An Alabama U.S. Army base that had its name changed under the Biden administration will now revert back to its original name.
WAKA 8 was there when Ft. Rucker was officially redesignated as Ft. Novosel at a U.S. Army ceremony on Monday.
The U.S. Army has announced that Ft. Rucker in southeast Alabama will be renamed Ft. Novosel at a ceremony on April 10.
A commission says renaming nine U.S. Army posts that honor Confederate officers, including Ft. Rucker and Ft. Benning, would cost $21 million.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama military base has ordered troops to show proof of vaccination in order to go without face masks as the state sees an uptick in COVID-19 cases — a rise attributed to low vaccination rates in the state. The measure was put in place Tuesday at Fort Rucker, the home of the Army’s aviation program….
Two people have been injured when an Army helicopter crashed during a training exercise. Officials at Fort Rucker say the crash happened this morning. It involved a UH-72 Lakota helicopter. The two-person crew on board were conducting flight training. The crash happened at Ft. Rucker’s Brown Stagefield heliport near New Brockton. The two people on board were taken for medical…
