Kearney Air Force Base

Kearney Air Force Base

Kearney Army Airfield
Part of Strategic Air Command
Center Township, Buffalo County, near Kearney, Nebraska
2006 USGS Orthophoto
Kearney AFB is located in Nebraska
Kearney AFB
Kearney AFB
Coordinates40°43′37″N 099°00′24″W / 40.72694°N 99.00667°W / 40.72694; -99.00667
TypeAir Force Base
Site history
Built1941-1942
In use1942-1949

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.
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  • ArmyAirForces.Com
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  • "Kearney Goes To War," Department of History, University of Nebraska at Kearney Archived 1 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine