Wright Patterson Air Force Base (FFO/KFFO)
USA /
Ohio /
Fairborn /
World
/ USA
/ Ohio
/ Fairborn
World / United States / Ohio
military airbase, military, United States Air Force
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445th Airlift Wing [445th AW](11 x C-5 Galaxy)
89th AS (C-5 Galaxy transporters)
356th AS (C-5 Galaxy transporters)
Runway 5R/23L
Dimensions: 7000 x 150 ft. / 2134 x 46 m
Runway 5L/23R
Dimensions: 12601 x 300 ft. / 3841 x 91 m
Wright Patterson is the home of the Air Force Museum.
(www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/index.htm)
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is a U.S. Air Force base in Greene and Montgomery counties, adjacent to Riverside, Fairborn, Beavercreek, and Dayton, Ohio. It is named after the Wright brothers, who used "Wright field" as their testing ground, and Frank Stuart Patterson, son of NCR Corp. co-founder Frank Jefferson Patterson, who was killed on June 19, 1918, when his DeHavilland DH-4 crashed at Wright Field.
Wright-Patterson AFB is the headquarters of the Air Force Materiel Command, one of the major commands of the Air Force. "Wright-Patt" is also the location of a major USAF Medical Center (hospital), the Air Force Institute of Technology, and the National Museum of the United States Air Force, formerly known as the U.S. Air Force Museum.
It is also the home base of the 445th Airlift Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command, which flys the C-5 Galaxy heavy airlifter.
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www.airnav.com/airport/KFFO
445th Airlift Wing [445th AW](11 x C-5 Galaxy)
89th AS (C-5 Galaxy transporters)
356th AS (C-5 Galaxy transporters)
Runway 5R/23L
Dimensions: 7000 x 150 ft. / 2134 x 46 m
Runway 5L/23R
Dimensions: 12601 x 300 ft. / 3841 x 91 m
Wright Patterson is the home of the Air Force Museum.
(www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/index.htm)
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is a U.S. Air Force base in Greene and Montgomery counties, adjacent to Riverside, Fairborn, Beavercreek, and Dayton, Ohio. It is named after the Wright brothers, who used "Wright field" as their testing ground, and Frank Stuart Patterson, son of NCR Corp. co-founder Frank Jefferson Patterson, who was killed on June 19, 1918, when his DeHavilland DH-4 crashed at Wright Field.
Wright-Patterson AFB is the headquarters of the Air Force Materiel Command, one of the major commands of the Air Force. "Wright-Patt" is also the location of a major USAF Medical Center (hospital), the Air Force Institute of Technology, and the National Museum of the United States Air Force, formerly known as the U.S. Air Force Museum.
It is also the home base of the 445th Airlift Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command, which flys the C-5 Galaxy heavy airlifter.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright-Patterson_Air_Force_Base
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Coordinates: 39°48'29"N 84°4'15"W
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