Kearney Air Force Base

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| name = Kearney Air Force Base

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{{smaller|Kearney Army Airfield}}

| partof = Strategic Air Command

| image = Kearney Air Force Base - Nebraska.jpg

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| caption = 2006 USGS Orthophoto

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| pushpin_label=Kearney AFB

| pushpin_mark=Airplane_silhouette.svg

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| built = 1941-1942

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Kearney Air Force Base is a former United States Army Air Forces (as Kearney Army Airfield) and United States Air Force base located near Kearney, Nebraska. It was in operation from 1942 through 1949, after which it was decommissioned and turned over for civilian use as Kearney Regional Airport.

References

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}}).
Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History 1984. {{ISBN|0-912799-12-9}}.
Mueller, Robert (1989). Volume 1: Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982. USAF Reference Series, Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force, Washington, D.C. {{ISBN|0-912799-53-6}}, {{ISBN|0-16-002261-4}}
[http://armyairforces.com/ ArmyAirForces.Com]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090130025918/http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/usafserials.html USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to present]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100715184107/http://bchs.kearney.net/BTales_198804.html The Kearney Army Air Base]
[https://historickearney.unk.edu/exhibits/show/kearney-goes-to-war "Kearney Goes To War," Department of History, University of Nebraska at Kearney] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301140006/https://historickearney.unk.edu/exhibits/show/kearney-goes-to-war |date=1 March 2019 }}

[http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMNXG B-17 Crash historical marker at Wood River, Nebraska]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100715184107/http://bchs.kearney.net/BTales_198804.html Kearney AAF Historical Website]
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