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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 ...
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; Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, still in use
The missile facility was known as the Kincheloe AFB BOMARC site, consisting of a rectangular installation just southeast of the old runways. It operated the 2nd-generation IM-99B version of the BOMARC missile. About 40 personnel were stationed at the BOMARC site.
Was: Kinross Air Force Base (1947-1959) Was: Kincheloe Air Force Base (1959-1977) Now: Chippewa County International Airport (IATA: CIU, ICAO: KCIU) Raco AAF, Raco; Sub-base of Alpena AAF Was: Used by Michigan National Guard and by Kincheloe AFB as a BOMARC missile site. Closed 1972. Now: Non-aviation use Old runways used for automotive testing.
Kincheloe is at the eastern end of Kinross Charter Township, just east of Interstate 75 (I-75) and about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Sault Ste. Marie and 37 miles (60 km) north of St. Ignace. It is on the area formerly occupied by the Kincheloe Air Force Base, which covered 7,265 acres (29.40 km 2).
Redesignated as Webb Air Force Base: Biggs Air Force Base: El Paso: Texas: 1966 Realigned to the US Army as Biggs Army Airfield in 1973 Blytheville Air Force Base: Blytheville: Arkansas: 1988 Redesignated as Eaker Air Force Base: Bolling Air Force Base: Southeast: Washington, D.C. 2010 Realigned as part of Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling [3 ...
Inactivated in 1995; K. I. Sawyer AFB closed per BRAC. 416th Bombardment Wing (Heavy), Griffiss AFB, New York; Activated to replace 4039th Strategic Wing B-52G, 1963–1992; B-52H, 1992–1995 668th Bombardment Squadron (a/c from 75th BS) Inactivated in 1995; Griffiss AFB closed per BRAC. 449th Bombardment Wing (Heavy), Kincheloe AFB, Michigan
Upon graduation from college, Kincheloe received his commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force and entered flight training. After earning his pilot wings in August 1950, he spent a year as a test pilot, flying the F-86E at Edwards Air Force Base, California, was promoted to first lieutenant, and transferred to Korea in September 1951.