Maj. Todd "Knoxville" Kavouras of the Smoky Hill Air National Guard Weapons Range briefed Salina-area GA pilots on current happenings at the weapons range and offered safety information for those flying in the area.

Located 10 miles west of Salina, Kan., the Smoky Hill Weapons Range is the largest and busiest ANG bombing range in the nation, encompassing 51 square miles, and has more than 100 tactical targets and an electronic warfare range. The complex provides approximately 36 thousand acres for combined arms training, allowing Active and Reserve component military organizations to train jointly in a realistic environment that combines ground and air assets in operational training in a way that's possible at only a few sites throughout the United States.

The Smoky Hill range provides airspace within an FAA sanctioned Military Operational Area, which permits active and reserve units to operate both piloted and unmanned aircraft in training scenarios.

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