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Kent is located in western Jefferson County in the northeast part of Republican Township. Indiana State Road 256 passes through the community, leading east 8 miles (13 km) to Madison , the county seat , and west 14 miles (23 km) to Austin .
Training at the field had stopped and it became the site for the storage of American and foreign aircraft. Freeman Field was closed and declared surplus on December 30, 1946. It was deactivated in November 1948 and turned over to local civilian authorities for use as a civil airport. The airport announced plans for new t-hangars in 2022. [4]
Its runway, 8/26, is 4,900 by 75 feet (1,494 x 23 m) asphalt. [3] The runway has VOR/DME, GPS Instrument Approaches and Pilot Controlled Lighting. [2] Airport services include a fixed-base operator (FBO) and flight school from Griffith Aviation, full service maintenance from Great Northern and custom engine overhauls from G & N Aircraft.
Kent State University Airport covers an area of 320 acres (130 ha), which contains one runway. [1] Designated as runway 1/19, the runway measures 4,000 x 60 ft (1,219 x 18 m) and is paved with Asphalt. [7] The runway underwent a rehabilitation project in 2023. [8] [9] Kent State University manages a fixed-base operator at the airport that sells ...
As the lead aircraft (containing Dozier and Lt. Donald B. Snow) lifted off the runway, the number-two (port inner) engine caught fire. The airframe crashed just past the end of the runway; the bomb-load explosion was heard throughout the airfield, and created an eight-foot (2.4 m) crater. Nine men were killed, and one crew member survived.
The airfield was placed under the jurisdiction of the 33d Twin Engine Flying Training Group, Army Air Forces Training Command. The 447th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron was activated on 2 October 1942, and the airfield was activated on 1 December 1942, with the first troops began arriving on 8 December 1942.
The Angel Ground was a sports ground at Tonbridge in the English county of Kent.It was used as a venue for first-class cricket by Kent County Cricket Club between 1869 and 1939 and then for association football by Tonbridge Angels F.C., until 1980.
The facility opened as the Kent County Airport and later became Kent County International Airport. In December 1999, the airport was renamed for Gerald R. Ford, the 40th Vice President and the 38th President of the United States. Ford represented the Grand Rapids area in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1973.