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Coordinates (Air Base) (Naval Weapons Station): Type: US military Joint Base: Site information; Owner: Department of Defense: Operator: US Air Force: Controlled by: Air Mobility Command: Condition: Operational: Website: www.jbcharleston.jb.mil: Site history; Built: 1942 () (as Charleston Air Force Base): In use: 2009 () – present (as Joint Base): Garrison information; Current commander ...
The oldest building on the base are Quarters F, a Victorian house that predates the Navy base and was built as the superintendent's house for the earlier Chicora Park (that the Navy acquired and converted into the base). [4] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1
Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina (2 C, 24 P) Pages in category "Military installations in South Carolina" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
NSA Crane was originally established in 1941 and is now the largest among all 50 military sites in Indiana. The base is 40% larger than Washington, D.C., and includes 3,000 buildings, 1,800 ...
Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9. Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Pictorial Histories Pub . ISBN 1-57510-051-7; Military Airfields in World War II - South Carolina
In 1991, after the National Defense Authorization Act, the announcement came that Myrtle Beach Air Force Base would close. [2]The Myrtle Beach base used the A-10 Warthog jet, and Pat McCullough of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission said the Air Force considered the jet "limited to a low-threat environment", while the Army believed it was "a very powerful close-air support asset."
Shaw Air Force Base (Shaw AFB) (IATA: SSC, ICAO: KSSC, FAA LID: SSC) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located approximately 8.4 miles (13.5 km) west-northwest of downtown Sumter, South Carolina. It is one of the largest military bases operated by the United States, and is under the jurisdiction of USAF Air Combat Command (ACC).
Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina (1 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.