Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base
| Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base | |||||||
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| Near Martinsburg, West Virginia in the United States | |||||||
_(33066403105).jpg) A C-17A Globemaster III assigned to the 167th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air National Guard, based at Shepherd Field ANGB. | |||||||
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  Shepherd ANGB  Shepherd ANGB | |||||||
| Coordinates | 39°24′07″N 77°59′04″W / 39.40194°N 77.98444°W | ||||||
| Type | Air National Guard Base | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||
| Operator | US Air Force (USAF) | ||||||
| Controlled by | West Virginia Air National Guard | ||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1955 | ||||||
| In use | 1955 – present | ||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||
| Garrison | 167th Airlift Wing (host) | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: MRB, ICAO: KMRB, FAA LID: MRB, WMO: 724177 | ||||||
| Elevation | 172.2 metres (565 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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| Airfield shared with Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport. Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||
Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base is the home base of the West Virginia Air National Guard 167th Airlift Wing located at the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport, 4 miles south of Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Environmental issues
[edit]As of May 2016[update] the U.S. Air Force has been investigating whether industrial chemicals have seeped from the 167th Airlift Wing base into the groundwater.[2]
In August 2014, the Air Force had found 10 areas where aqueous film forming foam may have entered the soil including "a former fire-training area, three hangars, two buildings, a fire-truck testing area, two storage areas and a wastewater-treatment area".[2] The military seeks to determine if the compounds are present, and if they seeped into the groundwater.
The Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport is in the Big Springs wellhead-protection area for the city's water supply.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Airport Diagram – Eastern WV Rgnl/Shepherd Fld (MRB)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ a b c Matthew Umstead (21 May 2016). "Air Force exploring whether it contaminated Berkeley County water". Herald Mail. Herald Mail Media. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency