Peoria Air National Guard Base
Peoria Air National Guard Base | |
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| Part of Illinois Air National Guard | |
| Located near: Peoria, Illinois | |
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182d Airlift Wing - C-130 Hercules | |
  Peoria ANGB Location of Peoria Air National Guard Base, Illinois | |
| Coordinates | 40°39′38″N 089°41′44″W / 40.66056°N 89.69556°W |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by |
 United States Air Force |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1932 |
| In use | 1947-Present |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison |
 182d Airlift Wing |
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| IATA: PIA – ICAO: KPIA – FAA LID: PIA | |||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 660 ft / 201 m | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.182aw.ang.af.mil | ||||||||||||||
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Peoria Air National Guard Base is the home base of the Illinois Air National Guard's 182d Airlift Wing (182 AW), an Air National Guard unit operationally-gained by the Air Mobility Command.[1]
Overview
The 182d Airlift Wing (AW) of the Illinois Air National Guard occupies 339 acres (1.37 km2) of leased land, separated into two parcels of 334 and 5 acres (20,000 m2) respectively. All utility systems on the 5-acre (20,000 m2) parcel are already privatized. Both parcels of leased land are on the General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport, located in an outlying suburban area near Bartonville, Illinois and Bellevue, Illinois (or, approximately six miles southwest of Peoria, Illinois, which is a part of north central Illinois).[1]
The mission of the 182d AW is to provide air transportation of personnel and equipment to deployed locations. The unit currently flies the C-130H3 Hercules. The 182 AW occupies five administrative and 30 industrial buildings, totaling approximately 413,406 square feet (38,406.7 m2) with 238 full-time personnel. A unit training drill is conducted once a month and results in a surge of up to a total of 1200 personnel.[1]
BRAC 2005 realigned the 182 AW from a C-130E to a C-130H3 airlift wing.[1]
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.