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The Boeing Company operates a heliport (FAA LID: AZ81) and factory adjacent to Falcon Field, known as the Boeing Mesa Facility. [5] Boeing uses the facility to manufacture and maintain the AH-64 Apache military helicopter.
Airport entrance showing the former name Baggage-claim facility. The airport was built in 1941 as Higley Field.It was renamed Williams Field on February 24, 1942, in honor of Arizona native First Lieutenant Charles Linton Williams (1898–1927), who was killed while serving with the 19th Pursuit Squadron at Wheeler Field, Oahu, when he had to ditch his Boeing PW-9A, 26-353, in the Pacific ...
The Boeing AH-64 Apache (/ ə ˈ p æ tʃ i / ə-PATCH-ee) is an American twin-turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear and a tandem cockpit for a crew of two. Nose-mounted sensors help acquire targets and provide night vision .
The new air traffic control tower at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport replaces one that dates to when the site was an Air Force base. Here's a look.
Jul. 13—Phoenix's announcement of its exit from the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport will likely increase the clout of the smaller East Valley communities in the management of the Mesa airport.
Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport will replace its temporary buildings with a $28 million expansion of its terminal. Here's what's in store for passengers.
It was initially named Mesa Military Airport. the name was changed October 1941 to Higley Field, the base being in the proximity of the town of Higley, Arizona. In February 1942, the growing military airfield's name was changed to Williams Field in honor of Arizona native 1st Lt Charles Linton Williams (1898–1927). [ 1 ]
Mesa is the home of Boeing's sixth largest site where it assembles the Apache Longbow attack helicopter and the A160 Hummingbird unmanned aerial vehicle helicopter. [15] Boeing will test the unmanned helicopter in restricted aerospace near the town of Florence, a short distance south of the East Valley. [15]