FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Fort Rucker, Alabama ~ 03 SEPT 2019

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: 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 and is home to the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence (USAACE) and the United States Army Aviation Museum.

The U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence is the dominant military facility at Fort Rucker. Training, doctrine, and testing are all key parts of the Center's mission to develop Army Aviation's capabilities. All Army Aviation training has been undertaken at Fort Rucker since 1973, as well as training of US Air Force and ally helicopter pilots and air crew.

The 110th Aviation Brigade consists of four battalions using three different sites. 1st Battalion, 11th Aviation Regiment, operates and manages air traffic control services for USAACe/Fort Rucker and the National Airspace System.

1st Battalion, 14th Aviation Regiment operates from Hanchey Army Heliport and conducts graduate level training using the AH-64D Apache Longbow and OH-58D Kiowa helicopters. 1st Battalion, 212th Aviation Regiment operates from Lowe Army Heliport and Shell Army Heliport and conducts combat and night operational training, using the OH-58, UH-1, and UH-60 helicopters.

Events in Afghanistan and Iraq have reaffirmed the qualities that caused the creation of Army Aviation in 1942. These qualities included the responsiveness to the needs of the ground commander and commitment to the Soldier in the ground fight. At the same time, Army Aviation – including Army Special Operations Aviation – has played vital and ever-expanding roles across the spectrum of Joint and Combined operations.

Learn More About Fort Rucker HERE!!

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[luvie]

Oh, my! We've started a new alphabet
of road trips. How fun is that!

[PROCON]

Hey radu!

Good weekend on my end, pretty much lazed-out with a bit of shopping here and there.

Cooled off a little bit too.

Howz things your way?

[luvie]

What a beauty she is. I hope she rides out the storm so they can get back aboard. And I hope they stay safe. I know your brother is frustrated that he can’t be there to help them.

[radu]

Great to hear things are going well.

It’s been a quiet weekend here. Other than doing my stint at the military museum Saturday, just been at home.

[radu]

Ooooo, lucky you! Cooled off a little, did it? Wish it would do the same here. Still hot and the humidity is slowly climbing again.

[luvie]

May this brave soldier Rest In Peace....

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

Hope you got lots of rest and are ready to take on the new week.

[luvie]

....till they all come home.....

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...a few sprinkles overnight and a couple times early this morning. Not hardly enough to completely wet the street. Hoping the fire areas got more. We get another shot late this evening.

Are you heating up again? Any rain in the close future?

[Kathy in Alaska]

ML!!

[radu]

Maybe you’ll get a decent dose before all’s said and done. Just checked the radar and there’s a lot of rain on the Kenai Peninsula and it’s moving north. That should help a lot with the fires there.

Still hot here and the humidity is creeping back up. As of early this morning, no chances for rain here all week but maybe tonight’s forecast will have something. Not holding my breath as I wait for the forecast.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Glad you are starting to cool off.

We are too, but the fires continue. Smoke blows in and smoke blows out and we’ve had high winds for a couple days.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks for the Kenai update...last I heard 164,000 and 20% containment. They sure could a HUGE soaking!!

Hope you get some rain soon.

[TADSLOS]

Thanks Kathy!

[BatGuano]

My instructor in T-33s was Doug Cairns. His father was General Cairns, the man the airfield is named for. Doug was an AF Academy grad and a fine officer.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Janey!!

[TADSLOS]

I remember flying out of Cairns AAF. That’s where we conducted instrument phase during flight school. Also where I transitioned in the UH-60.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Bonemaker….yep, a gun free zone.

[radu]

If the radar isn’t lying, the Kenai is getting a good soaking now. They certainly need it and I hope it’s enough to put the fires out.

No rain at all in tonight’s 7-day forecast for us. In a way it’s good because I noticed some farmers around here are beginning to harvest. Can’t do that while everything’s wet.

[Kathy in Alaska]

We thank all of them for their service to our country.