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The U.S. Navy also established Naval Security Group Activity Homestead (NAVSECGRUACT Homestead) as a tenant command at Homestead AFB in June 1957. [5] The 19th Bombardment Wing (19 BMW) moved to Homestead AFB from Pinecastle Air Force Base, Florida in April 1956 and also flew the B-47 and KC-97.
Homestead Base is located 27 miles (43 km) southwest of downtown Miami at It is bordered to the southwest by the city of Homestead . According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 4.3 square miles (11 km 2 ), of which 0.1 square miles (0.3 km 2 ), or 2.37%, are water.
The Homestead-Miami Defense Area was established as a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and was the last fixed air defense missile system to remain in operation in the continental United States. HM-69 was the westernmost of the Nike-Hercules sites ringing Miami . [ 2 ]
State Road 989 (SR 989), locally known as Allapattah Road and Southwest 112th Avenue, is a 3.0-mile-long (4.8 km) north–south four lane undivided highway in southern Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, that connects Homestead Air Reserve Base and Cutler Bay.
Florida lawmakers are pushing forward legislation that could bring businesses from the space industry to Miami-Dade County. Senate Bill 968 would turn property at the Homestead Air Reserve Base in ...
In 1898, the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) planned an extension from Miami to Key West, proposing a station 30 miles south of Miami. Henry Flagler, founder of the FEC, agreed and suggested naming the station "Ingraham" after James E. Ingraham who was the vice president and land commissioner for the FEC at the time.
Homestead Army Air Base, 6.0 miles (9.7 km) east-northeast of Homestead; Station 8, Caribbean Wing, ATC 563d Army Air Force Base Unit Was: Dade County Airport (1945-1955) Was: Homestead Air Force Base (1955-1994) Now: Homestead Air Reserve Base (1994-Present) (IATA: HST, ICAO: KHST, FAA LID: HST) Miami Army Airfield (36th Street Airport), Miami
A Florida agency isn’t budging in its conclusion that Miami-Dade County messed up the approval process on a 380-acre industrial park outside Homestead, a standoff that may force developers to ...