Key Field Air National Guard Base

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Key Field Air National Guard Base
Part of Mississippi Air National Guard
Located near: Meridian, Mississippi
Members of the 186th ARW with a KC-135
Coordinates	32°19′57″N 088°45′07″W / 32.33250°N 88.75194°W / 32.33250; -88.75194 (Key Field ANGB)
Site information
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Site history
Built	1928
In use	1940-Present
Garrison information
Garrison	186th Air Refueling Wing

Airfield information

IATA: MEI – ICAO: KMEI – FAA LID: MEI

Summary

Elevation AMSL

297 ft / 91 m

Coordinates

32°18′58″N 088°45′07″W / 32.31611°N 88.75194°WCoordinates: 32°18′58″N 088°45′07″W / 32.31611°N 88.75194°W

Website

www.186arw.ang.af.mil

Map

KMEI

Location of Key Field Air National Guard Base

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
1/19	10,003	3,049	Asphalt/Concrete
4/22	4,599	1,402	Asphalt

Key Field Air National Guard Base is the home base of the Mississippi Air National Guard 186th Air Refueling Wing.^[1]

Key Field is home to the Mississippi Air National Guard 186th Air Refueling Wing (ARW). The 186th ARW operates a fleet of KC-135R Stratotankers, a mid-air refueler that can carry as much as 30,000 gallons of fuel. Key Field is also home to the Army National Guard 185th Army Aviation Support Facility, Company G which operates a fleet of CH-47 Chinook helicopters.^[1]

The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended realigning Key Field Air National Guard Base. It recommended distribution of some refueling aircraft to other Air National Guard bases while establishing Key Field as a Regional Operations and Security Center location, with the 186th Air Refueling Wing's Expeditionary Combat Support elements remaining in place.^[1] The commission also recommended reassigning some aircrews and maintenance personnel of the 186th Air Refueling Wing to the 172d Airlift Wing to Thompson Field, Mississippi.^[1] It appears the recommendations were implemented.

Air Rescue and Firefighting capabilities at the airfield are provided by the Air National Guard.^[1]

References

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

1 2 3 4 5 186th Air Refueling Wing website

Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
Maurer, Maurer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5

USAAF Third Air Force in World War II

Airfields

Group Training Stations
Replacement Training Stations
Tactical Airfields

Units

Commands

Divisions

III Tactical Air Division

Wings

Groups

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Key Field Air National Guard Base

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