Lowry Air Force Base

"Lowry Field" redirects here. For the "Lowry Field" baseball facility renamed Jackie Robinson Field, see Lowry Sports Complex. For the former James A. Lowry Municipal Airport, see Northport, Washington. For the airfield at the nearby 1942 Continental-Denver Modification Center, see Denver Municipal Airport.

Lowry Air Force Base
Part of Air Training Command (ATC)
Located in Aurora and Denver, Colorado
Lowry Air Force Base and nearby residential areas in March 1987
Coordinates39°43′23″N 104°53′31″W / 39.72306°N 104.89194°W / 39.72306; -104.89194 (Lowry AFB)[1]
TypeUSAF base
CodeGNIS: 2089348[1]
FFID: CO857002413000[2] USAF: 08007F[3]
Site information
OwnerCity & County of Denver
Controlled byUnited States Air Force
ConditionDenver neighborhood
Site history
Built1937–1941
In use12 Dec 1938 – 30 Sep 1994 (base)
1938 – 1966 (airfield)
Demolishednumerous buildings
Garrison information
GarrisonLowry Technical Training Center

Lowry Air Force Base (Lowry Field from 1938–1948) is a former United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) training base during World War II and a United States Air Force (USAF) training base during the Cold War. From 1955-1958, it served as the initial site of the U.S. Air Force Academy. It is a U.S. Formerly Used Defense Site (B08CO0505).[4]

Lowry Air Force Base is located in Colorado
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Lowry AFB shown with 2 Titan I launch complexes and missile plant PJKS
  1. ^ a b "Lowry Air Force Base (2089348)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 21 September 2013. (The GNIS has a 2nd set of coordinates at McMullin Park, and it also lists the Lowry Elementary School – 2695987 at 394246N 1045347W.)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference DENIX was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference USAF_BF_ID was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "U.S. General Accounting Office". gao.gov. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2019.