K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base

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former United States Air Force base

K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base was a former United States Air Force installation in Michigan that served as a Strategic Air Command base during the Cold War before its closure and conversion to civilian use.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base canonical	3
K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base Radar Site units	1
former K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former United States Air Force base ⓘ
closedBy	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
closureProgram	Base Realignment and Closure ⓘ surface form: Base Realignment and Closure program
controlledBy	Strategic Air Command ⓘ
convertedTo	civilian airport ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentUse	Sawyer International Airport ⓘ industrial and residential area ⓘ
environment	cold-weather operations location ⓘ
function	Strategic Air Command bomber base ⓘ air defense base ⓘ
garrison	410th Bomb Wing ⓘ 410th Bombardment Wing ⓘ 62d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron ⓘ 87th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron ⓘ K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base Radar Site units
hasFAAcode	SAW ⓘ
hasFacility	aircraft maintenance hangars ⓘ alert facility for nuclear-armed bombers ⓘ base exchange and commissary ⓘ control tower ⓘ family housing areas ⓘ long-range radar installations ⓘ runway arresting systems ⓘ
hasIATAcode	SAW ⓘ
hasICAOcode	KSAW ⓘ
hasNearbyCity	Marquette, Michigan ⓘ
hasRunway	Runway 01/19 ⓘ
hasRunwayLength	approximately 12,300 feet ⓘ
hasRunwaySurface	concrete ⓘ
impact	major economic driver for Marquette County during operation ⓘ
locatedIn	Michigan ⓘ Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	Marquette County, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Kenneth Ingalls Sawyer ⓘ
operatedBy	United States Air Force ⓘ
partOf	Strategic Air Command ⓘ
postClosureImpact	economic hardship for surrounding communities ⓘ
timePeriod	Cold War era ⓘ
usedAircraft	Boeing B-52 Stratofortress ⓘ surface form: B-52 Stratofortress McDonnell F-101 Voodoo ⓘ surface form: F-101 Voodoo Convair F-106 Delta Dart ⓘ surface form: F-106 Delta Dart Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker ⓘ surface form: KC-135 Stratotanker
usedDuringConflict	Cold War ⓘ
usedFor	Cold War strategic deterrence ⓘ air refueling operations ⓘ strategic bomber operations ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sawyer International Airport → previousUse → K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base ⓘ

Forsyth Township, Michigan → hasFormerMilitaryInstallation → K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base ⓘ

Gwinn, Michigan → hasNearbyInstallation → K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base ⓘ

this entity surface form: former K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base

MQT → formerUse → K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base ⓘ

K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base → garrison → K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base Radar Site units