Fort Rucker

Fort Rucker is a US Army base located mostly in Dale County, Alabama. The base is the primary flight training base for Army Aviation and is home to the United States Army Aviation Museum. Portions of the base also lie in Coffee, Geneva, and Houston counties. It is treated by the United States Census as a census-designated place, and so specific demographic information is compiled on the base's residents.

The main base has entrances from three bordering cities, Daleville, Ozark and Enterprise. For many years prior to 9/11 the main base (except airfields and other restricted areas) was an open base with unmanned gates allowing civilians to drive through the base between these cities.

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Military facilities

The US Army Aviation Center 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 helicopter pilots. The Center is home to the US Army Aviation Technical Training Center (ATTC), which conducts developmental aircraft testing for Army Aviation. At Cairns Army Airfield is housed the United States Army Operational Test and Evaluation Command's Test and Evaluation Coordination Office.

Operational units on the base include the U.S. 1st Aviation Brigade handling Army Aviation training, and the USAF 23rd Flying Training Squadron for training of Air Force helicopter pilots. The 1st Aviation Brigade consists of 5 battalions using three different sites on the Fort. 1st Battallion, 14th Aviation Regiment operates from Hanchey Army Heliport and conducts graduate level training using the AH-64A, AH-64D, and OH-58D helicopters. 1st Battalion, 212th Aviation Regiment operates from Lowe Army Heliport and conducts combat and night operational training, as well as training for Latin American allied pilots under the United States Security Cooperation Program, using the OH-58, UH-1, and UH-60 helicopters. 1st Battalion, 223rd Aviation Regiment operates from Cairns Army Airfield and Knox Army Heliport and conducts flight training using the CH-47 helicopter and C-12 aircraft. Additional heliports include the Hunt Army Heliport and Shell Army Heliport. Shell had been discontinued as a flight training location in 1993, but new training plans call for operations there to be restarted, with training of primary and basic combat skills to be undertaken on the OH-58 helicopter there. A large number of stagefields are located in the areas surrounding the Fort which are used to support various base operations. A number of them may be unsed at any point in time.

Support and other facilities at Fort Rucker include the Lyster U.S. Army Community Hospital, United States Army Aeronautical Research Lab, United States Army School of Aviation Medicine, and Army Aviation Center Museum.

History

Hanchey Army Heliport 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.

While serving in the Army, former US Vice-President Al Gore was stationed at Fort Rucker prior to his five-month deployment in Vietnam.

Geography

Location of Fort Rucker, Alabama

Fort Rucker is located at 31°20'37" North, 85°42'29" West (31.343654, -85.707995)Template:GR.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the base has a total area of 28.2 km² (10.9 mi²). 28.2 km² (10.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.18% water.

Demographics

As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there are 6,052 people, 1,399 households, and 1,347 families residing on base. The population density is 215.0/km² (556.8/mi²). There are 1,544 housing units at an average density of 54.8/km² (142.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the base is 68.52% White, 18.13% Black or African American, 0.94% Native American, 2.05% Asian, 0.74% Pacific Islander, 5.27% from other races, and 4.35% from two or more races. 11.68% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 1,399 households out of which 79.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 85.4% are married couples living together, 8.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 3.7% are non-families. 3.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 0.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.47 and the average family size is 3.51.

The base population is spread out with 35.3% under the age of 18, 15.9% from 18 to 24, 46.2% from 25 to 44, 2.4% from 45 to 64, and 0.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 24 years. For every 100 females there are 131.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 145.1 males.

The median income for a base household is $34,603, and the median income for a family is $33,664. Males have a median income of $29,321 versus $18,750 for females. The per capita income is $14,495. 7.1% of the population and 6.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 9.3% of those under the age of 18 and 16.7% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

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