Dow Air Force Base

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:assignee gptkb:101st_Air_Refueling_Wing
gptkb:14th_Fighter_Group
gptkb:397th_Bombardment_Wing
gptkb:4060th_Air_Refueling_Wing
gptkb:506th_Strategic_Fighter_Wing
gptkb:Dow_Air_Force_Base_Hospital
gptkb:Dow_Field_Air_Defense_Command
gptkbp:closed 1968
gptkbp:convertedTo civilian airport
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:currentUse gptkb:Bangor_International_Airport
gptkbp:elevation 192 ft
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Air_Defense_Command
gptkb:Strategic_Air_Command
gptkb:Maine_Air_National_Guard
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dow Air Force Base
gptkbp:ICAO_code gptkb:KBGR
BGR
gptkbp:latitude 44.8074
gptkbp:location gptkb:Bangor,_Maine
gptkbp:longitude -68.8281
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:James_Frederick_Dow
gptkbp:notableEvent KC-135 Stratotanker operations
B-52 Stratofortress operations
support for Berlin Airlift
support for Cuban Missile Crisis
support for Korean War
support for Operation Chrome Dome
support for Operation Reflex
support for Strategic Air Command alert missions
support for Vietnam War
transatlantic military flights
gptkbp:opened 1940
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:owner gptkb:City_of_Bangor
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Air_Defense_Command_bases
gptkb:United_States_Air_Force_Bases
Strategic Air Command bases
gptkbp:previousName gptkb:Bangor_Army_Air_Field
gptkb:Godfrey_Field
gptkbp:runwayLength 11,440 ft
gptkbp:servesCity gptkb:Bangor
gptkbp:state gptkb:Maine
gptkbp:usedDuring gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USAF_Strategic_Air_Command
gptkb:Strategic_Air_Command
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5