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Started out as Ardmore Army Air Field during World War II. Trained B-17 Flying Fortress and B-26 Marauder crews and CG-4 glider pilots. The army vacated in 1945 but the air force came back in 1953. From 1953 to 1959 cargo planes were stationed here. C-119 Flying Boxcar, YC-122 Avitruc, C-123 Provider and C-130 Hercules. Named after nearby city ...
Camp Gruber is an Oklahoma Army National Guard (OKARNG) training facility. It covers a total of 87 square miles (230 km 2).. The base is named after Brigadier General Edmund L. Gruber, a noted artillery officer and the original composer of the U.S. Field Artillery March, the source for the Army's official song, "The Army Goes Rolling Along".
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City 4136th Army Air Force Base Unit Now: Tinker Air Force Base; Second Air Force. Ardmore Army Airfield, Ardmore 222d Army Air Forces Base Unit Later: Ardmore Air Force Base (IATA: ADM, ICAO: KADM) Now: Ardmore Municipal Airport; Third Air Force. Muskogee Army Airfield, Muskogee 349th Army Air Forces Base Unit Now: Davis ...
The U.S. Army set up Fort Towson near the Red River in what would later become southeastern Oklahoma. It played a major role in the nation's westward expansion from 1824 until it was closed in 1854.
72nd Air Base Wing; 76th Maintenance Wing; 90th Troop Command; 97th Air Mobility Wing; 125th Fighter Squadron; 125th Weather Flight; 137th Special Operations Group; 137th Special Operations Wing; 138th Fighter Wing; 158th Field Artillery Regiment; 160th Field Artillery Regiment (United States) 171st Field Artillery Regiment; 179th Infantry ...
Installations of the United States Army in Oklahoma (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Military installations in Oklahoma" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The 545th Brigade Engineer Battalion is a combat engineer battalion in the Oklahoma Army National Guard, part of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. It was reorganized from the Special Troops Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team [1] and is headquartered in Norman, Oklahoma. It is the newest battalion in the brigade. [2]
About 600 Singaporean soldiers and airmen are in Southwest Oklahoma participating in the three-week-long Forging Sabre combined exercise, hosted by Fort Sill, Okla. (U.S. Army photo by Jeff Crawley) There are no air units currently stationed at the airfield, however air operations for transient units are provided by permanent party personnel.