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McCoy AFB (1940–1947, 1951–1975) is a former U.S. Air Force installation located 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Orlando, Florida. It was a training base during World War II. From 1951 to 1975, it was a frontline Strategic Air Command (SAC) base during the Cold War and Vietnam War.
McCoy AFB (1940–1947, 1951–1975) is a former U.S. Air Force installation located 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Orlando, Florida. It was a training base during World War II. From 1951 to 1975, it was a frontline Strategic Air Command (SAC) base during the Cold War and Vietnam War.
McCoy died in 1957 when he crashed his plane at the Pine Castle Air Force Base, which would later bear his name in honor of him avoiding a residential area when attempting to land; despite a rumor that he had been inebriated while behind the helm.
McCoy AFB (1940–1947, 1951–1975) is a former United States Air Force base located 10 miles (16 km) south of Orlando, Florida. It was a training base during World War II. After the war it became a Front-Line Strategic Air Command (SAC) base during the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
The airport code MCO stands for the airport's former name, McCoy Air Force Base, a Strategic Air Command (SAC) installation, that was closed in 1975 as part of a general military drawdown following the end of the Vietnam War.
McCoy Air Force Base on the western runway of Orlando International Airport in an area known now as the Orlando Tradeport. McCoy AFB was originally constructed in 1940 as a civilian replacement airport for the Orlando Municipal Airport which was converted to Orlando Army Airfield.
The former McCoy Air Force Base consisted of more than 4,420 acres in Orlando, Florida. The site, initially known as Pinecastle Army Airfield, was used for flight training and U-2 reconnaissance...
Its dates are often given as Oct. 16-28, 1962, but we might say the crisis really began Oct. 14, when Maj. Richard Heyser took off from the California desert in a U-2 spy plane, flew over Cuba and...
The base was renamed McCoy Air Force Base in 1958. Pinecastle Army Airfield was used as a training base for B-17 bomber crews. Records indicate that planes from Pinecastle AAF performed test...
Orlando Sentinel. A B-52D Stratofortress (Air Force Serial Number 56-0687), is the centerpiece of the B-52 Memorial Park, on on Thursday, July 28, 2022. The long-range bomber once part of the...