Kearney Air Force Base
Kearney Air Force Base | |
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Part of Strategic Air Command | |
Center Township, Buffalo County, near Kearney, Nebraska | |
2006 USGS Orthophoto | |
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 USAF base located near Kearney, Nebraska. It operated from 1942 through 1949.
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 November 7, 2019
- FAA Terminal Procedures for EAR, effective November 7, 2019
- 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