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The U.S. Navy also established Naval Security Group Activity Homestead (NAVSECGRUACT Homestead) as a tenant command at Homestead AFB in June 1957. [5] The 19th Bombardment Wing (19 BMW) moved to Homestead AFB from Pinecastle Air Force Base, Florida in April 1956 and also flew the B-47 and KC-97.
Homestead Base is located 27 miles (43 km) southwest of downtown Miami at It is bordered to the southwest by the city of Homestead . According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 4.3 square miles (11 km 2 ), of which 0.1 square miles (0.3 km 2 ), or 2.37%, are water.
The Homestead-Miami Defense Area was established as a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and was the last fixed air defense missile system to remain in operation in the continental United States. HM-69 was the westernmost of the Nike-Hercules sites ringing Miami . [ 2 ]
Florida lawmakers are pushing forward legislation that could bring businesses from the space industry to Miami-Dade County. Senate Bill 968 would turn property at the Homestead Air Reserve Base in ...
The 482d Operations Group is a United States Air Force Reserve unit assigned to the 482d Fighter Wing.It is stationed at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida.. During World War II, the group was activated in England as the 482d Bombardment Group (Pathfinder), the only Eighth Air Force radar-equipped pathfinder heavy bomber group.
Homestead–Miami 10 miles SW of Miami, Florida: 1962–1979 Headquarters, Miami-Homestead Defense Area. HM-97: None Homestead–Miami Homestead AFB: 1962–1979 Now under control of 482nd Fighter Wing (Air Force Reserve Command) and Detachment 1, 125th Fighter Wing (Florida Air National Guard) HM-99: None Homestead–Miami Homestead AFB: 1962 ...
The 482 FW is the "host wing" for Homestead Air Reserve Base, maintaining and operating the installation located near the southern end of the Florida peninsula, about 25 miles south of Miami. It is a combat coded unit which provides F-16C and F-16D (Block 30) Fighting Falcon multirole fighter aircraft, along with mission ready pilots and ...
Homestead Army Air Base, 6.0 miles (9.7 km) east-northeast of Homestead; Station 8, Caribbean Wing, ATC 563d Army Air Force Base Unit Was: Dade County Airport (1945-1955) Was: Homestead Air Force Base (1955-1994) Now: Homestead Air Reserve Base (1994-Present) (IATA: HST, ICAO: KHST, FAA LID: HST) Miami Army Airfield (36th Street Airport), Miami