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Buckley was established in 1938 by the United States Army Air Corps as Demolition Bombing Range–Lowry Auxiliary Field, before being renamed Buckley Field in 1941, serving as a training base. In 1947, it became Naval Air Station Denver, serving as a reserve air station for the U.S. Navy.
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The squadron moved to Buckley Field in late 1944, where it was assigned to the 311th Photographic Wing, which became the major reconnaissance organization of Strategic Air Command (SAC). [2] It moved to with the wing to MacDill Field, Florida in April 1946 and was assigned to the 55th Reconnaissance Group in 1947.
Constituted and activated on 25 Jun 1943 at Buckley Field. 2d Arctic Search and Rescue Squadron: Buckley Field: Constituted and activated on 18 Sep 1943. 3d Arctic Search and Rescue Squadron: Buckley Field: Constituted and activated on 18 Sep 1943.
Buckley Field, Colorado 30 June 1946; Clovis AFB (later Cannon AFB), New Mexico, 12 April 1951; Buckley Field, Colorado, 1 January 1953; Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, 7 February 1961; Phan Rang Air Base, South Vietnam, 3 May 1968; Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, 30 April 1969; Buckley Air National Guard Base, 1991–2000
The 140th Wing (140 WG) is a unit of the Colorado Air National Guard, stationed at Buckley Space Force Base, Aurora, Colorado.If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Combat Command.
Buckley Field stopped basic training in December 1944, but it was early 1945 before all trainees had assignments. Only about 19,000 soldiers were in basic training in January, as compared to the peak figure of 135,796 in February 1943. [1]
The nearby bombing range was transferred from Buckley Field, by authority of Technical Division, Air Training Command, to Lowry A.F.B. on 20 September 1946. [31] In July 1947, formal courses in Intelligence Training were established at Lowry for combat reporting, photographic intelligence, prisoner of war interrogation, and briefing and ...