Photo by Sgt. Wes Parrell | Arizona National Guard Public Affairs | 10.19.2016
State and Federal civic leaders tour the Army National Guard Western Army Aviation Training Site during the WAATS 30th anniversary Oct. 19. Established in 1986, the Army National Guard Western Army Aviation Training Site, or WAATS, is one of only four Army National Guard aviation-training sites in the nation. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Wesley Parrell)...
Photo by Sgt. Wes Parrell | Arizona National Guard Public Affairs | 10.19.2016
Service members from the Army National Guard Western Army Aviation Training Site move a UH-72A Lakota off the Silverbell Army Heliport flight line. The WAATS encompass a 725-acre footprint of the heliport, complete with state-of-the-art simulators and training facilities, and operates a 300-acre off site training location, consisting of four 1,500-foot lanes, an air traffic control station,......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Adrian Borunda | Arizona National Guard Public Affairs | 10.16.2016
Family and friends wait to officially welcome home during their homecoming ceremony Oct. 16 at Silverbell Army Heliport in Marana, Arizona. Nearly 60 of Soldiers of Detachment 1, B Co., 640th Aviation Support Battalion completed a nine-month deployment to Kuwait in support of Operation Inherent Resolve....
Photo by Sgt. Lauren Twigg | Arizona National Guard Public Affairs | 08.18.2012
Children keep occupied at an arts and crafts table while other family of deployed soldiers were able to attend the battle update brief at the Silverbell Army Reserve Training Center, Aug 18. Although this may not be common practice, 1-285th ARB is trying out something new in hopes of reaching out to family members of deployed personnel and keeping them just as informed as the command staff and......
Photo by Sgt. Lauren Twigg | Arizona National Guard Public Affairs | 08.18.2012
Children keep occupied at an arts and crafts table while other family of deployed soldiers were able to attend the battle update brief at the Silverbell Army Reserve Training Center, Aug 18. Although, this may not be common practice, 1-285th ARB is trying out something new in hopes of reaching out to family members of deployed personnel and keeping them just as informed as the command staff......
