F.E. Warren Air Force Base / Paula Bauman Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Paula Bauman., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

F.E. Warren Air Force Base (Wyo.)--History--Pictorial works.

F.E. Warren Air Force Base (Wyo.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, portraits.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2012]

Summary:

F.E. Warren Air Force Base was originally established in 1867 as Fort D.A. Russell Army Post to protect the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. Infantry, cavalry, and artillery have all been stationed at the post. In 1930, after the death of Francis E. Warren, the post was renamed Fort F.E. Warren. The base has been continuously active and has never closed, even during the transfer from Army to Air Force in 1947. The post was the site of the Quartermaster School in the 1940s and became the Air Force Replacement Training Center in the 1950s. Presently, the installation is, once again, protecting the United States through deterrence with 150 Minuteman III ICBMs.

Contents:

Coffee, hardtrack, and salt pork : army mission and units assigned from 1867 to 1947

Sentinels in the Rockies : air force mission and units assigned from 1947 to 2005

High-class living, or not : officers' row, sergeants' row, and administrative buildings

Famous or infamous people : troops assigned to the base or people who lived in housing

Off-duty R&R : entertaining life on the plains

No hunting from the barracks windows : military horses, dogs, and other animals on base.

OCLC:

885208022