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Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, Illinois (closed in 1993) Hanna City Air Force Station , Hanna City, Illinois (closed in 1968; now site of an FAA Long Range Radar ) Scott Air Force Base , Shiloh, Illinois
The 621st Contingency Response Wing is part of the USAF Expeditionary Center which is also based there. Minot Air Force Base: Minot: North Dakota: Air Force Global Strike Command: 5th Bomb Wing: The 5th Bomb Wing operate the B-52H Stratofortress.
Pages in category "Installations of the United States Air Force in Illinois" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Pentagon – located in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.; Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson – located 12 kilometers (8 miles) north of Anchorage, Alaska
Namesake: Lieutenant Eugene Hoy Barksdale Second Air Force 1949–1975. Eighth Air Force 1975–1992. 4th Air Division 1952–1964. 311th Air Division 1949. 2d Bomb Wing 1963–1991.
Chanute Air Force Base is a decommissioned United States Air Force facility, located in Champaign County, Illinois, south of and adjacent to Rantoul, Illinois, about 130 miles (210 km) south of Chicago. Its primary mission throughout its existence was Air Force technical training.
The Robins AFB Defense Area (R) and Turner AFB Defense Area (TU) were established when the USAF Strategic Air Command based B-52 Stratofortress intercontinental bombers at Robins and Turner Air Force Bases in 1959. Two Nike-Hercules batteries provided air defense for each base and were manned by Regular Army units.
Scott Air Force Base (IATA: BLV, ICAO: KBLV, FAA LID: BLV) is a United States Air Force base in St. Clair County, Illinois, near Belleville and O'Fallon, 17 miles (27 km) east-southeast of downtown St. Louis. Scott Field was one of 32 Air Service training camps established after the United States entered World War I in April 1917. [2]