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Fort Rucker is a U.S. Army post located mostly 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 base for Army Aviation and is home to the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence (USAACE) and the United States Army Aviation Museum. Small sections of the post also lie in Coffee, Geneva, and Houston counties. Part of the Dale County section of the base is a census-designated place; its population was 4,636 at the 2010 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=United States Census Bureau )〕 The main post has entrances from three bordering cities, Daleville, Ozark and Enterprise. In the years before the September 11, 2001 attacks, the main post (except airfields and other restricted areas) was an open post with unmanned gates allowing civilians to drive through. Following the attacks, this policy was changed, and the post is now closed to unauthorized traffic and visitors. == Military facilities == Coordinates: * Fort Rucker: * Cairns Army Airfield: * Hanchey Army Heliport: * Knox Army Heliport: * Lowe Army Heliport: * Shell Army Heliport: * Ech Army Heliport: 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. The Center is home to the US Army Aviation Technical Test Center (ATTC), which conducts developmental aircraft testing for Army Aviation.〔(The Aviation Technical Test Center )〕 The United States Army Operational Test and Evaluation Command's Test and Evaluation Coordination Office and TH-67 primary and instrument training are both located at Cairns Army Airfield.〔(Information about Cairns Army Airfield )〕〔(Description of activities at Cairns Army Airfield )〕 Operational units on the post include the 1st Aviation Brigade and the 110th Aviation Brigade handling Army Aviation training,〔(Reference to 1st Aviation Brigade references on Ft. Rucker Website )〕 and the USAF 23d Flying Training Squadron for the training of Air Force helicopter pilots.〔(Reference to summary of 23d Flying Training Squadron activities at Fort Rucker )〕 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.〔(Describes duties of The 1st Battalion, 11th Aviation Regiment )〕 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. 1st Battalion, 223d Aviation Regiment operates from Cairns Army Airfield and Knox Army Heliport and conducts flight training using the CH-47 Chinook helicopter and C-12 Huron aircraft.〔(List of Aviation Regiments )〕〔(Activities of each Aviation Regiment )〕〔(Homepage for 1st Battalion, 223d Aviation Regiment )〕 Additionally, due to the large number of warrant officers stationed there, the Warrant Officer Candidate School and Warrant Officer Career College are both located at Fort Rucker.〔(Link to support Warrant Officer Candidate School location at Fort Rucker )〕〔(Link to support Warrant Officer Candidate School location at Fort Rucker )〕 Aviation branched warrant officers remain at Fort Rucker to complete flight training and the Aviation Warrant Officer Basic Course. Upon completion of their training, aviation warrant officers receive the Army Aviator Badge. Fort Rucker is often referred to as "Mother Rucker", both as an insulting pseudo-homonym, and in deference to the birth of an Army Aviator's career and his or her constant return to the Post for continued training and responsibility throughout their career. It is common knowledge in an Army Aviation career, that "Everyone returns to Mother Rucker", because of the frequency of pilot training and re-education. Support and other facilities at Fort Rucker include the Lyster Army Health Clinic,〔(US Army Aeromedical Center )〕 United States Army Aeromedical Research Lab,〔(U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory )〕 United States Army School of Aviation Medicine,〔(United States Army School of Aviation Medicine )〕 United States Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center and Army Aviation Museum. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fort Rucker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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