(right) Lt. Col Jacob Roper, Commander of the 2-13th Aviation Regiment presents coins to the crew of the Grey Eagle, Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) that surpassed 100,000 hours of flight time at a ceremony in Hangar 5 at Libby Army Airfield at Fort Huachuca, Ariz

FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. - The 2-13th Aviation Regiment, part of the U. S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence, the unit responsible for training the U.S. Army’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Soldiers, recently surpassed 100,000 hours of flight time.

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Fort Huachuca is home to the U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence, the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM)/9th Army Signal Command and more than 48 supported tenants representing a diverse, multiservice population. Our unique environment encompasses 946 square miles of restricted airspace and 2,500 square miles of protected electronic ranges, key components to the national defense mission.

Located in Cochise County, in southeast Arizona, about 15 miles north of the border with Mexico, Fort Huachuca is an Army installation with a rich frontier history. Established in 1877, the Fort was declared a national landmark in 1976.

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