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Royal Air Force station: Code: KI [1] Site information; Owner: Air Ministry: Operator: Royal Air Force: Controlled by: RAF Bomber Command * No. 1 Group RAF Eighth Air Force: Site history; Built: 1940 () /41: In use: November 1941 - 1946 () Battles/wars: European theatre of World War II Air Offensive, Europe July 1942 - May 1945: Airfield ...
Rickenbacker ANGB operates at the airport as a tenant of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, sharing the facility with commercial airlines and other civilian aircraft operators. The air base is a joint military facility whose own tenant activities include the Ohio Army National Guard 's Army Aviation Support Facility #2, Navy Reserve and ...
This list of Royal Air Force stations is an overview of all current stations of the Royal Air Force (RAF) throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. This includes front-line and training airbases , support, administrative and training stations with no flying activity, unmanned airfields used for training, intelligence gathering stations and an ...
Rickenbacker International Airport (IATA: LCK, ICAO: KLCK, FAA LID: LCK) is a civil-military public airport 10 miles (16 km) south of downtown Columbus, near Lockbourne in southern Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The south end of the airport extends into Pickaway County. The base was named for flying ace and Columbus native Eddie ...
London Biggin Hill, a former RAF station This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation. During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields: RAF ...
RAF Raydon (AAF-157), England, 1 December 1943; RAF Leiston (AAF-373), England, 1 February 1944; AAF Station Neubiberg, Germany, 20 Jul 1945 – 20 Aug 1946; Lockbourne Army Airfield, Ohio, 10 November 1947; Re-designated: Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio, 13 January 1948: Youngstown Municipal Airport, Ohio, 31 October 1952
RAF Kimbolton (Station 117), [27] England, 21 May 1943 – 12 June 1945 (air echelon at RAF Bovingdon (Station 112), [27] 24 April–21 May 1943) Casablanca Airfield, French Morocco, 17 June–25 July 1945 [28] Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, 1 November 1955; Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan, 9 January 1961 – 30 June 1993 [16]
The wartime 364th Fighter Squadron was re-designated as the 166th Fighter Squadron, and was allotted to the Ohio Air National Guard, on 24 May 1946. It was organized at Lockbourne Army Airfield, Columbus, Ohio, and was extended federal recognition on 10 November 1947 by the National Guard Bureau. The 166th Fighter Squadron was bestowed the ...