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Fort Rucker

American  
[ruhk-er] / ˈrʌk ər /

noun

  1. a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in SE Alabama, NW of Dothan.


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The Army sent an investigation team from their aviation center at Fort Rucker, Alabama to determine what happened and what lessons could be learned for the future.

From Washington Times • Mar. 31, 2023

Matthews said an aviation safety team from Fort Rucker, Alabama, will investigate the accident.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2023

The naming of Fort Rucker appears to have been an unlikely quirk of history.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2022

Fort Rucker, for example, would be rechristened Fort Novosel in honor of helicopter pilot Michael J. Novosel Sr., who rescued more than 5,500 wounded men from battlefields in Vietnam.

From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2022

The AH-64 Apache helicopter was involved in an “aviation incident” near Ozark, Alabama, according to a news release from the Fort Rucker Public Affairs Office.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2022

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