Fort Rucker News

Rucker Boulevard will be resurfaced and a left turn lane added to the Freedom Drive intersection, Alabama Department of Transportation Public Information Officer Tony Harris said Friday.

Christmas was the only time 4-year-old Trenton Brown had seen his mom in more than a year.

A Fort Rucker soldier charged with the death of his infant son is expected to go before a judge in August.

"Above the Best" is the slogan of Army Aviation. But to "test above the best" is the mission of the Army Aviation Technical Test Center at Fort Rucker.

Christmas has come early at Cairns Army Airfield in Daleville. Three UH-72 Flatiron helicopters landed down Wednesday, representing the beginning of the modernization for Fort Rucker Medevacs.

Three men arrested in connection with the Saturday evening burglary of a Main Street computer store remain in Coffee County Jail, according to sheriff's department records.

Seven people attending Freedom Fest at Fort Rucker Friday night received minor injuries after fireworks malfunctioned during the grand finale and shot off across the street into a parking lot.

FRIDAY, JULY 3 ETC. 2009 Freedom Fest will be held Friday, July 3, on Fort Rucker at Festival Fields on Andrews Avenue from 4-11 p.m. Fireworks begin at 9 p.m.; a post party will be from 9:30-11 p.m., featuring the band Infamy.

A new gym, a high tech game room and a sparkling pool are just a few amenities the new club on Fort Rucker has to offer.

Governor Bob Riley will tour the Aviation Technology Training Center at the Enterprise-Ozark Community College Aviation Campus on Tuesday, June 30 at 10:00 a.m. The center is located at 3405 U.S. Highway 231 South.

FORT RUCKER, Ala. a ' Our nationa TMs 233rd birthday is rapidly approaching as the Fort Rucker community prepares for its annual Freedom Fest celebration and this year's event is in a brand new location.

Monday afternoon's helicopter crash had first responders from across Geneva County running to the rescue.

The man who died Monday in the Fort Rucker helicopter crash near Hartford on Monday is 55-year-old James Frederick Elliott, the Dothan Eagle has learned.

A civilian instructor from Geneva has been identified as the person who died in the crash of an Army helicopter on a training flight at Fort Rucker.

Fort Rucker officials released the names of both victims involved in Monday's deadly helicopter crash in Geneva County.

What was supposed to be a routine training flight turned into a deadly scene just north of Hartford on Monday.

Authorities say it was about 3:30pm when the call came through that a TH-67 training helicopter crashed in a soybean field in Geneva County.

The U.S. Army says one of its helicopters has crashed while on a training flight in a rural area in Alabama, and officials at Fort Rucker say a crew member was killed and another was injured.

WSFA 12 News has confirmed a helicopter crash in Genva County. Information is limited at this time, but Genva police say the crash is located about one mile north of Highfall.

Thanks to the reader who sent this to us. Viewed: 1182 Posted by: JSKeppy Date: Jun 19 2009 7:47 PM Attached are photos of accident on Hwy 84 W just west of Level Planes at approx 4:30 PM today.