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Wurtsmith Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base in Iosco County, Michigan. It operated from 1923 until decommissioned in 1993.
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Previous names
- Camp Skeel, November 1931
- Oscoda Army Air Field, August 1942
- Oscoda Air Force Base, 24 June 1948.
- Wurtsmith Air Force Base, 15 February 1953 - 30 June 1993
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Major commands to which assigned
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Major units assigned
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See also
- Michigan World War II Army Airfields
- Central Air Defense Force (Air Defense Command)
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References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
- 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
- USAF Aerospace Defense Command publication, The Interceptor, January 1979 (Volume 21, Number 1).
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External links
- Air Force BRAC Recommendations
- Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport
- Renaissance Zones
- Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport airport information
- Wurtsmith Air Force Base Historical Website
- Wurtsmith Air Museum
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