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The Army Aviation School moved to Alabama in August,1954 and the first class began at Rucker that October. 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.
The Army's Warrant Officer Pilot Program was begun in 1949 and the first pilots graduated in 1951. The Air Training Department was renamed the Army Aviation School in 1953 and was moved to Camp Rucker in 1954 (later renamed Fort Rucker in 1956). In 1956 the Gary and Wolters Air Force Bases in Texas were transferred from the Air Force to the Army.
The name was changed to "Fort Rucker" in October 1955. The Hanchey Army Airfield became the home of the Department of Rotary Wing Training of the Army Aviation School on 5 October 1959, marking the first time the department was centralized. Fort Rucker suffered damage from three significant tornadoes within two years
Indian Air Force Test Pilot School, Bangalore, India (founded 1957) U.S. Army Aviation Technical Test Center, currently based at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama, United States (founded 1957, as the U.S. Army Aviation Test Board based at Fort Rucker) [11] [12] China Flight Test Establishment, based at Xi'an, China (founded 1959) [13] [14]
After graduating from Gonzaga University with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature in 2011, Barnes attended and eventually completed flight school at Fort Rucker, Alabama.
In 1986, the U.S. Army Air Traffic Control Activity became part of the branch. In the following year, a Noncommissioned Officers Academy was established at Fort Rucker. In 1988, the Army Aviation Logistics School, which had been dependent on the Transportation Center at Fort Eustis, was incorporated into the Aviation Branch.
FALLS CHURCH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The United States Army has awarded CSC (NYS: CSC) a firm fixed price (FFP) contract modification to upgrade a simulator-based flight and related aviation ...
244th Aviation Company: Fort Lewis Can Tho [44] (Surveillance Airplane) [11] 245th Aviation Company: Fort Lewis Da Nang [44] OV-1 Mohawk: 1st Aviation Battalion (Surveillance Airplane) [11] 271st Aviation Company: Fort Benning Can Tho [44] CH-47 Chinook (Assault Support Helicopter) [11] 272nd Aviation Company: Fort Sill [44] CH-47 Chinook: 1966 ...