FORT DRUM â Base and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials conducted a ground-breaking ceremony Wednesday for the 10th Combat Aviation Brigadeâs new $21.7 million unmanned aircraft system at Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield. Col. Jeffery Lucas, Fort Drum garrison commander, said in a prepared statement that the event marked not just the beginning of a new construction project but the end of a long, collaborative process. âA major construction project like this only happens after years of strategic planning, environmental studies, funding requests and justifications, structural planning, contract writing, bidding and rewarding,â he said. âItâs a long road to get here, and Iâm incredibly proud of the many on the staff in the garrison whose ongoing work empowers readiness here every day in countless ways.â