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| Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base | |||||||||
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| Near Columbus, Ohio in the United States | |||||||||
 A KC-135R Stratotanker of the Ohio Air National Guard's 121st Air Refuelling Wing touches down at Rickenbacker ANGB during 2012. | |||||||||
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| Site information | |||||||||
| Type | Air National Guard Base | ||||||||
| Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||||
| Operator | US Air Force (USAF) | ||||||||
| Controlled by | Ohio Air National Guard (ANG) | ||||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||
| Location | |||||||||
  Rickenbacker ANGB Location in the United States | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°48′49″N082°56′48″W / 39.81361°N 82.94667°W | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1940s (as Lockbourne Army Airfield) | ||||||||
| In use | 1940s – present | ||||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||||
| Current commander | Colonel David B. Johnson | ||||||||
| Garrison | 121st Air Refueling Wing | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: LCK, ICAO: KLCK, FAA LID: LCK, WMO: 724285 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 226.7 metres (744 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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| Airfield shared with Rickenbacker International Airport. Source: Federal Aviation Administration [1] | |||||||||
Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base is an Ohio Air National Guard installation at Rickenbacker International Airport near Lockbourne in southern Franklin County. The base was named for the famous early aviator and Columbus native Eddie Rickenbacker.
Rickenbacker ANGB is the home of the 121st Air Refueling Wing (121 ARW), an Air National Guard (ANG) unit flying the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft that also serves as the host wing for the installation. When placed in federal service with the United States Air Force, the wing is operationally-gained by the Air Mobility Command (AMC). Rickenbacker ANGB operates at the airport as a tenant of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, sharing the facility with commercial airlines and other civilian aircraft operators. The air base is also a joint military facility whose own tenant activities include the Ohio Army National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility #2, Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve units, and associated facilities.
Rickenbacker ANGB Composite Squadron (OH-121), a Civil Air Patrol squadron, also operates on the base.
