Lt. Col. Shawn Manke greets visitors at the Army Aviation Support Facility Community Open House near St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 19.
Staff Sgt. Todd Martinez of D Co. 2-147 explains the UH-60 Black Hawk to visitors of the Army Aviation Support Facility Community Open House near St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 19.
A young visitor looks inside a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.
Staff Sgt. Todd Martinez shows a couple the inside of a UH-60 Black Hawk at the Army Aviation Support Facility Community Open House near St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 19.
CW2 Chara Klug demonstrates night vision goggles at the Army Aviation Support Facility Community Open House near St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 19.
CW2 Chara Klug answers a question at the Army Aviation Support Facility Community Open House near St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 19.
Kids peer into a dark room with night vision goggles on display at the Army Aviation Support Facility Community Open House near St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 19.
Rappelling down the rock wall at the Army Aviation Support Facility Community Open House near St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 19.
Climbing the rock wall at the Army Aviation Support Facility Community Open House near St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 19.
Command Sgt. Maj. James Kampsen talks to visitors at the Army Aviation Support Facility Community Open House near St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 19.
A family inspects a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flown by C Co., 2-211 in both Iraq and Afghanistan during their last mission at the Army Aviation Support Facility Community Open House near St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 19.
Visitors to the Army Aviation Support Facility Community Open House get a good view of the airfield from the operations center.
Visitors watch the Chinook landing at the Army Aviation Support Facility Community Open House near St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 19.
Piloting a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at the Army Aviation Support Facility Community Open House near St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 19.
A Chinook arrives at the Army Aviation Support Facility Community Open House from St. Paul Aug. 19.
Visitors wait to board a Chinook helicopter at the Army Aviation Support Facility Community Open House near St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 19.
The POW-MIA Ballon basket made a visit at the Army Aviation Support Facility Community Open House near St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 19, though inclement weather prevented it from going up.
Testing the fitness center at the new Army Aviation Support Facility near St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 19.
A visitor simulates flying the Chinook at the Army Aviation Support Facility Community Open House near St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 19.