Mountain Home Air Force Base

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Mountain Home Air Force Base
Aerial view of the base
Characteristics
ICAO code SMEO
IATA code MUO
Coordinates

43 ° 2 '37 "  N , 115 ° 52' 21"  W Coordinates: 43 ° 2 '37 "  N , 115 ° 52' 21"  W

Height above MSL 913 m (2995  ft )
Transport links
Street ID 67
Runways
07/25
(closed)
3048 m × 152 m asphalt
12/30 4115 m × 61 m

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The Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO) is a base of the US Air Force near Mountain Home , Elmore County , Idaho . It is located about 100 km southeast of the capital Boise and has an area of ​​25.7 km².

history

The base was established as Mountain Home Army Air Field in October 1942, with the opening ceremony on August 7, 1943. During World War II the base served as a training ground for B-24 Liberator crews, when the war was over it was closed in October 1945. The base was reopened between 1948 and 1950. It was home to the 5th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing and served as a training base for supply squadrons.

In 1953 the base was finally handed over to the Strategic Air Command and became the home of the 9th Bombardment Wing. The change on the base was stopped until 1966, when the base went to the Tactical Air Command , which first stationed the 47th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, later the 347th Tactical Fighter Wing. The 366th Fighter Wing, which was set up in Chaumont in 1962 , has been stationed here since the Vietnam War .

While the space shuttle was in operation, Mountain Home Air Force Base was a possible emergency landing site in the event of an unscheduled landing. NASA astronaut James Reilly was born at Mountain Home AFB in 1954.

Web links

Commons : Mountain Home Air Force Base  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Justine Whitman: Space Shuttle Abort Modes. Aerospaceweb.org, June 25, 2006, accessed October 7, 2011 .