Fort Rucker is a U.S. Army post located primarily in Dale County, Alabama, United States. 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 operating out of four heliports, one airfield, a local regional airport and numerous staging fields in the area. 1st Battalion, 11th Aviation Regiment, operates and manages air traffic control services for USAACE/Fort Rucker and the National Airspace System. 1st Battalion, 13th Aviation Regiment trains future US Army Air Traffic Controllers and Aviation Operations Specialists. 1st Battalion, 14th Aviation Regiment operates from Hanchey Army Heliport and trains using the AH-64E Apache Longbow helicopters. 1st Battalion, 212th Aviation Regiment operates from Lowe Army Heliport and Shell Army Heliport and conducts training using the UH-60 helicopters. 1st Battalion, 223d Aviation Regiment operates from Cairns Army Airfield and Shell Army Heliport flying the Airbus (Eurocopter) UH-72 Lakota for introductory helicopter pilot training, and Knox Army Heliport for training pilots who fly the CH-47 Chinook helicopter. Fixed wing pilots are trained on Grob G120TP and King Air Series airplanes at nearby Dothan Regional Airport. In the recent past Nonstandard rotary wing training with MI-17 helicopters has taken place on Fort Rucker. The very last T-67 Creek trainer helicopters can still be spotted around the area as they begin the final phase of removal from the Army training system.
Additional scenery library dependencies:
Necessary:
EDHK Lights & Objects Developers Pack (Asset-Pack) https://flightsim.to/file/2549/edhk-lights-pack
Mikea.at - Airport Markings https://flightsim.to/file/4208/mikea-at-airport-markings
Optional:
Mikea.at - MilitaryPack https://flightsim.to/file/8388/mikea-at-militarypack
Vertigo - Turbo Prop Racer https://flightsim.to/file/13052/vertigo-turbo-prop-racer
The following heliports are a new addition that were previously not in MSFS:
Knox Army Heliport (KFHK): 31°19′7.65″N 85°40′25.16″W - FSEconomy landing radius aiport code: KOZR
Lowe Army Heliport (KLOR): 31°21′17.63″N 85°44′55.35″W - FSEconomy landing radius aiport code: LOR
Shell Army Heliport (KSXS): 31°21′45.14″N 85°50′56.09″W - FSEconomy landing radius aiport code: KEDN
Lowe AHP has a fictional limited use, utility runway next to the real life storage bunkers close to the heliport. This runway also falls within the FSE landing site of airport code LOR.
The following airfield, heliport and civilian airport have been vastly ovehauled to accurately reflect their layouts.
Cairns Army Airfield (KOZR): 31°16′37.77″N 85°42′47.27″W - FSEconomy landing radius aiport code: KOZR
Hanchey Army Heliport: 31°20′37.62″N 85°39′11.88″W - FSEconomy landing radius aiport code: LOR
Dothan Regional Airport: 31°19'12.0"N 85°26'56.1"W -FSEconomy landing radius aiport code: KDHN
Custom static models added:
CH-47 Chinook
UH-60 Blackhawk w/ and w/o external stores support system (ESSS) and tanks
AH-64
UH-72 Lakota
AW109
AS350 w/ medical paint scheme
Bell 206
MI-17
Cessna 421
Falcon 8x
US Army HEMTT fueler
US Army HEMTT logistics
US Army B-1 Maintenance Stand
John Deere 7920 tractor
US Army semi with lowboy trailer
US Army Self Propelled Crane Aircraft Maintenance and Positioning (SCAMP)
Tug w/ helicopter towbar
Large airplane towbar
3 months ago
siouxcopter
Class 68-31B4 (Ft Wolters, TX Purple hats) Class 68-517 (4th WOC, Tank Hill, Ft Rucker, AL) Thanks for the memories.
1 years ago
pelican223
Thank you for bring back memories, I was there in 1974 for UH1 training. Hanchey, Knox, Lowe,Shell, Dothan airport looked the same.
2 years ago
dziemvuong
Awesome. I grew up in Ozark and still visit family yearly. Family home is just down Andrews Ave from Hooper AHP (16AL). Thanks for creating a familiar area.
3 years ago
mhcrowder
Fantastic! Mother Rucker never looked so good. Brings back a lot of fond memories.
3 years ago
OV1Pilot