Forbes Field Air National Guard Base
For the civil use of this facility after 1973 and airport information, see Topeka Regional Airport.
| Forbes Field Air National Guard Base Forbes Air Force Base Topeka Army Airfield  | |
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| Part of Kansas Air National Guard (ANG) | |
| Williamsport Township / Topeka Township, Shawnee County, near Topeka, Kansas | |
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KC-135 of the 190th Air Refueling Wing flying over the Kansas State Capitol, Topeka Kansas | |
| Coordinates | 38°57′04″N 095°39′57″W / 38.95111°N 95.66583°W |
| Type | Air National Guard Base |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by |
 United States Air Force |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1941 |
| In use | 1941–present |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison |
 190th Air Refueling Wing |
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| IATA: FOE – ICAO: KFOE – FAA LID: FOE | |||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 1,078 ft / 329 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°57′04″N 095°39′57″W / 38.95111°N 95.66583°WCoordinates: 38°57′04″N 095°39′57″W / 38.95111°N 95.66583°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.190arw.ang.af.mil | ||||||||||||||
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  KFOE Location of Forbes Field Air National Guard Base | |||||||||||||||
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Topeka Army Airfield, oblique airphoto, 10 October 1943
Postcard of front gate, Forbes AFB. Note the Tactical Air Command shield on the gate guard shack
Forbes Field, previously Forbes Air Force Base, is a joint-use civil-military airport operated by the Topeka Airport Authority located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Topeka, Kansas. Topeka Army Air Field was opened in 1942; unused for a period after the war; reactivated in 1948; renamed Forbes Air Force Base on June 10, 1949 or July 13, 1949;[1] and redesignated a National Guard base in 1973.
It is both an active municipal airport, and a Kansas Air National Guard installation; being the home of the 190th Air Refueling Wing.
Major commands to which assigned
- Second Air Force, 1942–1945
- Continental Air Forces, 1945–1947
- Air Material Command, 1947–1948; 1949–1951 (In inactive status)
- Strategic Air Command, 1948–1949; 1951–1964
- Tactical Air Command, 1964–1973
- Air National Guard, 1973 – present
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
Further reading
- 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, 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
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