The Great Plains Joint Training Center is an Army National Guard facility owned and operated by the state of Kansas Adjutant General's Office. It is located on the site of the Smoky Hill Bombing Range, part of the former Schilling Air Force Base near Salina, Kansas. The bombing range is now known as the Smoky Hill Weapons Range and is one of the most active National Guard bombing ranges in the United States. It was opened in 2009 and is also home to the Kansas Air National Guard's 284th Air Support Operations Squadron and the Kansas Regional Training Institute. [2]
| Great Plains Joint Training Center | |
|---|---|
| Part of Kansas National Guard | |
| 10 Miles west of Salina, Kansas | |
| Coordinates | 37°42′03″N 097°50′03″W / 37.70083°N 97.83417°W |
| Type | National Guard Base |
| Site information | |
| Owner | State of Kansas |
| Controlled by | Kansas Adjutant General |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1942 (as Smoky Hill Bombing Range) 2009 (as GPJTC) |
| Built by | McPherson Contractors, Inc (Topeka) |
| In use | 2009 – present[1] |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | 284th Air Support Operations Squadron (ANG)
Kansas Regional Training Institute Smoky Hill Weapons Range |
Facilities
edit- Kansas Regional Training Institute
- 284th Air Support Operations Squadron
- Smoky Hill Weapons Range
Crisis City
editWhile not officially part of the GPJTC (but located on a portion of the weapons range) Crisis City is a training facility to simulate real-world disaster and crisis operations.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Kansas Guard Opens A New Training Facility". WIBW. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ "GPJTC". Kansas Adjutant General. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ "Crisis City". Kansas Adjutant General. Retrieved 4 April 2018.