Bolling Air Force Base (Washington, D.C.)

USA / Maryland / Forest Heights / Washington, D.C.
 military, United States Air Force

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Established 2 October 1917. Designated in honor of Col. Raynal C. Bolling, Assistant Chief of the Air Service, who was killed on an air mission 26 March 1918 over Amiens, France.

One of several US Air Force Base without a runway. Houses various administrative, intelligence, and logistics groups. Home of the USAF Honor Guard and Band.

Formerly home to the General Headquarters Air Force from 1933 to 1935 and again in 1941, the 8th Division Aviation from 1923 to 1929, the 1st Photo Squardron from 1940 to 1941, the 1st Staff Squadron from 1936 to 1941, the 2nd Staff Squadron from 1936 to 1941, the 2nd Bombardment Squadron from 1940 to 1941, the Base Headquarters and 14th Air Base Squadron from 1936 to 1940, the 14th Bombardment Squadron from 1935 to 1936), the 18th Headquarters Squadron from 1923 to 1929, the 21st Observation Squadron from 1935 to 1936, the 41st Pursuit Squadron in 1940, the 56th Service Squadron from 1923 to 1928, the 99th Aero Squadron from 1919 to 1921, the 99th Observation Squadron from 1921 to 1927, and the 100th Service Squadron from 1935 to 1936.
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Coordinates:   38°50'18"N   77°1'2"W
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