Atlantic City Air National Guard Base
| Atlantic City Air National Guard Base | |||||||||
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| Near AMSL | |||||||||
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| Airfield shared with Atlantic City International Airport Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||
Atlantic City Air National Guard Base is an Air National Guard base located at Atlantic City International Airport in New Jersey. The base is home New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing, operating F-16C Fighting Falcon.
Role and operations
Established in 1958 at
Operation Iraqi Freedom
.
The 177th Fighter Wing has dual federal (USAF augmentation) and state (support to New Jersey) missions. It carries out Homeland Security air defense missions under the control of the
North American Aerospace Defense Command for peacetime air sovereignty, air defense, and airborne counter-drug operations.[2]
References
- ^ "Airport Diagram – Atlantic City Intl (ACY)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ 177th Fighter Wing
External links
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