LOCATIONS

Whetstone

From punishing desert to comfortable, skill-focused training.

Conquer the Heat

The home of Metris Global’s military freefall training facility, Whetstone features 15 drop zones, 3 airfields, a live-fire range, a ghost town, a large training facility, and a desert racetrack. Whetstone offers lodging accommodations from comfortable to the worst the desert has to offer.

Operations Supported

A few examples of operations supported at this location include, but are not limited to the following:

Scenario development
Pre-mission trainup
Recce/Recon
Opposition force (international) staffing, resembling indigenous forces
Mobility and UTV
Full mission profile

Technical Data & Statistics

NAME	Whetstone
LOCATION	Parker, AZ
FOREIGN CLIMATE ANALOG	AFRICOM, CENTCOM
ELEVATION RANGE	550-2300 ft
AVERAGE TEMP	Winter – High 70s F, Low 40s F Summer – High 100s F, Low 70s F
MGRSS	12RMU3602442481
LAT.	30 degrees 12’43.76” N
LONG.	99 degrees 39’53.04 W
SIZE	32,000 acres