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Initiated in 2013 by the 38th Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Raymond T. Odierno, regionally aligned forces (RAF) provide combatant commands (CCMDs), [1] scalable and tailorable Army capabilities for all requirements, including operational missions, bilateral and multilateral military exercises and security cooperation activities.
In April 1949, the City of Ontario granted a lease for certain airport property to the U.S. Air Force, the site to be used by the California Air National Guard. An armory for the 149th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was constructed and later CA ANG activities had a major impact on the airport. In 1952, in response to the desire of the ...
Wurtsmith Air Force Base was used to train Free French pilots in WWII and to house nuclear-armed B-52 bombers during the Cold War. See also Michigan World War II Army Airfields. Michigan's northern location made it a good site for several Cold War air bases, especially Strategic Air Command B-52 / KC-135 bases. Numerous other sites around the ...
Michigan ANG units are trained and equipped by the Air Force and are operationally gained by a Major Command of the USAF if federalized. In addition, the Michigan Air National Guard forces are assigned to Air Expeditionary Forces and are subject to deployment tasking orders along with their active duty and Air Force Reserve counterparts in their assigned cycle deployment window.
The RAF has a presence within Eastern European countries on a rotational basis as part of NATO's Baltic Air Policing and Southern Air Policing missions. No. 17 Test and Evaluation Squadron is located in the United States at Edwards Air Force Base in California, where test and evaluation of the F-35B Lighting II is undertaken.
Now: Selfridge Air National Guard Base (1971-present) Oscoda AAF, Oscoda; 524th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron (reduced) Sub-base of Selfridge AAF Was: Oscoda Air Force Base (1947-1953) Was: Wurtsmith Air Force Base (1953-1993) Now: Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport (IATA: OSC, ICAO: KOSC) Army Air Force Training Command. Willow Run Airport ...
Grayling Army Airfield (ICAO: KGOV, FAA LID: GOV) is a public/military use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) northwest of the central business district of Grayling, in Crawford County, Michigan, United States. It is owned by United States Army. [1] The airfield is located 7 miles (11 km) northeast of the main cantonment area of Camp ...
Pages in category "Installations of the United States Air Force in Michigan" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .