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Camp Douglas, Wisconsin with Volk Field in the background. Volk Field has one asphalt / concrete paved runway (9/27) measuring 9,000 x 150 ft (2,743 x 46 m). [2] The Runway's Edge is the installation's all ranks club and provides hot food and drinks. [14] The Wisconsin National Guard Museum is located at Volk Field.
The 128th Air Control Squadron (ACS) is one of the units of the Wisconsin Air National Guard based at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, located in Camp Douglas, WI. Originally established as the 128th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron in 1947 at General Billy Mitchell Field , it was subsequently re-designated as a Control and Reporting ...
The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.00. The median age in the village was 36.3 years. 27.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 29.2% were from 25 to 44; 21.2% were from 45 to 64; and 15.3% were 65 years of age or older.
After almost 12 months in country on October 26, 2006, the 1–120th FA BN transferred authority over to the 2–142nd Field Artillery BN. The 1–120th returned to Fort McCoy, WI on 4–5 November 2006 to a welcome home ceremony and the unit was released from active duty. [6]
During February and March 2003, the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 229th Engineer Company (Combat Support Equipment) [17] deployed from Fort McCoy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 477th Medical Company (Ground Ambulance), located in Duluth, MN, mobilized to Ft. McCoy from December 2003 to February 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi ...
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The facility would be instated as an ANG Permanent Field Training Site (PFTS). Once the ANG took over the site, they completed another round of construction projects totaling $2.5M dollars. Sixty-two concrete block buildings were built including two dining facilities and barracks to house 2,000 men.
[4] F-51 Mustangs of the Wisconsin Air National Guard, circa 1950. The modern Wisconsin ANG received federal recognition on 25 June 1947 as the 126th Fighter Squadron at General Mitchell Field, Milwaukee. It was equipped with F-51D Mustangs and its mission was the air defense of the state.