Kearney Air Force Base
(Redirected from Kearney Army Air Field)
Kearney Air Force Base | |
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Part of Strategic Air Command | |
Center Township, Buffalo County, near Kearney, Nebraska | |
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Coordinates | 40°43′37″N 099°00′24″W / 40.72694°N 99.00667°WCoordinates: 40°43′37″N 099°00′24″W / 40.72694°N 99.00667°W |
Type | Air Force Base |
Site history | |
Built | 1941-1942 |
In use | 1942-1949 |
Kearney Air Force Base is a former United States Army Air Forces (as Kearney Army Airfield) and United States Air Force base located near Kearney, Nebraska. It was in operation from 1942 through 1949, after which it was decommissioned and turned over for civilian use as Kearney Regional Airport.
See also
References
- 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
- ArmyAirForces.Com
- USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to present
- The Kearney Army Air Base
- "Kearney Goes To War," Department of History, University of Nebraska at Kearney
External links
- B-17 Crash historical marker at Wood River, Nebraska
- Kearney AAF Historical Website
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective June 13, 2024
- FAA Terminal Procedures for EAR, effective June 13, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for EAR
- AirNav airport information for KEAR
- ASN accident history for EAR
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
Categories:
- Use American English from December 2018
- All Justapedia articles written in American English
- Use dmy dates from December 2018
- Coordinates not on Wikidata
- Installations of the United States Air Force in Nebraska
- Buildings and structures in Buffalo County, Nebraska
- Installations of Strategic Air Command
- 1949 disestablishments in Nebraska
- Military installations closed in 1949
- Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Nebraska