Kearney Air Force Base is a former

United States Army Air Forces The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ...

(as Kearney Army Airfield) and

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base located near

Kearney, Nebraska Kearney is the county seat of Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 30,787 in the 2010 census. It is home to the University of Nebraska at Kearney. The westward push of the railroad as the Civil War ended gave new birt ...

. It was in operation from 1942 through 1949, after which it was decommissioned and turned over for civilian use as

Kearney Regional Airport Kearney Regional Airport (formerly Kearney Municipal Airport) is an airport five miles northeast of Kearney in Buffalo County, Nebraska. Denver Air Connection provides scheduled passenger service to Denver which is supported by the Essential Ai ...

References

* 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, ). * Ravenstein, Charles A. ''Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977''.

Maxwell Air Force Base Maxwell Air Force Base , officially known as Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation under the Air Education and Training Command (AETC). The installation is located in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. O ...

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: Office of Air Force History 1984. . * 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. ,
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* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20100715184107/http://bchs.kearney.net/BTales_198804.html The Kearney Army Air Basebr>"Kearney Goes To War," Department of History, University of Nebraska at Kearney

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B-17 Crash historical marker at Wood River, Nebraska

* * {{USAAF 2d Air Force World War II Installations of the United States Air Force in Nebraska Buildings and structures in Buffalo County, Nebraska Installations of Strategic Air Command 1949 disestablishments in Nebraska Military installations closed in 1949 Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Nebraska

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