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On February 1,1955, the Army Aviation Center was officially established at Rucker. In the same year during the month of October, the post was given permanent status and changed their name from Camp Rucker to Fort Rucker. Before the mid-1950s, the Air Force had provided primary training for Army Aviation pilots and mechanics.
The helicopter battalions are often grouped into aviation brigades. There are also a few fixed-wing aircraft battalions, consisting of training aircraft, Beechcraft RC-12 Guardrail operational aircraft, and Beechcraft C-12 Huron / Cessna UC-35 transports for VIP personnel.
The first helicopter class began training in July, graduating on 13 August. The training program continued throughout the balance of 1944, the last class (44-K) graduating on 1 February 1945. In January 1945, AAFTC moved the training to Chanute Field, Illinois, so it could consolidate the flying training operation with helicopter mechanic training.
Anniston Army Heliport: Anniston Army Depot: Alabama: 04AL [2] Arrowhead Assault Strip: Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center: Arkansas: KAZU [3] Bicycle Lake Army Airfield: Fort Irwin: California: KBYS Biggs Army Airfield: Fort Bliss: Texas: KBIF Blackstone Army Airfield: Fort Barfoot: Virginia: KBKT Bradshaw Army Airfield: Pohakuloa Training ...
A Combat aviation brigade (CAB) is a multi-functional brigade-sized unit in the United States Army that fields military helicopters, offering a combination of attack/reconnaissance helicopters (Boeing AH-64 Apache), medium-lift helicopters (Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk), heavy-lift helicopters (Boeing CH-47 Chinook), and MEDEVAC capability.
The Indiana National Guard consists of 14,000 soldiers and airmen, and maintains Army National Guard armories across the state, training facilities at Camp Atterbury-Muscatatuck, and Air National Guard wings at Fort Wayne and Terre Haute. During peacetime, the National Guard is commanded by the governor.
The United States Army Air Corps leased Stout Field from Indiana for $1 per year during World War II [2] to use as a training base, and to conduct air transport operations. [3] Elements of the Central (later Eastern) Technical Training Command were located there.
In January 1941 the U.S. War Department issued orders to consider potential sites for a new U.S. Army training center in Indiana.After the Hurd Engineering Company surveyed an estimated 50,000 acres (200 km 2), an area was selected for the camp in south-central Indiana, approximately 30 miles (48 km) south of Indianapolis, 12 miles (19 km) north of Columbus, and 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Edinburgh.