Brief History of Dow Air Force Base and the 4060th Air Base Group
- Item sets
- Dow Air Force Base
- Title
- Brief History of Dow Air Force Base and the 4060th Air Base Group
- Creator
- Dow Air Force Base (Me.)
- Date
- 1956
- Description
- On August 15, 1940 construction of a combined military-community airfield was begun with the federal government supplying the funds and the city of Bangor furnishing the land. During World War II, Dow played a major role in the defense of the country. In the early part of the war Dow served as a training base for bombing and reconnaissance groups. In the summer of 1943, the Air Transport Command begun using the base as a staging area for crews headed for Europe. In September of 1952 Dow became a Strategic Air Command installation, and in September 1954 the base was given a permanent status. In March of 1955, the 4060th Air Refueling Wing, one of SAC's two air-to-air refueling wings, replaced the 506th Strategic Fighter Wing. Dow is presently a member of the Strategic Air Command and an Eighth Air Force Installation.
- Subject
- Bangor (Me.)--History--20th century
- Dow Air Force Base (Me.)--History
- Dow, James F., 1913-1940
- United States. Air Force. Air Force, 8th
- United States. Air Force. Air Refueling Wing, 4060th
- United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command
- World War, 1939-1945
- Tag
- 8th Air Force
- 91st Bomb Group
- 92nd Bomb Group
- 93rd Bomb Group
- 97th Bomb Group
- 303rd Bomb Group
- 306th Bomb Group
- 308th Bomb Group
- 332nd Sub-Depot
- Eighth Air Force
- Spatial Coverage
- Bangor (Me.)
- Language
- English
- Is Part Of
- Bangor Public Library Special Collections
- Rights
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