As a community based organization, the Iowa National Guard takes pride in being requested to participate in local events throughout our state.  If you are hosting a public event and are looking to have the IA National Guard participate, we can provide support in the form of a helicopter static displays and helicopter flyovers. Please refer back to the “Basic Support Guidelines” on the Community Relations Home Page. All requests are subject to the availability of our units and their current schedules. Even if we have identified support for your event, there is a chance they will have to back out, with little notice, due to events, weather conditions or requirements that may arise. If a substitute can attend in their place, we will notify the requestor of the change.

To begin processing your request, we need a Community Relations Event Worksheet (CREW) and a DD 2535 filled out and sent to ng.ia.iaarng.mbx.pao@army.mil.

CREW Form

DD 2535

Land Use Agreement

Due to training regulations, National Guard Bureau guidance and schedules of our assets and units, requests must be submitted 150 days prior to the event. If your request occurs within less than 150 days, you must submit an Exception to Policy form signed by the requestor to acknowledge that the time constraints will lessen the likelihood of support ability from our organization. Be advised that federal holidays have precedence of support. Requests for events outside of the below listed can still be considered, but support cannot be guaranteed.

ETP Form

The DD 2535 must be entirely completed and signed by the sponsoring organization, certified by the owner of the event site, and approved by the local Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) before it can be submitted to Army Public Affairs. We cannot process a DD2535, for a flyover, without FAA approval.

Some things to keep in mind

• For a static display, the helicopter must land before the event starts, when there are not people around the landing area and will need to take off after the event site is cleared of people.
• Flyovers must have a projected attendance of 5,000+ individuals
• Due to the majority of our force being a ‘part-time force” we have to staff events with the availability of our service members. Our service members still do have training and administrative requirements that need to be met on an annual basis. Even if a unit is local to you and is fully staffed, they may not have the ability to support an event due to requirements the service members must complete.
• Requests are taken on a first-come, first-serve basis. Regardless of who is requesting support.
• Precedence for supporting holiday events/parades falls to the 5 major patriotic holidays listed on the “Basic Support Guidelines”
• After being vetted, an event may warrant a hold harmless be sent to the requestor. If not filled out, we cannot send support to the event.
• Attendees will not be permitted to climb on, ride in, or operate any of our equipment, nor can we haul things with our vehicles for the event. These are displays only.