd Aviation Regiment{{Cite web | url=https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/052av006bn.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621083223/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/052av006bn.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 June 2008 | title=6th Battalion, 52d Aviation Regiment | Lineage and Honors }} in Los Alamitos, California
• 8th Battalion (Assault), 229th Aviation Regiment{{Cite web | url=https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/229av008bn.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921154348/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/229av008bn.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 September 2012 | title=8th BATTALION, 229th AVIATION REGIMENT (FLYING TIGERS) – Lineage and Honors Information – U.S. Army Center of Military History }} at Fort Knox, Kentucky, equipped with UH-60 Black Hawk
• 90th Aviation Support Battalion (90th ASB), at Fort Worth, Texas
• 38x38px 244th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade (244th ECAB), at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey{{cite web |title=244th ECAB |url=https://www.usar.army.mil/244thECAB/ |website=USAR Official Website |accessdate=21 October 2019}}
• 2d Battalion (Airfield Operations), 58th Aviation Regiment at Fort Novosel, Alabama
• 5th Battalion (General Support), 159th Aviation Regiment{{Cite web | url=https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/159avrgt005bn.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921154610/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/159avrgt005bn.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 September 2012 | title=5th BATTALION, 159th AVIATION REGIMENT – Lineage and Honors Information – U.S. Army Center of Military History }} at Fort Eustis, Virginia
• 7th Battalion (General Support), 158th Aviation Regiment{{Cite web | url=https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/158avrgt007bn.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921154135/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/158avrgt007bn.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 September 2012 | title=7th BATTALION, 158th AVIATION REGIMENT – Lineage and Honors Information – U.S. Army Center of Military History }} at Fort Cavazos, Texas