Bolling Air Force Base
| Bolling Air Force Base - Bolling AFB -  |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | KBOF |
| IATA code | BOF |
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| Height above MSL | 6 m (20 ft ) |
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| opening | October 2, 1917 / July 1, 1918 |
| operator | Air Force District of Washington , United States Air Force |
| Start-and runway | |
| H1 ( helipad ) | 30 m of asphalt |
Bolling Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base in Washington, DC Until 1961, this was a military airfield for aircraft, today only helicopters operate there .
The base's home unit, until it was deactivated on September 30, 2010, was the 11th Wing (11 WG) , which is part of the Air Force District of Washington .
Bolling AFB was opened on October 2, 1917 as Flying field at Anacostia ( Army Air Service installation ) because of the First World War. The base was named after Colonel Raynal C. Bolling (1877-1918), the first high-ranking officer of the US armed forces, in the First World War had fallen. The Bolling AFB was merged with the neighboring Naval Support Facility Anacostia to form the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling . The current commander of the new barracks has been Captain John A. Sears, III, USN , since October 1, 2010 .
The evaluation center of the Defense Intelligence Agency , the largest intelligence service in the United States by number of employees, is also located on the basis .
The Coast Guard Station Washington, DC is located next to the Capitol Cove Marina the base.
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- Bolling AFB History Factsheet
- Bricklayer, bricklayer. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II . Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office 1961 (republished 1983, Office of Air Force History, ISBN 0-912799-02-1 ).
- Mueller, Robert: Air Force Bases Volume I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on September 17, 1982. Office of Air Force History, 1989
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ World War I Group, Historical Division, Special Staff, United States Army, Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War (1917-1919).
- ↑ www.cnic.navy.mil About> Biographies> Joint Base Commander. Accessed November 28, 2010.