Quonset Point Air National Guard Station

Quonset Point Air National Guard Station
Near North Kingstown, Rhode Island in the United States
An aerial view of Quonset Point ANGS during 2016
Quonset Point ANGS is located in Rhode Island
Quonset Point ANGS
Quonset Point ANGS
Quonset Point ANGS is located in the United States
Quonset Point ANGS
Quonset Point ANGS
Coordinates41°35′50″N 071°24′44″W / 41.59722°N 71.41222°W / 41.59722; -71.41222 (Quonset Point ANGS)
TypeAir National Guard station
Site information
OwnerDepartment of Defense
OperatorUS Air Force (USAF)
Controlled byRhode Island Air National Guard
ConditionOperational
Site history
Built1941 (1941) (as NAS Quonset Point)
In use1941 – present
Garrison information
Current
commander
Colonel Michael A. Comstock
Garrison143rd Airlift Wing
Airfield information
IdentifiersICAO: KOQU, FAA LID: OQU, WMO: 725074
Elevation5.4 metres (18 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
16/34 2,287.2 metres (7,504 ft) Asphalt
5/23 1,219.2 metres (4,000 ft) Asphalt
Airfield shared with Quonset State Airport
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Quonset Point Air National Guard Station is the home base of the Rhode Island Air National Guard 143rd Airlift Wing.[2] Naval Air Station (NAS) Quonset Point was a United States Naval Base in Quonset Point, Rhode Island that was deactivated in 1974. Next to NAS Quonset Point was Camp Endicott at Davisville, home of the Naval Construction Battalions known as the Seabees. Quonset Point also gave its name to the Quonset hut, a standardized temporary structure used by the U.S. military starting in World War II. Former US President Richard M. Nixon went through basic naval officer training at Quonset Point in 1942.[3]

  1. ^ "Airport Diagram – Quonset State (OQU))" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Home of the 143rd Airlift WIng". www.143aw.ang.af.mil. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  3. ^ Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, RI Archived June 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine