The U.S. Military’s Free Fall School will soon have a new vertical wind tower to train paratroopers in the desert southwest. KAWC’s Michelle Faust reports from the U.S. Army Proving Ground in Yuma, Arizona where the Army Corps of Engineers is overseeing construction of what will be largest free fall tunnel in the world.
Leo Pilkington, President of Pilkington Commercial, says most of the contractors on vertical wind tower project are from the Yuma area.
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Contractors say the YPG Free Fall Tower Project will boost Yuma economy.