USAF - Moses Lake

47°11'4"N 119°19'22"W Former Larson airbase located five miles northwest of the central business district of Moses Lake, Grant County, Washington. After its closure in 1966, the airport facility became Grant County International Airport.

Former Moses Lake WW2 trainingbase and after the war a testbase for the B-47 and B-50. Reopened 1949 as Moses Lake airbase under Air Defense Command. Renamed Larson airbase 1950. ADC units stationed:
- 325th Fighter Interceptor Group (1948-1951)
- 81st Fighter Interceptor Wing (1949-1952) then moved to UK RAF Sheperds Grove
- Lashup radarstn 29 with AN/CPS-5, AN/CPS-1 and AN/CPS-4 radars operated by 637th AC&W Sq (1950-1952)
- SAGE radar direction center (1957-1966) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/eb/Sage_typical_building.jpg

SAC units stationed:
- 71st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing (1955-1958) operating RB-36s
- 4170 SW (1960-1966) 327th Bombardment Sqn operating B-52Ds
Former Xmas tree alert facility http://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/31/52/cf/3152cfa38e524d6795698e026f96e720.jpg and Molehole underground crew alert facility http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4101/4860464250_651495b076_b.jpg are at grid 47°11'17"N 119°18'2"W
Former nuc WSA http://fas.org/programs/ssp/nukes/images/b61s.jpg at grid 47°13'16"N 119°18'16"W
- 462d Strategic Aerospace Wing / 568th Strategic Missile Sq (1962-1966) operating Titan 1 ICBM's in 3 launch complexes each housing 3x missiles. The underground launch complexes were at grid 47°11'11"N 118°49'20"W at 46°55'0"N 119° 3'17"W and at 46°54'26"N 119°45'19"W

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