Aviation View | Volume 2, Issue 3

101 AVIATION VIEW VOLUME 2, ISSUE 3 MAMMOTH YOSEMI TE A I RPORT everything from light planes up to a C-17 come in and do touch-and-go activities and other land operations that they integrate at the airport as a base, and then work here locally and deploy from this point. We also work closely with our State SAR (Search & Rescue) groups, and CHP (California Highway Patrol) dealing with a lot of backcountry rescues. We also invite all of our local community holders such as Fire, and Search & Rescue, for our annual training here. A few years back, we held a large tri-annual exercise, where we had members of the Secret Service and Dept. of Homeland Security, folks came from emergency services in San Francisco… it was a fantastic training event. We try to bump up our training and captivate all those players who really want to play.” Surrounded by gorgeous natural beauty, the Town of Mammoth Lakes has garnered a lot of interest from the film industry, with people flying into Mammoth Yosemite Airport to shoot films, and commercials, and do photography. “We