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Keesler Air Force Base (IATA: BIX, ICAO: KBIX, FAA LID: BIX) is a United States Air Force base located in Biloxi, a city along the Gulf Coast in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. The base is named in honor of aviator 2d Lt Samuel Reeves Keesler Jr. , a Mississippi native killed in France during the First World War .
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base: Goldsboro: North Carolina: Air Combat Command: 4th Fighter Wing: The 4th Fighter Wing and 414th Fighter Group operate the F-15E Strike Eagle and the 916th Air Refueling Wing the KC-135R Stratotanker. [56] Shaw Air Force Base
KSUS – Spirit of St. Louis Airport – St. Louis, Missouri KSUT – Cape Fear Regional Jetport (Howie Franklin Field) – Oak Island, North Carolina KSUU – Travis Air Force Base – Fairfield, California
The WC-130J (right) and C-130J-30 (left) fly over the Bay St. Louis Bridge on 20 May 2007. The 815th Airllift Squadron "Flying Jennies" and the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters" are part of the Air Force Reserve's 403rd Wing located at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.
Between 1983 and 1997 the city of Kansas City lost $18 million operating Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport and in 1998, the Federal Aviation Administration approved a plan to close the airport. In 2001 the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the decision to close the airport in a suit brought by Friends of Richards-Gebaur Airport of ...
In February 2024, the Kansas City Council approved a $17.5 million contract with St. Louis-based Spirtas Wrecking Company to demolish old terminals B and C. [28] Demolition work began July 15, 2024, and was expected to last 10 weeks. MCI said the entire project is expected to take 10 months.
Was: Grandview Air Force Base (1952–1957) Was: Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base {Active USAF control} (1957–1976) Was: Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base then Richards-Gebaur Air Reserve Station {AFRES/AFRC control} and Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport (1976–1999) (IATA: GVW, ICAO: KGVW) Closed 1999. Now non-aviation use as Kansas City SmartPort.
In 2010, after the plume had reached residential areas near the former base, Salina officials, the Salina Airport Authority, the Salina school district and Kansas State University – Salina (now Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus), who own 96% of the property filed a federal lawsuit in Kansas City, Kansas, for the clean up costs. [15]