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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.
Pinecastle or Pine Castle may refer to: . McCoy Air Force Base (previously Pinecastle Army Airfield), a former United States Air Force base; Naval Air Station DeLand (previously Pinecastle Electronic Warfare and Bombing Range), a United States Naval Air Station located in DeLand, Florida from 1942–1946
The Air Force and Navy both rank among the nation's top 100 polluters, and many former bases have become Superfund sites. Even among those that aren't placed on the national cleanup priority list ...
Boeing B-47 rocket-assisted take off. In June 1954, Strategic Air Command (SAC) discontinued its 4240th Flying Training Wing at Pinecastle Air Force Base, [2] Florida and training on the Boeing B-47 Stratojet was concentrated with Air Training Command (ATC)'s 3520th Combat Crew Training Wing at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas.
NAS Cecil Field was named in honor of Commander Henry Barton Cecil, USN, who died in 1933 in the crash of the Navy airship USS Akron.Shortly before the United States' entry into World War II, a 2,600-acre (11 km 2) tract of land was purchased in western Duval County and construction began on the "U.S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Cecil Field" (NAAS Cecil Field).
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)
460th Army Air Force Base Unit (Base Services, Air Transport Command), 1 April 1944–8 May 1946 Hq, West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, 1 August 1944–4 December 1945 Was: Hamilton Air Force Base (1947–1976) Now: Part of the Hamilton Wetland Restoration Project Known sub-bases and auxiliaries Montague Air Force Auxiliary Field Napa Army ...
Mueller, Robert, Air Force Bases Volume I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982, Office of Air Force History, 1989 (McConnell AFB section) Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories, 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1984. ISBN 0-912799-12-9 ...