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'''Wurtsmith Air Force Base''' |
'''Wurtsmith Air Force Base''' is a decommissioned [[United States Air Force]] base in [[Iosco County, Michigan]]. It operated from 1923 until decommissioned in 1993. |
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==Previous names== |
==Previous names== |
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Wurtsmith Air Force Base | |
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Part of Air/Aersopace Defense Command (ADC) and Strategic Air Command (SAC) | |
Oscoda Township, Iosco County, Michigan | |
Coordinates | 44°27′09″N 083°22′49″W / 44.45250°N 83.38028°W |
Type | Air Force Base |
Site information | |
Controlled by | United States Air Force |
Site history | |
Built | 1923 |
In use | 1923–1993 |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | 379th Bombardment Wing |
Wurtsmith Air Force Base is a decommissioned United States Air Force base in Iosco County, Michigan. It operated from 1923 until decommissioned in 1993.
Previous names
- Camp Skeel, November 1931
- Oscoda Army Air Field, August 1942
- Oscoda Air Force Base, 24 June 1948.
- Wurtsmith Air Force Base, 15 February 1953 – 30 June 1993
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See also
- Michigan World War II Army Airfields
- Central Air Defense Force (Air Defense Command)
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1961 (republished 1983, Office of Air Force History, ISBN 0-912799-02-1).
- Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History 1984. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.
- Mueller, Robert (1989). Volume 1: Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982. USAF Reference Series, Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force, Washington, D.C. ISBN 0-912799-53-6, ISBN 0-16-002261-4
- USAF Aerospace Defense Command publication, The Interceptor, January 1979 (Volume 21, Number 1).
External links
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Categories:
- Installations of the United States Air Force in Michigan
- 1923 establishments in Michigan
- Buildings and structures in Iosco County, Michigan
- Military installations closed in 1993
- Strategic Air Command military installations
- Military Superfund sites
- Superfund sites in Michigan
- 1993 disestablishments in Michigan