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Wheeler Field was the site of several major historic aviation events prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, including the first transpacific flight from California in 1927; the great Dole Air Race from California to Hawaii; the first transpacific flight from the U.S. to Australia in 1928, and the first Hawaii-to-Mainland solo ...
Airfield Army post/naval post/facility served State Period of operation Current use Adams Field: Arkansas: 1917-1930 [10]: Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport
Completed in 1998, the expansion now allows Wheeler-Sack to accommodate any aircraft in the United States Air Force inventory, and with scales, an ammunition holding area, refueling points, and a vehicle staging and inspection area, the field can serve as the primary departure airfield for the 10th Mountain Division. The new pre-deployment ...
Wheeler Field, Territory of Hawaii, 9 February - 15 October 1946 Niagara Falls Municipal Airport, New York, 18 August 1955 – 1 July 1960 MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, 1 July 1962 – 1 October 1970
Now: Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield, Active US Army Airfield. Syracuse AAB, Syracuse; 393d Army Air Force Base Unit (Rome ASC) Now: Syracuse Hancock International Airport (IATA: SYR, ICAO: KSYR, FAA LID: SYR) Hancock Field Air National Guard Base. Air Transport Command. La Guardia Field, New York City; 523d Army Air Force Base Unit (Reduced)
The following is a list of Nike missile sites operated by the United States Army.This article lists sites in the United States, most responsible to Army Air Defense Command; however, the Army also deployed Nike missiles to Europe as part of the NATO alliance, with sites being operated by both American and European military forces.
The Walnut Ridge Army Airfield Access Road is a historic roadway segment near College City, Arkansas. It consists of about 0.75 miles (1.21 km) of Fulbright Avenue, extending east from its junction with the U.S. Highway 67 (US 67) to Stafford Lane. It has a largely original concrete surface 20 feet (6.1 m), with gravel shoulders.
The Air National Guard's 103rd Fighter-Interceptor Wing (103 FIW), along with the 118th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron and its F-47N Thunderbolts, [4] was federalized on March 2, 1951, and moved from Brainard Field, Connecticut, to Suffolk County AFB on June 1.