Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base
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| Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base | |||||||||
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| NearColumbus,Ohioin the United States | |||||||||
 A KC-135R Stratotanker of theOhio Air National Guard's121st Air Refuelling Wingtouches down at Rickenbacker ANGB during 2012. | |||||||||
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  Rickenbacker ANGB Location in the United States | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°48′49″N082°56′48″W/ 39.81361°N 82.94667°W | ||||||||
| Type | Air National Guard Base | ||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||||
| Operator | US Air Force(USAF) | ||||||||
| Controlled by | Ohio Air National Guard(ANG) | ||||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1940s (as Lockbourne Army Airfield) | ||||||||
| In use | 1940s – present | ||||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||||
| Current commander | ColonelDavid B. Johnson | ||||||||
| Garrison | 121st Air Refueling Wing | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA:LCK,ICAO:KLCK,FAA LID:LCK,WMO:724285 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 226.7 metres (744 ft)AMSL | ||||||||
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| Airfield shared withRickenbacker International Airport. Source:Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||
Rickenbacker Air National Guard Baseis anOhio Air National Guardinstallation atRickenbacker International AirportnearLockbournein southernFranklin County.The base was named for the famous early aviator and Columbus nativeEddie Rickenbacker.It is the home of the121st Air Refueling Wing(121 ARW), anAir National Guard(ANG) unit that serves as the host wing and operates in federal service under theUnited States Air ForceAir Mobility Command(AMC).
Rickenbacker ANGB operates at the airport as a tenant of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, sharing the facility with commercial airlines and other civilian aircraft operators. The air base is a joint military facility whose own tenant activities include theOhio Army National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility #2,Navy ReserveandMarine Corps Reserveunits, and associated facilities.
DuringWorld War II,the installation was aU.S. Army Air Forcestraining base known asLockbourne Army Airfield,becoming an Air Force base in 1948 a few months following the establishment of theUnited States Air Forceas an independent branch of the U.S. armed forces. The base was namedLockbourne AFBfrom 1948 to 1974 and laterRickenbacker AFBfrom 1974 to 1980. The facility was transferred fromStrategic Air Commandand the active duty Air Force on 1 April 1980 and turned over to the Air National Guard.
Further reading
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This article incorporatespublic domain materialfrom theAir Force Historical Research Agency
This article incorporatespublic domain materialfromRickenbacker Air National Guard Base.United States Air Force.
- ^"Airport Diagram – Rickenbacker Intl (LCK)"(PDF).Federal Aviation Administration.16 July 2020.Retrieved22 July2020.
- 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,ISBN0-912799-02-1).
- Ravenstein, Charles A.Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977.Maxwell Air Force Base,Alabama:Office of Air Force History 1984.ISBN0-912799-12-9.
- Mueller, Robert,Air Force Bases Volume I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982,Office of Air Force History, 1989
- Futrell, Robert Frank (1983)The United States Air Force in Korea, 1950–1953,Maxwell AFB, Alabama Office of Air Force History,ISBN0-912799-71-4
- Lloyd, Alwyn T. (2000),A Cold War Legacy, A Tribute to Strategic Air Command, 1946–1992,Pictorial Histories PublicationsISBN1-57510-052-5
- Rogers, Brian (2005).United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978.Hinkley, England: Midland Publications.ISBN1-85780-197-0.
- Turner Publishing Company (1997),Strategic Air Command: The Story of the Strategic Air Command and Its People.Turner Publishing CompanyISBN1-56311-265-5
- Manning, Thomas A. (2005),History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002.Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, TexasOCLC71006954,29991467
- Shaw, Frederick J. (2004),Locating Air Force Base Sites, History’s Legacy,Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC.OCLC57007862,1050653629
- USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers – 1908 to present
- ArmyAirForces.com
- Strategic-Air-Command.com
- American Military Aircraft (RB-29, RB-45, EB-47, RB-47)
- Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Rickenbacker International Airport Official Website
(Source of much of early history and information about turnover to civil authorities)
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