Great Plains Joint Training Center

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
Coordinates37°42′03″N 097°50′03″W
TypeNational Guard Base
Site information
OwnerState of Kansas
Controlled byKansas Adjutant General
Site history
Built1942 (as Smoky Hill Bombing Range) 2009 (as GPJTC)
Built byMcPherson Contractors, Inc (Topeka)
In use2009 – present[1]
Garrison information
Garrison284th Air Support Operations Squadron (ANG)

Kansas Regional Training Institute

Smoky Hill Weapons Range

Facilities
  • Kansas Regional Training Institute
  • 284th Air Support Operations Squadron
  • Smoky Hill Weapons Range

Crisis City

While 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
  1. "Kansas Guard Opens A New Training Facility". WIBW. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  2. "GPJTC". Kansas Adjutant General. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  3. "Crisis City". Kansas Adjutant General. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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