Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York

Location:Located in SW part of Plattsburgh, NY, about 300 miles north of New York City in the NE corner of the state

Origin of current name: Named after a city in New York

Date current name was assigned to base: February 1st 1955

Previous Names: Plattsburgh Barracks (USA), 1838

Date Established: February 1st 1955

Date Occupied: February 1st 1955

Construction Began: January 1953

Changes in Capability: Runway completed, landing of first aircraft (KC-97) 7 Nov 1955; B-47 bombers arrived Jun 1956; SAC wing and division headquarters assigned late 1956; 1,685-unit Capehart housing project accepted and base hospital completed Oct 1959; 12 Atlas ICBM sites completed and operational mid-1962 (disposed 1968-1970); base began B-52 operations Jun 1966; major construction for FB-111 operations 1968-1972; three FB-111 flight simulators completed spring 1974; facilities provided to accommodate SRAM operations 1974-1975; major housing modification and upgrading completed Jan 1978; support equipment shop completed Sep 1980.



History:

Rome Army Air Field, June 1945