Overview
A World War II Army Airfield and later a United States Air Force Strategic Air Command base, today most of the original Airfield is now owned by the City of Lincoln, and is used for general, commercial, and military aviation, an 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, and with the closure of the Air Force Base in 1966 assumed possession of the airfield facilities of the former military base
A portion of is home to the Nebraska Air National Guard's 155th Air Refueling Wing (155 ARW), an Air Mobility Command (AMC)-gained Air National Guard unit flying the KC-135R Stratotanker. The 155 ARW is the nation's 2d oldest Air National Guard unit, being offered federal recognition on 26 July 1946 as the 173rd Fighter Squadron. It operates from a new facility built on the southeast side of the main runway. The 155th Air Refueling Wing is commanded by Colonel Keith Schell.
Several Nebraska Army National Guard units are also collocated at the installation, located just east of Runway 36, alongside Taxiway Delta. The Air National Guard's tarmac is closed to general aviation and is guarded by the 155th Security Forces Squadron (155 SFS), an Air Force Security Forces unit, 24 hours a day.
Lincoln Airport previously served as an alternate landing site for the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter. Air National Guard and other military aircraft land on the same runways as the commercial airport, but their crews & passengers are never de-planed into the Lincoln Airport Terminal, with military aircraft taxiing directly to Air National Guard facilities.
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