McChord Air Force Base (Wash.)
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United States. McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma
United States. Air Force. McChord Air Force Base
United States. McChord Air Force Base
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Sources
found: McChord Air Force Base directory ... 1958-
found: U.S. Army website, Mar. 25, 2010:Bases get new names in realignment press release (based on the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commision's directive, Fort Lewis and McChord Air Force Base became Joint Base Lewis-McChord in January 2010)
found: Wikipedia, July 5, 2011(Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) is a joint military base of the United States Army and Air Force located in Pierce and Thurston Counties in Washington; est. on 1 Feb. 2010 from the merger of two previously separate but geographically contiguous military bases: the Army's Fort Lewis and the Air Force's McChord Air Force Base; Fort Lewis est. 1917; in1927, Pierce County passed another bond measure to establish a military airfield just north of Fort Lewis. The airfield, called Tacoma Field, opened in 1930 and was renamed McChord Field in 1940. McChord Field separated from Fort Lewis when the U.S. Air Force was created in 1947 and was subsequently renamed McChord Air Force Base)
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Change Notes
1983-03-02: new
2011-11-23: revised
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