Plain English Meaning
An Army base in Alabama where most Army pilots learn to fly. It has its own airfields and approach charts, so civilian pilots flying nearby will see it on FAA publications.
Full Definition
A U.S. Army installation in southeastern Alabama that serves as the primary training base for Army aviation. The post contains Cairns Army Airfield (KOZR) and several auxiliary airfields used for rotary-wing and fixed-wing flight training, and its airspace and approach procedures appear on FAA charts used by both military and civilian pilots transiting the area. In 2023 it was officially renamed Fort Novosel, but older charts, plates, and FAA publications still refer to it as Fort Rucker.
Context Anchor
Seen on approach charts and procedure examples that use airports or military aviation around southeastern Alabama.