Nebraska Army National Guard

The Central Nebraska Regional Airport is the home of the Nebraska Army National Guard maintenance support facility. The ribbon cutting ceremony for the world class facility was held May 28, 2009.

The $19.3 million facility at the Central Nebraska Regional Airport (CNRA) houses the Army's fleet of Chinook transport helicopters and the lighter-weight OH-58 observance helicopters.

The hanger is large enough for all the Chinooks, with their duel rotors, to fit without crossing blades.

The facility provides a workout room, break room, classrooms, administrative offices, instructor offices, a flight operations room and a heated maintenance area.  The hanger is located on 40 acres on the east side of the Central Nebraska Regional Airport.

Also in 2012, a new armory building is expected to be added to the aviation facility campus.

The Guard has been an onsite presence at CNRA since 2004 with The chinook CH-47SD, the most advanced model of the world's most efficient heavy-lift helicopter. Known as the Muleskinners, the B Company / 2-135 Aviation (Chinooks) Company take their name from the mule train and muleskinners of old who were noted for their ability to move heavy loads over rough and difficult terrain. Today's Muleskinners are noted for the same ability, but the slow moving mule train of the past has been replaced by the tandem rotor helicopter known as the CH-47 "Chinook". ~