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K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base is a decommissioned United States Air Force (USAF) installation in Marquette County, Michigan, south of the city of Marquette. Near the center of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, the base operated for nearly forty years and closed in 1995. The county airport, Sawyer International, now occupies a portion of the base and ...
The museum was founded in 1993 by the Air Force Association Lake Superior Chapter 283 to preserve a number of aircraft on display at K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base following an announcement that the base would close. Without a sponsoring organization, the aircraft would be transferred to other locations by the Air Force.
Selfridge Field (later Selfridge Air Fore Base), Michigan, 1 May 1946 (deployed to Ladd Field, Alaska 28 December 1946 – 10 April 1947, Oscoda Air Force Base, Michigan 1 April – 6 June 1949) O'Hare Field-Chicago International Aprt (later O'Hare International Airport), IL, 4 August 1950 (deployed at K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base, Michigan ...
On 16 February, after an inflight fire on the right wing, a B-52B (tail number 53-0384) from the 93rd Bombardment Wing (Heavy) out of Castle Air Force Base (AFB), Merced County, California, crashed on a functional flight test near Tracy, California. Four crew members including the deputy wing commander died while four others survived. [1]
449th Bombardment Wing. Kincheloe Air Force Base was a United States Air Force (USAF) base during the Cold War. Built in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in 1943 during World War II, the base was in service until 1977.[ 1][ 2][ 3] The base was known by various names, including Kinross Municipal Airport, Kinross Army Air Field, Kinross Air Field ...
Inactivated in 1976; Beale AFB became a SAC Strategic Recon base for SR-71 and U-2 operations. 19th Bombardment Wing (Heavy) Homestead AFB, Florida (1962–1968) Robins AFB, Georgia (1968–1983) B-52H, 1962–1968; B-52G, 1968–1983 28th Bombardment Squadron (B-52G a/c from 781st BS, 7/68) Became 19th Air Refueling Wing in 1983
The 87th Flying Training Squadron is part of the United States Air Force 47th Flying Training Wing based at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. It operates T-38 Talon aircraft conducting flight training. The squadron is one of the oldest in the United States Air Force, its origins dating to 18 August 1917 when it was organized at Selfridge Field ...
The pararecuemen from the 410th Air Expeditionary Wing performed the 800-foot training jump. The 410th Expeditionary Operations Group (410 EOG) is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Combat Command. It is the operational flying component of the 410th Air Expeditionary Wing. It may be activated or inactivated at any time.