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Naval Air Station Grosse Ile, built 1929, closed 1969; Raco Air Force Station / Kincheloe AFB BOMARC Site, Raco, built 1940, closed 1972; Kincheloe Air Force Base, Sault Ste. Marie, built 1941, closed 1977 as part of post-Vietnam force reductions (also called Kinross) K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base, Marquette County, built 1955, closed 1995 per BRAC
The original Kinross Correctional Facility was opened on January 16, 1978, on the barracks grounds of the former Kincheloe Air Force Base [3] with an original capacity of 495 prisoners - which was increased to approximately 700 shortly after. At 113 acres (46 ha) it was the largest fenced area of any state prison in Michigan.
K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base: Marquette: Michigan: 1995 Closed Kincheloe Air Force Base: Kinross: Michigan: 1977 Closed Kinross Air Force Base: Kinross: Michigan: 1959 Redesignated as Kincheloe Air Force Base: Kinston Air Base: Kinston: North Carolina: 1952 Redesignated as Stallings Air Base: Lackland Air Force Base: San Antonio: Texas: 2010
On September 25, 1959, Kinross AFB was officially renamed Kincheloe Air Force Base in honor of the late Captain Iven Kincheloe, a native of Cassopolis in southwestern Michigan. [4] On 7 September 1956, Kincheloe became the first pilot to climb above 100,000 feet (30.5 km), as he rocketed to a peak altitude of 126,200 ft (38.5 km) in the Bell X ...
State police are asking anyone with information about Shults' whereabouts to contact the Towanda barracks at 570-265-2186. This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information ...
During the Cold War, Wurtsmith was one of three Strategic Air Command (SAC) bases in Michigan with the B-52 bomber, the others (Kincheloe AFB and Sawyer AFB) were in the Upper Peninsula. The base was named in honor of Major General Paul Wurtsmith , commander of SAC's Eighth Air Force, who was killed when his B-25 Mitchell bomber crashed on Cold ...
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Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History 1984. ISBN 0-912799-12-9. Mueller, Robert (1989). Volume 1: Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982. USAF Reference Series, Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force, Washington, D.C. ISBN 0-912799-53-6, ISBN 0-16-002261-4