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RAF Ascension Island (IATA: ASI, ICAO: FHAW), also known as Wideawake Airfield or Ascension Island Auxiliary Field, is a military airfield and facility located on Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean. The airfield is jointly operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the United States Space Force (USSF).
Reactivated as the 45th Operations Group in November 1991 under Air Force Space Command. Operated "Down-Range" facilities at Antigua, Ascension Island, and Cape Canaveral, Florida; launched DOD payloads into orbit; and collected flight data for evaluation of ballistic missile systems launched from Eastern Launch sites for DOD, NASA, and ...
The Air Force Division, Joint Long Range Proving Ground was established on 1 October 1949. ... Detachment 2, 45th Mission Support Group, Ascension Auxiliary Air Field;
Ascension Global, RAF Ascension Island/Ascension Auxiliary Field, Ascension Island, British Overseas Territories; Croughton Global, RAF Croughton, United Kingdom; Diego Garcia Global, U.S. Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory; Elmendorf Global, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, USA
One is located at Cape Canaveral and the other is located at Ascension Auxiliary Air Field on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. [1] The squadron completed installation of an Automated Remote Tracking Station capability at the Eastern Vehicle Checkout Facility based at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on 29 August 2013.
The Air Force use several terms to identify the different type of installations it operates: [2] Air Force Base, Air Reserve Base or Air Guard Base are used to describe an installation from which aircraft operations can be conducted or from which major activities of importance to Air Force combat, combat support, or training missions can be ...
Forney Army Airfield: Fort Leonard Wood: Missouri: KTBN Fort Harrison Army Airfield: Fort Harrison: Montana: MT15 Godman Army Airfield: Fort Knox: Kentucky: KFTK Gray Army Airfield: Fort Lewis: Washington: KGRF Grayling Army Airfield: Camp Grayling: Michigan: KGOV Hagler Army Airfield: Camp Shelby: Mississippi: KSLJ Henry Post Army Airfield ...
Victorville Army Airfield auxiliary fields were four airfields used during World War II to support the Victorville Army Airfield pilot training near Victorville, California, and Adelanto, California. After the war the Victorville Army Airfield was renamed George Air Force Base on January 13, 1948.