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Griffiss Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force installation in the northeastern United States, located in Central New York state at Rome, about fifteen miles (25 km) northwest of Utica. Missions included fighter interceptors , electronic research, installation, and support activities, aerial refueling , and bombers .
It is a subordinate to the First Air Force (Air Forces Northern) and Continental NORAD Region, both located at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida. [1] The Air National Guard (ANG) provides the majority of the forces for the NORAD mission. At EADS, this responsibility belongs to the New York Air National Guard's 224th Air Defense Group.
Griffiss International Airport (IATA: RME, ICAO: KRME, FAA LID: RME) is a public airport located one mile (1.6 km) east of the central business district of Rome, a city in Oneida County, New York, United States. This airport is publicly owned by County of Oneida. [1] It is located on the former site of Griffiss Air Force Base, which
Renamed Griffiss Air Force Base on 23 Jan 1948 [5], the World War II installation's buildings were used as post-war offices and laboratories, e.g., for testing units that arrived beginning in 1948 from Pennsylvania's Middletown Air Depot [4] (Griffiss had the "2 Msl Trpt Sq" 26 Jan 48-3 Sep 48.) [5]
Oneida County closed the airport in January 2007 and transferred operations to Griffiss International Airport, (formerly Griffiss Air Force Base) about five miles (8.0 km) to the north in Rome, New York. Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport boarded 2,122 passengers in calendar year 2004 and 1,951 in 2005. [2]
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)
New York State Route 825 (NY 825) is a state highway in Oneida County, New York, in the United States.It extends for 2.59 miles (4.17 km) in a generally northwest–southeast direction, connecting the former Griffiss Air Force Base to the Utica–Rome Expressway and downtown Rome.
Rome Free Academy (commonly abbreviated as RFA) is a public high school in Rome, New York, United States.It is a part of the Rome City School District.. The school moved to the former site of Griffiss Air Force Base in September 2002, [9] having previously been located at 500 Turin St.