Norton Air Force Base

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Norton Air Force Base was a former United States Air Force logistics and maintenance installation in San Bernardino, California, that operated from World War II until its closure in the 1990s.

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Norton Air Force Base canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Air Force base
military installation
cityServed San Bernardino
closureDate 31 March 1994
conflict Cold War
Korean War
Vietnam War
World War II
continent North America
country United States of America
elevation approximately 1159 feet
endDate 1994
garrison 445th Military Airlift Wing
63d Military Airlift Wing
Air Force Logistics Command units
hasFacility aircraft maintenance depots
hangars
housing areas
logistics warehouses
runways
heritageDesignation former military installation
IATACode SBD
ICAOCode KSBD
inception World War II era
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity California
linked to: California (state)

San Bernardino County, California
United States of America
location San Bernardino, California
linked to: San Bernardino
militaryBranch United States Air Force
namedAfter Leland Francis Norton
operator United States Air Force
ownedBy United States Department of Defense
partOf Air Force Logistics Command
Air Materiel Command
Air Mobility Command
postClosureUse San Bernardino International Airport
cargo operations
commercial aviation
industrial park
previousName San Bernardino Army Air Field
reasonForClosure Base Realignment and Closure process
regionServed Inland Empire
runwayLength approximately 10000 feet
runwaySurface concrete
startDate 1942
usedFor aircraft maintenance
airlift operations
depot-level maintenance
logistics

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San Bernardino International Airport formerName Norton Air Force Base
KSBD formerName Norton Air Force Base