Key Field Air National Guard Base

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"Key Field" redirects here. For the civil airport, see Meridian Regional Airport. For the unique identifier in a database, see Key field.
Key Field Air National Guard Base
Air National Guard.png
Part of Mississippi Air National Guard
Located near: Meridian, Mississippi
186th ARW - Photo.jpg
Members of the 186th ARW with a KC-135
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Site information
Controlled by  United States Air Force
Site history
Built 1928
In use 1940-Present
Garrison information
Garrison 186th Air Refueling Wing.png
186th Air Refueling Wing
Airfield information
IATA: MEI – ICAO: KMEI – FAA LID: MEI
Summary
Elevation AMSL 297 ft / 91 m
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Website www.186arw.ang.af.mil
Map
KMEI is located in Mississippi
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Location of Key Field Air National Guard Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
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]

See also

References

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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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
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