Papago Park Military Reservation
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Arizona Army National Guard facility in Phoenix, Arizona
Papago Park Military Reservation is located in Arizona
Papago Park Military Reservation
Papago Park Military Reservation
Papago Park Military Reservation (Arizona)
Papago Park Military Reservation is a facility of the Arizona Army National Guard in Phoenix, Arizona that is home to the Papago Army Aviation Support Facility, Papago Army Heliport and the Arizona Military Museum.[1] [2] Formerly, it was also home to the World War II POW Camp Papago Park that is adjacent to Papago Park.
The Reservation was established on April 21, 1930 by the 71st Congress.[3]
On Halloween of 2014, a crew from the 2nd Battalion, 285th Aviation Regiment, stationed at Papago Army Heliport, dropped candy on a local Phoenix neighborhood.[4]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Papago Park | Department of Emergency and Military Affairs". dema.az.gov. Retrieved 2018年06月16日.
- ^ "1-285th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion | Department of Emergency and Military Affairs". dema.az.gov. Retrieved 2018年06月16日.
- ^ "Papago Park | Department of Emergency and Military Affairs". dema.az.gov. Retrieved 2023年03月02日.
- ^ "Guard crew suspended in candy drop from Black Hawk". Army Times . USA Today. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
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