Aviation support battalion named Reserve unit of the year

The 90th Aviation Support Battalion, or ASB, deployed to Kuwait with the 34th Combat Aviation Brigade, or CAB, was named the 2014 Army Aviation Association of America, also known as AAAA, U.S. Army Reserve Unit of the Year.

The 90th ASB is the only aviation support battalion in the U.S. Army Reserve, or USAR.

"This was a testament to Lt. Col. Hyder's leadership and guidance throughout the entire deployment," said Capt. Thomas E. Samson, Headquarters Support Battalion, 90th ASB commander. Lt. Col. Lee Hyder is the 90th ASB commander.

The award is given to a unit that has made an outstanding contribution to Army aviation above the normal mission assigned to that unit, Samson said.

In the first four months of the deployment, the 90th ASB completed more than five UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter phases, one AH-64 Apache helicopter phase, 1,400 work orders, pumped 170,000 gallons of fuel, drove over 14,000 tactical miles, completed 230 ground maintenance work orders, and treated over 370 patients, according to the AAAA.

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