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- In preparation for the Battle of Plattsburgh Bicentennial, Keith Herkalo, President of the Battle of Plattsburgh Association, reached out to Lt. Col Frank Baehre (Ret.), an FB-111 pilot twice stationed at the base, to create a space celebrating the Air Force’s 40 years in Plattsburgh.
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Plattsburgh Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC) base covering 3,447 acres (13.7 km²) in the extreme northeast corner of New York, located on the western shore of Lake Champlain opposite Burlington, Vermont, in the town of Plattsburgh, New York.
Aug 16, 2018 · It just so happened that Plattsburgh had become home to a Strategic Air Command (SAC) Air Force Base in the mid-1950s, with a landing strip large enough that it would one day be included among emergency landing sites for the space shuttle.
May 27, 2024 · In preparation for the Battle of Plattsburgh Bicentennial, Keith Herkalo, President of the Battle of Plattsburgh Association, reached out to Lt. Col Frank Baehre (Ret.), an FB-111 pilot twice stationed at the base, to create a space celebrating the Air Force’s 40 years in Plattsburgh.
May 4, 1994 · Plattsburgh Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC) base covering 3,447 acres (13.7 km²) in the extreme northeast corner of New York, located on the western shore of Lake Champlain opposite Burlington, Vermont, in the town of Plattsburgh, New York.
Sep 25, 2015 · The Plattsburgh Air Force Base was officially closed and decommissioned at the end of September 1995. WAMC’s North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley looks back.
Sep 27, 2015 · PLATTSBURGH — Land in Plattsburgh with a military history dating to the 18th century was taken by the U.S. Air Force in the early 1950s to build an Air Force Base for the Strategic Air Command. Plattsburgh Air Force Base covered 3,447 acres and was home to hundreds of aircraft in its heyday.
Plattsburgh Air Force Base: Authorized 1953. Involved a large expansion to the South and west (from the Saranac River on the North to the Salmon River on the South).
