Pittsburgh IAP Air Reserve Station
Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station | |||||||||||||
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Near United States of America | |||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°29′40.49″N 080°12′55.71″W / 40.4945806°N 80.2154750°W | ||||||||||||
Type | Air reserve station | ||||||||||||
Site information | |||||||||||||
Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||||||||
Operator | US Air Force (USAF) | ||||||||||||
Controlled by | Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) | ||||||||||||
Condition | Operational | ||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||
Site history | |||||||||||||
Built | 1944 | ||||||||||||
In use | 1944 – present | ||||||||||||
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Airfield information | |||||||||||||
Identifiers | AMSL | ||||||||||||
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Airfield shared with Pittsburgh International Airport Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Pittsburgh IAP Air Reserve Station is a
Overview
Pittsburgh IAP ARS is the home station of the
The
Civil Air Patrol
One of the first Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Aviation Cadet Programs in the United States was established at the then-Pittsburgh Army Air Base in 1943. Since then, the CAP has had a continuous presence on the Air Reserve Station and is considered a Flagship Unit. As a key partner with the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units on Base, the CAP Squadron was a founding member of the Wings Over Pittsburgh Air Show and hosts an annual family picnic for Air Force and military families in the Metro Pittsburgh area.[citation needed]
Wings over Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh's military heritage is also rekindled each summer as the complex hosts one of the largest air shows on the east coast, Wings over Pittsburgh. The first show was held on 4 and 5 June 2000. Roughly 200,000 spectators attended the two-day show in 2005.[3]
The military end of the airport complex has also been mentioned as the best relocation site for the region's
History
Founded as a military airfield for the
After the war, Pittsburgh Municipal Airport became a part of the
In January 1951 the USAF
In 1947, the PA ANG
See also
- Pennsylvania World War II Army Airfields
- Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- ^ "Airport Diagram – Pittsburgh Intl (PIT)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ a b c "Pittsburgh IAP Air Reserve Station". United States Air Force.
- ^ "Wings over Pittsburgh". 911TH Airlift Wing and the Pittsburgh IAP ARS Public Affairs Office. Retrieved 1 December 2007.
- ^ "USAF Historical Research Agency Document 00180432".
- ^ "USAF Historical Research Agency Document 00151313".
- ^ "USAF Historical Research Agency Document 00185903".
- ^ a b A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1961 (republished 1983, Office of Air Force History, ISBN 0-912799-02-1)
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. OCLC 72556.
- Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. ISBN 0-912799-12-9
External links
- GlobalSecurity.org - site on military operations and airport specs for Pittsburgh International