Bangor Air National Guard Base

Bangor Air National Guard Base
Bangor, Maine in United States of America
A US Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker of the 101st Air Refuelling Wing based at Bangor ANGB.
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Coordinates	44°48′51″N 068°49′51″W / 44.81417°N 68.83083°W / 44.81417; -68.83083 (Bangor ANGB)
Type	Air National Guard Base
Site information
Owner	Department of Defense
Operator	US Air Force (USAF)
Controlled by	Air National Guard (ANG)
Condition	Operational
Website	www.101arw.ang.af.mil
Site history
Built	1927 (1927) (as Godfrey Field)
In use	1927 – present
Garrison information
Current commander	Colonel Byron Newell
Garrison	101st Air Refueling Wing
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: BGR, ICAO: KBGR, FAA LID: BGR, WMO: 726088
Elevation	58.5 metres (192 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 15/33 3,486.9 metres (11,440 ft) Asphalt
Airfield shared with Bangor International Airport Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Bangor Air National Guard Base is a United States Air National Guard base located on the grounds of Bangor International Airport in Bangor, Maine.

Created in 1927 as the commercial Godfrey Field, the airfield was taken over by the U.S. Army just before World War II and renamed Bangor Army Air Field and later Dow Field. It became Dow Air Force Base (AFB) in 1948, when the newly formed U.S. Air Force took over many Army air assets.

In 1968, Dow AFB was closed as part of a nationwide reduction in stateside air force bases and naval air stations to free up funds for combat operations in Southeast Asia. The base was given to the city of Bangor by the General Services Administration as a civilian airport. Maine Air National Guard units continue to be based at the airport in a lease agreement with the city, in an area they had previously occupied when the base was under Air Force control.