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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)
On 5 October 2001, Naval Air Station Key West was temporarily downgraded and redesignated as Naval Air Facility Key West, but on 1 April 2003, the air facility was upgraded and restored back to full air station status as Naval Air Station Key West. [9] USAF 9th Reconnaissance Wing U-2S landing at NAS Key West in 2008 with a VFC-111 F-5N in ...
Air Force Station (sometimes Air Station), Air Reserve Station or Air National Guard Station is used to name installations, typically but not exclusively without a flying mission, that are operated by a unit of at least squadron size, that does not otherwise meet the criteria of being a base. Air Force Auxiliary Airfield is used if the ...
The 1993 Base Realignment and Closure Commission preliminary list was released by the United States Department of Defense in 1993 as part of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission. It recommended closing 33 major United States military bases .
The Air Force assumed operations in 1960 with test activities of the Air Force Systems Command (AFSC) at Eglin AFB, Florida having claimancy responsibilities. The site also had a concurrent air defense mission as part of the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) with an initial radar station site code J-08 that was later changed to Z-399 [4 ...
Harlingen Air Force Base; Henry C. Mustin Naval Air Facility; I. Icy Cape Air Force Station; K. Killeen Base; L. Las Cruces Air Force Station; RAF Ludford Magna; M.
The Air Force has designated Tobyhanna as its "Technical Source of Repair for command, control, communications, and intelligence systems." Tobyhanna has gained new missions and workload in each of the five rounds of Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) between 1988 and 2005.
Navy T-45 Goshawk aircraft from nearby NAS Meridian and Air Force T-6A, T-1A and T-38C aircraft from Columbus AFB also frequently practice approaches and other procedures over Key Field. Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) capabilities are provided by the Air National Guard due to Key Field's stationing of the 186 ARW. In 2008, the 186 ARW ...