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Castle Field was renamed Castle Air Force Base on 13 January 1948, this following the establishment of the USAF as a separate military service in September 1947. On 27 June 1949, the Air Force Reserve's 447th Bombardment Group was activated at Castle and equipped with the B-29s formerly of the 93d Bomb Wing.
Jalibah Southeast Air Base (Abandoned 1991) US Military Designations: Camp/LSA Viper United States Marine Corps Camp, 2003. K-1 Air Base; US Military Designations: COB K-1 United States Army Contingency Operating Base, turned over to Iraqi Army 2011. K-2 Air Base (Bayji AB) Former Iraqi Air Force hardened "Super Base" US Military Designation ...
A sprawling Strategic Air Command Base, Castle was the linchpin of the military's B-52 program, serving as a major training facility for air crews and a launch site for airplanes that flew regular ...
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The announcement that Castle Air Force Base might close in 1991 brought the risk of the aircraft being moved to another museum. [13] However, after a study, an agreement was reached with the Air Force that the museum would remain open as a private entity. [14]
A novel radar image taken during an April NASA flight reveals structural elements of Camp Century, an abandoned U.S. military base buried within the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Coast Guard Station Paul Gamiel Hill: Southern Shores: Unknown 1949 11 171 [229] Coast Guard Station Pea Island: Pea Island: 1871 1947 17 177 [230] Coast Guard Station Portsmouth: Portsmouth: 1894 1946 Unknown 188 [231] Coast Guard Station Poyners Hill: Poyners Hill: 1878 1956 9 169 [232] Coast Guard Station Wash Woods: Wash Woods (VA.) 1951 6 ...
88th Air Base Squadron / 88th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron; 12 December 1941–30 April 1944 3023rd Army Air Force Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic); 1 May 1944–1 June 1944 461st Army Air Force Base Unit (Processing In); 1 June 1944–10 November 1945 Now: non-flying agricultural use. Known sub-bases and auxiliaries Boston Field ...