McEntire Joint National Guard Base
USA /
South Carolina /
Eastover /
S. Carolina Rd., 1325
World
/ USA
/ South Carolina
/ Eastover
World / United States / South Carolina
military airbase, military reserve force
McEntire Air National Guard Station (ANGS)
Home to the 169th Fighter Wing
McEntire Air National Guard Station (ANGS) is located approximately 16 miles southwest of Columbia, South Carolina. The 2,400-acre base is owned by the US Government and is operated by the South Carolina Air National Guard. McEntire ANGS owns 2,344 acres and leases approximately 64 acres from the State of South Carolina. The South Carolina Air National Guard was formed in December 1946 and today is made up of 1,300 members who train at McEntire ANG Station. The base is home to the 169th Fighter Wing, which flies the F-16 multi-role fighter. An Army National Guard aviation unit is also a tenant on the base.
The base has a total 95 buildings: 90 industrial, 4 administrative and one services totaling 263,000 square feet. There is no family or transient housing. New facilities under construction include an addition to the avionics building (2,500 square feet) and replacement of the air traffic control tower and aircraft support equipment facility (14,600 square feet total). Additionally, seven facilities totaling approximately 21,000 square feet were demolished in FY 2001. There are 550 full-time ANG personnel on base which increases to 1300 one weekend per month. Additionally, there is a small cadre of Army personnel on base, increasing to 400 every other weekend
Runway 5/23
Dimensions: 2020 x 90 ft. / 616 x 27 m
Runway 14/32
Dimensions: 9017 x 150 ft. / 2748 x 46 m
Order of battle
169th Operations Group
157th Fighter Squadron
169th Operations Support Flight
169th Maintenance Group
169th Maintenance Squadron
169th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
169th Maintenance Operations Flight
169th Medical Group
240th Combat Communications Squadron
169th Mission Support Group
169th Mission Support Flight
169th Communications Flight
169th Security Forces Squadron
169th Civil Engineering Squadron
169th Logistics Readiness Squadron
169th Services Flight
245th Air Traffic Control Squadron
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Home to the 169th Fighter Wing
McEntire Air National Guard Station (ANGS) is located approximately 16 miles southwest of Columbia, South Carolina. The 2,400-acre base is owned by the US Government and is operated by the South Carolina Air National Guard. McEntire ANGS owns 2,344 acres and leases approximately 64 acres from the State of South Carolina. The South Carolina Air National Guard was formed in December 1946 and today is made up of 1,300 members who train at McEntire ANG Station. The base is home to the 169th Fighter Wing, which flies the F-16 multi-role fighter. An Army National Guard aviation unit is also a tenant on the base.
The base has a total 95 buildings: 90 industrial, 4 administrative and one services totaling 263,000 square feet. There is no family or transient housing. New facilities under construction include an addition to the avionics building (2,500 square feet) and replacement of the air traffic control tower and aircraft support equipment facility (14,600 square feet total). Additionally, seven facilities totaling approximately 21,000 square feet were demolished in FY 2001. There are 550 full-time ANG personnel on base which increases to 1300 one weekend per month. Additionally, there is a small cadre of Army personnel on base, increasing to 400 every other weekend
Runway 5/23
Dimensions: 2020 x 90 ft. / 616 x 27 m
Runway 14/32
Dimensions: 9017 x 150 ft. / 2748 x 46 m
Order of battle
169th Operations Group
157th Fighter Squadron
169th Operations Support Flight
169th Maintenance Group
169th Maintenance Squadron
169th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
169th Maintenance Operations Flight
169th Medical Group
240th Combat Communications Squadron
169th Mission Support Group
169th Mission Support Flight
169th Communications Flight
169th Security Forces Squadron
169th Civil Engineering Squadron
169th Logistics Readiness Squadron
169th Services Flight
245th Air Traffic Control Squadron
www.169fw.ang.af.mil/resources/factsheets/factsheet.asp...
www.169fw.ang.af.mil/
www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/mcentire.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McEntire_Joint_National_Guard_Station
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Coordinates: 33°55'28"N 80°48'7"W
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