URS awarded Rotary Wing Flight Training contract at Fort Rucker
Source: URS Corporation, 27-Nov-12
URS Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Army to provide Rotary Wing Flight Training at the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence (USAACE) in Fort Rucker, Alabama. Under the contract, URS will provide undergraduate helicopter training to more than 1,200 U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and international military aviators annually. Commenting on the contract, [...]
L-3 Wins Fort Rucker logistics support re-competition
Source: L-3, 31-Jul-12
L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that it has been awarded a contract with a one-year base period and four one-year options, with an estimated contract value of $1.98 billion, from the U.S. Army Contracting Command – Redstone on behalf of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (AMCOM) for rotary-wing aircraft [...]
Worker killed in Fort Rucker Apache hangar construction
Source: Dothian Eagle, 22-Apr-12
Fort Rucker officials released the name of the man who was killed Monday at Hanchey Army Airfield in a construction accident. (see full story)
Two more Mi-17s destined for Fort Rucker
27-Dec-11
In a small ceremony Thursday, Army Col. Bert Vergez received two Mi-17s and then promptly handed them over to Science and Engineering Services, who will modify and modernize them with US-standard avionics and other features before they are operational from Fort Rucker (see full story) File photo
First Swedish Black Hawk pilots graduate
Source: Nordic Rotors, 28-Oct-11
A piece of military helicopter history was written this week as the first Swedish UH-60M Black Hawk pilots were graduated at the US Army Aviation Center in Fort Rucker, Alabama. The first four pilots passed their final check-rides on Wednesday, and thereby became the very first Black Hawk pilots in Sweden. A total of 15 [...]
Fort Rucker’s OH-58D Kiowa fleet grounded
Source: Army Times, 20-Oct-11
Army aviation leaders grounded its fleet of OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters at Fort Rucker, Ala., on Tuesday because of “specific system concerns,” according to an Army release. (Full story)
Rubb supplies new helicopter hangar at Fort Rucker
Source: Rubb Building Systems, 02-Nov-10
Rubb Building Systems and Cocoon, Inc. recently collaborated in the installation of a fixedbase maintenance hangar for Army Fleet Support. Based at the Fort Rucker Army Base in Alabama, the helicopter hangar shall be used for training and maintenance of several types of Helicopters. The structure has a clear span width of 150′ wide, utilizes [...]
L-3 Link wins contract to build three UH-60M simulators
Source: L-3 Link Simulation & Training, 17-Aug-10
L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) announced today that it has been awarded a contract modification from Computer Sciences Corporation to provide three UH-60M Operational Flight Trainers (OFTs) in support of training services for the U.S. Army’s Flight School XXI program. These systems will be the first full-motion, high-fidelity simulators to support UH-60M aircrew [...]
Vector Aerospace establishes new business office near Fort Rucker
Source: Vector Aerospace, 21-Feb-10
Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-North America (Vector) www.vectoraerospace.com,one of the world’s leading independent providers of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services has established a business office in Daleville, Alabama–adjacent to Fort Rucker Army Airfield in a strategic move to enhance support of existing and potential future maintenance, repair and overhaul support for the US Army [...]
School takes students to new heights
Source: US Air Force, 21-Jan-10
Airmen take off into a high-flying career upon graduating from a classroom that hovers 500 feet above the ground. Students training at the 23rd Flying Training Squadron in Fort Rucker, Ala., are the Air Force’s primary source of helicopter pilots for special operations, combat search and rescue, missile support and distinguished visitor airlift missions. Although the post [...]
CSC Integrates U.S. Air Force Simulator Into Fleet at Warrior Hall, Flight School XXI
Source: CSC, 26-Jan-09
