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Grissom Air Reserve Base is a United States Air Force base, located about 12 miles (19 km) north of Kokomo in Cass and Miami counties in Indiana. The facility was established as a U.S. Navy installation, Naval Air Station Bunker Hill, in 1942 and was an active Air Force installation, Bunker Hill Air Force Base from 1954 to 1968, and Grissom Air Force Base from 1968 to 1994.
It is the civil redevelopment of the former Grissom Air Force Base, which was realigned as part of the 1991 Base Realignment and Closure Commission process. Grissom Aeroplex consists of 850+ acres and existing buildings under control of Miami County Economic Development Authority.
Grissom Air Force Base, Indiana, 15 January 1970 – 1 July 1975; Grissom Air Force Base, Indiana, 1 July 1987 – 1 October 1994; Aircraft.
Sep. 26—KC-135R Stratotankers and the airmen who fly, maintain and support them began returning home Monday as Grissom Air Reserve Base's runway reopened following a nearly $60 million ...
Jun. 9—BUNKER HILL — The demolition of the first air traffic control tower built in 1942 at Grissom Air Reserve Base is back on the table after funding delays caused by the pandemic put the ...
Amchitka Air Force Base: Rat Islands: Alaska: 1948 Closed Andrews Air Force Base: Camp Springs: Maryland: 2009 Realigned as part of Joint Base Andrews [2] Anniston Air Force Base: Talladega: Alabama: 1952 Closed Ardmore Air Force Base: Ardmore: Oklahoma: 1959 Closed Atterbury Air Force Base: Columbus: Indiana: 1954 Redesignated as Bakalar Air ...
Nov. 28—Grissom Air Reserve Base in Peru is one of three bases in the country under consideration to support a new U.S. Air Force installation for aerial refueling and airlift. The USAF is ...
The museum's origins date to 1981, when the Grissom Air Force Base Heritage Museum Foundation was formed by John Crume and other military veterans to preserve the aircraft located at the base. [1] [2] The Grissom Air Museum was started in 1987 when aircraft were moved to an area outside the northern main gate from a location on base. [citation ...