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  2. McCoy Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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    McCoy Air Force Base was named for Colonel Michael Norman Wright McCoy (1905–1957) on 7 May 1958. [1] Seven months earlier on 9 October 1957, McCoy was killed in the crash of a B-47 Stratojet (DB-47B-35-BW), AF Serial No. 51-2177, of the 447th Bombardment Squadron, 321st Bombardment Wing.

  3. Orlando International Airport - Wikipedia

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    A B-47 Stratojet crashed during the 1958 competition, killing Colonel Michael Norman Wright McCoy, commander of the 321st Bombardment Wing, which was the host wing for Pinecastle AFB. The following year the base was renamed for McCoy. The base later was home to the 306th Bombardment Wing operating the B-52 Stratofortress and the KC-135 ...

  4. B-52 Memorial Park - Wikipedia

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    It is a small, relatively hidden park under the control of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) and features a retired B-52D Stratofortress, Air Force Serial Number 56-0687, from the Strategic Air Command. The aircraft was at one time assigned to the 306th Bomb Wing of the now defunct McCoy Air Force Base. The bomber was built in 1956 ...

  5. 823d Air Division - Wikipedia

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    The 823d Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Strategic Air Command (SAC)'s Second Air Force at McCoy Air Force Base, Florida, where it was inactivated on 30 June 1971.

  6. Key US Air Force base closes airspace amid drone sightings - AOL

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    The 88th Air Base Wing headquarters is located in Building 10 on Area A, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, on May 17, 2022. (Matthew Clouse/U.S. Air Force)

  7. 164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The 164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade is an air defense artillery brigade of the United States Army as part of the Florida Army National Guard. The unit is headquartered in Orlando, Florida on the site of the former McCoy Air Force Base and is composed of two air defense artillery battalions and one field artillery battalion located at 12 ...

  8. Orlando Executive Airport - Wikipedia

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    The airport's 6000 foot main runway, Runway 7/25, wasn't long enough for early jet airliners such as the Boeing 707, Douglas DC-8 and Convair 880, so the city and Orange County governments lobbied the U.S. Air Force to convert McCoy Air Force Base, a Strategic Air Command B-52 base about eight miles to the south, to a civil-military airport ...

  9. Florida World War II Army Airfields - Wikipedia

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    Later: Pinecastle Air Force Base (1951-1958); McCoy Air Force Base (1958-1975) Now: Orlando International Airport (IATA: MCO, ICAO: KMCO, FAA LID: MCO) Alachua Army Airfield, 4.2 miles (6.8 km) northeast of Gainesville; sub-base of Orlando Army Airbase (1942-1943) AAFSAT Medium Bombardment training unit 415th Bombardment Group (Medium)