Loring Air Force Base (IATA: LIZ, ICAO: KLIZ) was a United States Air Force installation in northeastern Maine, near Limestone and Caribou in Aroostook...
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The Loring Air Force Base Alert Area is a former alert area for B-52 Stratofortress aircraft of the 42d Bombardment Wing situated at the former Loring Air...
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Loring Air Force Base is a former census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Limestone in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. It was the site of...
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The town is best known for being the home of the Loring Commerce Centre (formerly Loring Air Force Base; also lying on its former territory is the Aroostook...
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The Loring Air Force Base Double Cantilever hangar (officially known as Building 8280) is the largest structure at the former Loring Air Force Base, now...
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Loring International Airport is the operational name of the airfield at the former Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine, United States. It is currently...
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station, Loring Air Force Base, closed in 1994. The wing was activated several months later as 42nd Air Base Wing, replacing the 502nd Air Base Wing as...
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former U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavík, Iceland Loring Global, former Loring Air Force Base, Maine, USA MacDill Global, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, USA...
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1951 until its absorption into Loring Air Force Base in 1962. It was located in Limestone, Maine, adjacent to Loring. Between 1951 and 1962 Caribou was...
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Presque Isle International Airport (redirect from Presque Isle Army Air Field)
Naval Air Station Brunswick runway 1R/19L, 8000'), and fifth longest overall (after the Loring Commerce Centre, formerly Loring Air Force Base (runway...
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After his death, Loring was awarded the Medal of Honor and made the namesake of Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine. Charles Loring Jr. was born on...
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held their second festival, The Great Went, over two days at the Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine, near the Canada–United States border. In October...
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(disestablished) Loring Air Force Base Lowry Air Force Base Marine Corps Air Station Tustin Myrtle Beach Air Force Base Naval Air Station Chase Field Naval Air Station...
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United States to Europe. The 1991 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended the closure of the Loring Air Force Base, and it closed in 1994. During...
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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...
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Douglas C-124 Globemaster II (redirect from US Air Force C-124A (49-0244))
Military Airlift Wing 23 March 1951: A C-124A 49-0244 flying from Loring Air Force Base to RAF Mildenhall reported a fire in the cargo crates, signaling...
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located in Aroostook County near Limestone. Developed from the former Loring Air Force Base which closed in 1994, it is home to over 20 employers with more...
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List of Nike missile sites (redirect from Loring AFB Defense Area)
Missile Battery MS-40, Farmington, Dakota County, MN" Nebraska Lincoln Air Force Base Online Museum New Jersey Nike Missile Sites in New Jersey New Mexico...
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on August 16 and 17, 1997, close to the Canada–US border at the Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine. The event was named after a quote from the...
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"SAC Bases: Loring Air Force Base". Strategic-Air-Command.com. Retrieved August 3, 2018. Earth Tech, Inc. (1994). "Loring Air Force Base" (PDF). Historic...
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successful launch of their Stardust series of rockets at Loring Commerce Centre (formerly Loring Air Force Base) on January 31, 2021. Afterwards, other planned...
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Loring Highway, part of U.S. Route 1 in Maine HMS Loring (K565), a British frigate in commission in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945 Loring Air Force...
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1950 Rivière-du-Loup B-50 nuclear weapon loss incident (category Accidents and incidents involving United States Air Force aircraft)
from Goose Bay AFB to Davis–Monthan Air Force Base. The troubled aircraft successfully diverted to Loring Air Force Base in Maine. The incident was immediately...
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miles (2.4 km) at the Loring Timing Association's Land Speed Race, at the Loring Commerce Centre (the former Loring Air Force Base) in Limestone, Maine...
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Florida, a purpose-built landing strip. Landings also occurred at Edwards Air Force Base in California, and one took place at White Sands Space Harbor in New...
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John F. Campbell (general) (category Recipients of the Air Medal)
Foundation. The son of a United States Air Force senior master sergeant, Campbell was born at Loring Air Force Base in Maine on 11 April 1957 and grew up...
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New Mexico Loring Air Force Base, Maine McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington Wendover Air Force Base, Utah Those bases...
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on August 16 and 17, 1997, close to the Canada–US border at the Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine. The event was named after a quote from the...
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by the United States Air Force during the Cold War where Strategic Air Command bombers were launched from Loring Air Force Base and loitered off of the...
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Air Force Base, Canal Zone, (Closed 1997) France Air Force Base, Canal Zone, (Closed 1949) Howard Air Force Base, Canal Zone, (Closed 1999) Ramey Air...
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