Kearney Air Force Base

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Kearney Air Force Base
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Kearney Army Airfield
Part of Strategic Air Command
Center Township, Buffalo County, near Kearney, Nebraska
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Kearney AFB
Coordinates 40°43′37″N099°00′24″W / 40.72694°N 99.00667°W / 40.72694; -99.00667
Type Air Force Base
Site history
Built1941-1942
In use1942-1949

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.

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