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On September 25, 1959, Kinross AFB was officially renamed Kincheloe Air Force Base in honor of the late Captain Iven Kincheloe, a native of Cassopolis in southwestern Michigan. [4] On 7 September 1956, Kincheloe became the first pilot to climb above 100,000 feet (30.5 km), as he rocketed to a peak altitude of 126,200 ft (38.5 km) in the Bell X ...
Kincheloe is at the eastern end of Kinross Charter Township, just east of Interstate 75 (I-75) and about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Sault Ste. Marie and 37 miles (60 km) north of St. Ignace. It is on the area formerly occupied by the Kincheloe Air Force Base , which covered 7,265 acres (29.40 km 2 ).
Redesignated as Kelly Field Annex, part of Lackland Air Force Base: K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base: Marquette: Michigan: 1995 Closed Kincheloe Air Force Base: Kinross: Michigan: 1977 Closed Kinross Air Force Base: Kinross: Michigan: 1959 Redesignated as Kincheloe Air Force Base: Kinston Air Base: Kinston: North Carolina: 1952 Redesignated as ...
Raco Air Force Station / Kincheloe AFB BOMARC Site, Raco, built 1940, closed 1972; Kincheloe Air Force Base, Sault Ste. Marie, built 1941, closed 1977 as part of post-Vietnam force reductions (also called Kinross) K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base, Marquette County, built 1955, closed 1995 per BRAC; Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, still in use
Was: Kinross Air Force Base (1947-1959) Was: Kincheloe Air Force Base (1959-1977) Now: Chippewa County International Airport (IATA: CIU, ICAO: KCIU) Raco AAF, Raco; Sub-base of Alpena AAF Was: Used by Michigan National Guard and by Kincheloe AFB as a BOMARC missile site. Closed 1972. Now: Non-aviation use Old runways used for automotive testing.
Inactivated in 1995; K. I. Sawyer AFB closed per BRAC. 416th Bombardment Wing (Heavy), Griffiss AFB, New York; Activated to replace 4039th Strategic Wing B-52G, 1963–1992; B-52H, 1992–1995 668th Bombardment Squadron (a/c from 75th BS) Inactivated in 1995; Griffiss AFB closed per BRAC. 449th Bombardment Wing (Heavy), Kincheloe AFB, Michigan
It is located 15 nautical miles (17 mi; 28 km) south of the central business district of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. [1] The airport is owned by the Chippewa County Economic Development Corporation. [1] It was formerly Kincheloe Air Force Base, which closed in 1977.
Kincheloe, located in the eastern part of the township just east of Interstate 75, is on part of the former Kincheloe Air Force Base, which was deactivated in 1977. It has a US Post Office (49788). Kinross is the unincorporated area in the eastern end of Kinross Charter Township outside of Kincheloe. Its US Post Office (49752) is located ...