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McCoy Air Force Base was named for Colonel Michael Norman Wright McCoy (born 1905) on 7 May 1958. Col McCoy was killed on 9 October 1957 in the crash of a B-47 Stratojet (DB-47B-35-BW), AF Serial No. 51-2177, of the 447th Bombardment Squadron, 321st Bombardment Wing, which suffered wing failure northwest of downtown Orlando, Florida while taking part in a practice demonstration during the ...
Over a three-year period in the mid-1960s, the Center moved from its Long Island location to Orlando, Florida, taking residence as a tenant activity at the then-Orlando Air Force Base, that installation subsequently becoming Naval Training Center Orlando in 1968 until its closure in 1999 pursuant to a 1993 Base Realignment and Closure ...
Ground Station became: Orlando Air Force Base (1947-1968) Ground Station transferred to: United States Navy as Naval Training Center Orlando (1968-1999) Now: Baldwin Park neighborhood of Orlando. Pinecastle Army Airfield, 8.7 miles (14.0 km) south-southeast of Orlando; sub-base of Orlando Army Airbase (1942-1945) AAFSAT Technical Center
McCoy Air Force Base: Orlando: Florida: 1975 Closed McGuire Air Force Base: ... Former Iraqi Air Force hardened "Super Base" US Military Designations: Camp ...
The 164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade is an air defense artillery brigade of the United States Army as part of the Florida Army National Guard. The unit is headquartered in Orlando, Florida on the site of the former McCoy Air Force Base and is composed of two air defense artillery battalions and one field artillery battalion located at 12 ...
(The Center Square) – Florida's military bases could receive $488 million from the Department of Defense's fiscal 2025 appropriation if President Joe Biden signs the bill into law. The bill was ...
Pages in category "Military installations in Florida" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. ... Naval Amphibious Training Base Fort Pierce;
Known as Kissimmee Army Airfield, it was a sub-base of the Orlando Army Air Base. Operationally, once enough construction was completed, the first operational mission assigned to the new base was to conduct reconnaissance over the Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico, looking for Nazi U-boats.