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There were 11 prisoners of war base camps, 22 POW branch camps, 3 POW hospitals, 3 enemy alien internment camps and 4 POW cemeteries in Oklahoma during World War II. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] [ 40 ] On July 1, 1961, the 577th Strategic Missile Squadron was activated at Altus Air Force Base and established twelve missile silo sites in a 40-mile radius ...
A 50-year lease-purchase agreement was executed in September 2008 between Oklahoma County and the Air Force, covering the 2.5 million square foot (353,000 m 2) facility and 407-acre (1.65 km 2). Previously, the largest single building at the base was Building 3001 at 1,300,000 square feet (120,000 m 2).
Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base (1954–1969) is a former United States Air Force base located near the town of Burns Flat in Washita County, Oklahoma, 15 miles (24 km) southwest of the city of Clinton, Oklahoma. Today it is the site of the Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark.
Altus Air Force Base: Altus: Oklahoma: Air Education and Training Command: 97th Air Mobility Wing: The 97th Air Mobility Wing trains crews to operate the C-17A Globemaster III, KC-135R Stratotanker and KC-46A Pegasus. [4] Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling: Southwest
Pages in category "Installations of the United States Air Force in Oklahoma" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
7749th Air Division, Provisional Jul–Sep 1948 Camp Lindsey, Germany; Air Divisions, named. Air Division, Reserve, Provisional Oct–Nov 1958 Donaldson AFB (exercise command unit) Antilles Air Division 1948–1949 Ramey Air Force Base, PR; Pine Cone Air Division Mar–Jul 1959 Shaw AFB (exercise command unit) USAF Southern Air Division
The 816th Air Division was activated at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma in the summer of 1958 as an operational headquarters for dispersed Strategic Air Command (SAC) wings. [1] During the late 1950s, SAC dispersed its Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers over a larger number of bases, thus making it more difficult for the Soviet Union to knock ...
Ardmore Army Air Field, later Ardmore Air Force base was an installation of the United States Army and later Air Force. It was named after the nearby city of Ardmore, Oklahoma but was actually located closer to the town of Gene Autry, Oklahoma. [3] It was a military installation from 1942 to 1946 and again from 1953 to 1958.