The installation has lifted a shelter-in-place order that was enacted earlier Wednesday after officials said a threat had been made against the base.
He shattered the record for flying more than any other helicopter pilot, logging 1,000 more hours than the pilot with the second most.
The announcement came days after Ecuador and the U.S. began joint military operations against organized crime groups in the South American country.
By Gonzalo Solano, AP
The families of the victims who died when an American Airlines jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter strongly supported the measure.
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