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Larson Air Force Base, the Glossary

Larson Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located five miles (8 km) northwest of the central business district (CBD) of Moses Lake, in Grant County, Washington.^[1]

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1942 establishments in Washington (state)
1966 disestablishments in Washington (state)
Military installations closed in 1966

Aerospace Defense Command

Aerospace Defense Command was a major command of the United States Air Force, responsible for air defense of the continental United States.

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An airbase (stylised air base in American English), sometimes referred to as a military airbase, military airfield, military airport, air station, naval air station, air force station, or air force base, is an aerodrome or airport used as a military base by a military force for the operation of military aircraft.

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Air Materiel Command

Air Materiel Command (AMC) was a United States Army Air Forces and United States Air Force command.

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Alabama

Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Alvin M. Johnston

Alvin Melvin "Tex" Johnston (August 18, 1914 – October 29, 1998) was an American test pilot for Bell Aircraft and the Boeing Company.

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Boeing 747

The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023.

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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC).

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Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber.

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Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

The McDonnell Douglas/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft that was developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas.

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Boeing Field

King County International Airport, commonly Boeing Field, is a public airport owned and operated by King County, south of downtown Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker

The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an American military aerial refueling tanker aircraft that was developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype, alongside the Boeing 707 airliner.

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Bombardment group

A bombardment group or bomb group was a unit of organizational command and control group of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Crater Lake–Klamath Regional Airport

Crater Lake–Klamath Regional Airport (Klamath Falls Airport) is a public use airport in Klamath County, Oregon, United States, five miles southeast of Klamath Falls, which owns it.

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Dane County Regional Airport

Dane County Regional Airport (DCRA), also known as Truax Field, is a civil-military airport located northeast of downtown Madison, Wisconsin.

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Donald A. Larson

Donald A. Larson (2 April 1915 or 1917 – 4 August 1944) was an American fighter pilot and World War II flying ace from Yakima, Washington.

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Eighteenth Air Force

Eighteenth Air Force (Air Forces Transportation) (18 AF) is the only Numbered Air Force (NAF) in Air Mobility Command (AMC) and one of the largest NAFs in the United States Air Force. 18 AF was activated on 28 March 1951, inactivated on 1 January 1958, and re-activated on 1 October 2003. 18 AF is headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

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European theatre of World War II

The European theatre of World War II was one of the two main theatres of combat during World War II.

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Fairchild Air Force Base

Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force base, located in the northwest United States in eastern Washington, approximately southwest of Spokane. Larson Air Force Base and Fairchild Air Force Base are 1942 establishments in Washington (state) and installations of Strategic Air Command.

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Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district/national capital of Washington, D.C., where most of the federal government is based.

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Fighter pilot

A fighter pilot or combat pilot is a military aviator trained to engage in air-to-air combat, air-to-ground combat and sometimes electronic warfare while in the cockpit of a fighter aircraft.

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Flying ace

A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.

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Grand Coulee Dam

Grand Coulee Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation water. Larson Air Force Base and Grand Coulee Dam are 1942 establishments in Washington (state).

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Grant County International Airport

Grant County International Airport is a public use airport located northwest of the central business district of Moses Lake in Grant County, Washington, United States.

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Grant County, Washington

Grant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Hamilton Army Airfield

Hamilton Field (Hamilton AFB) was a United States Air Force base, which was inactivated in 1973, decommissioned in 1974, and put into a caretaker status with the Air Force Reserve until 1976. Larson Air Force Base and Hamilton Army Airfield are Semi-Automatic Ground Environment sites.

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Hanford Site

The Hanford Site is a decommissioned nuclear production complex operated by the United States federal government on the Columbia River in Benton County in the U.S. state of Washington.

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HGM-25A Titan I

The Martin Marietta SM-68A/HGM-25A Titan I was the United States' first multistage intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), in use from 1959 until 1962.

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HistoryLink

HistoryLink is an online encyclopedia of Washington state history.

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Iceland Defense Force

The Iceland Defense Force (Varnarlið Íslands; IDF) was a military command of the United States Armed Forces from 1951 to 2006.

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Japan Airlines

Japan Airlines (JAL) is the flag carrier of Japan.

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Killed in action

Killed in action (KIA) is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own personnel at the hands of enemy or hostile forces at the moment of action.

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Korean War

The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.

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Lockheed C-130 Hercules

The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin).

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Lockheed C-141 Starlifter

The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter is a retired military strategic airlifter that served with the Military Air Transport Service (MATS), its successor organization the Military Airlift Command (MAC), and finally the Air Mobility Command (AMC) of the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Lockheed F-104 Starfighter

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is an American single-engine, supersonic interceptor which was extensively deployed as a fighter-bomber during the Cold War.

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Lockheed F-94 Starfire

The Lockheed F-94 Starfire is a first-generation jet powered all-weather day/night interceptor aircraft designed and produced by Lockheed Corporation.

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Lockheed P-38 Lightning

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an American single-seat, twin piston-engined fighter aircraft that was used during World War II.

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Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II.

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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).

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McChord Field

McChord Field (still referred to as McChord AFB by some as of 2023) is a United States Air Force base in the northwest United States, in Pierce County, Washington. Larson Air Force Base and McChord Field are Semi-Automatic Ground Environment sites.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.

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Military Air Transport Service

The Military Air Transport Service (MATS) is an inactive Department of Defense Unified Command.

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Moses Lake, Washington

Moses Lake is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States.

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NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.

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Naval Air Station Keflavik

Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) is a United States Navy air station at Keflavík International Airport, Iceland, located on the Reykjanes peninsula on the south-west portion of the island.

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North American F-82 Twin Mustang

The North American F-82 Twin Mustang is the last American piston-engined fighter ordered into production by the United States Air Force.

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North American F-86 Sabre

The North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the Sabrejet, is a transonic jet fighter aircraft.

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North American P-51 Mustang

The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts.

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North American P-51 Mustang variants

Over twenty variants of the North American P-51 Mustang fighter were produced from 1940, when it first flew, to after World War II, some of which were employed also in the Korean War and in several other conflicts.

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Northrop P-61 Black Widow

The Northrop P-61 Black Widow is a twin-engine United States Army Air Forces fighter aircraft of World War II.

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Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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RAF Shepherds Grove

Royal Air Force Shepherds Grove or more simply RAF Shepherds Grove is a former Royal Air Force station located in Suffolk, active from 1943–44 to 1966. Larson Air Force Base and RAF Shepherds Grove are military installations closed in 1966.

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Spokane Air Defense Sector

The Spokane Air Defense Sector (SPADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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Suwon Air Base

Suwon Air Base is a Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) base near Suwon city.

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Tactical Air Command

Tactical Air Command (TAC) is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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Uelzen

Uelzen (Ülz'n), officially the Hanseatic Town of Uelzen (Hansestadt Uelzen), is a town in northeast Lower Saxony, Germany, and capital of the district of Uelzen.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

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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 (1941–1947).

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larson_Air_Force_Base

Also known as History of Larson Air Force Base, Larson AFB, Moses Lake AFB, Moses Lake Air Force Base, Moses Lake Army Air Base, Moses Lake Army Air Field.

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1942 establishments in Washington (state)

1966 disestablishments in Washington (state)

Military installations closed in 1966

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