Lincoln Air Force Base

Lincoln Air Force Base
Lincoln, Nebraska
Nebraska ANG KC-135R refueling F-15s
Lincoln ANGB
Coordinates	40°51′04″N 096°45′33″W / 40.85111°N 96.75917°W / 40.85111; -96.75917 (Lincoln AFB)Coordinates: 40°51′04″N 096°45′33″W / 40.85111°N 96.75917°W / 40.85111; -96.75917 (Lincoln AFB)
Type	Air Force Base
Site information
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Site history
Built	1943
In use	1943-Present
Garrison information
Garrison	155th Air Refueling Wing

Lincoln Air Force Base, was a United States Air Force installation located approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Lincoln, Nebraska. The facility was a USAF base. It is located within the city limits of Lincoln.

A World War II Army Airfield, a Cold War naval air station, and later a United States Air Force installation under the Strategic Air Command (SAC), most of the original airfield and base is now owned by the City of Lincoln, Nebraska. It is used for general, commercial, and military aviation activities, as well as a colocated industrial park and public and private housing. Lincoln Airport, established in 1960, was built on the east side of the former Lincoln Air Force Base main runway. With the closure of Lincoln Air Force Base in 1966, the City of Lincoln assumed possession of those airfield facilities of the former military base not retained by the Nebraska Air National Guard or the Nebraska Army National Guard.

What would become Lincoln Airport began in the early 1920s when the city selected a plot of land Northwest of the city to be used as a municipal airport. Charles Lindbergh learned flying at Lincoln Airfield in 1922. Template:Lindbergh's flight log The airfield became an air mail stop in 1928 and became a United Air Lines stop during 1927, it continues its service to Lincoln to this day.

The Lincoln Airplane and Flying School was established in 1928 and operated at the airfield (which briefly was known as Lindbergh Field), before later moving to Union Airport a few miles east. In 1939, the Lincoln Airplane and Flying School was one of nine civilian contract flight schools contracted by the United States Army Air Corps for basic flight training of air cadets under the 4500 pilot training expansion program. The school was operated by E. J. Sias. However, due to the short summer flying season, flight training in Lincoln was closed on 15 November 1940. It was moved to Drane Field, Lakeland, Florida where it reopened with new owners under the name "Lakeland School of Aeronautics" and continued Army contract pilot training. As part of the contract flying school, the Air Corps established the 47th Training Detachment to command the military flight cadets at the school, which apparently also moved to Lakeland along with the school.