Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base

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Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base
Near Martinsburg, West Virginia in the United States
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A C-17A Globemaster III assigned to the 167th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air National Guard, based at Shepherd Field ANGB.
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Site information
TypeAir National Guard Base
Owner Department of Defense
Operator US Air Force (USAF)
Controlled by West Virginia Air National Guard
ConditionOperational
Website www.167aw.ang.af.mil
Location
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Shepherd ANGB
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Shepherd ANGB
Coordinates 39°24′07″N77°59′04″W / 39.40194°N 77.98444°W / 39.40194; -77.98444 (Shepherd Field ANGB)
Site history
Built1955 (1955)
In use1955 – present
Garrison information
Garrison 167th Airlift Wing (host)
Airfield information
Identifiers IATA: MRB, ICAO: KMRB, FAA LID: MRB, WMO: 724177
Elevation172.2 metres (565 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
8/262,686.8 metres (8,815 ft)  Asphalt/Grooved
Airfield shared with Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport.
Source: Federal Aviation Administration [1]

Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base is the home base of the West Virginia Air National Guard 167th Airlift Wing located at the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport, 4 miles south of Martinsburg, West Virginia.

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Environmental issues

As of May 2016 the U.S. Air Force has been investigating whether industrial chemicals have seeped from the 167th Airlift Wing base into the groundwater. [2]

In August 2014, the Air Force had found 10 areas where aqueous film forming foam may have entered the soil including "a former fire-training area, three hangars, two buildings, a fire-truck testing area, two storage areas and a wastewater-treatment area". [2] The military seeks to determine if the compounds are present, and if they seeped into the groundwater.

The Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport is in the Big Springs wellhead-protection area for the city's water supply. [2]

See also

West Virginia National Guard

References

  1. "Airport Diagram – Eastern WV Rgnl/Shepherd Fld (MRB)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Matthew Umstead (21 May 2016). "Air Force exploring whether it contaminated Berkeley County water". Herald Mail. Herald Mail Media. Retrieved 25 May 2016.

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency