Rosecrans Air National Guard Base
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| Rosecrans Memorial Airport | |||
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| IATA: STJ - ICAO: KSTJ | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | City of St. Joseph | ||
| Serves | St. Joseph, Missouri | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 826 ft (251.8 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 17/35 | 8,059 | 2,456 | Concrete |
| 13/31 | 4,797 | 1,462 | Asphalt/Concrete |
Rosecrans Air National Guard Base or Rosecrans ANGB, is located on a portion of the Rosecrans Memorial Airport (IATA: STJ, ICAO: KSTJ), Saint Joseph, Missouri. It is the home of the 139th Airlift Wing, Missouri Air National Guard.
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[edit] History
During World War II, the Army Air Force established Rosecrans Field, also called St. Joseph Army Air Field[1], at Rosecrans. Rosecrans Field, an Air Transport Commmand field, also had a training role as an Operational Training Unit (OTU) composed of the 561st and 562nd Training Squadron, 1st Operational Training Unit.
In 1948, the base was conveyed to the City of Saint Joseph, Missouri with the exception of 142 acres set aside for use by the Air National Guard organized in 1946. Some of the old temporary WWII barracks were still present until the Great Flood of 1993 when they were destroyed.
[edit] See also
139th Airlift Wing, 180th Airlift Squadron, Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center, Rosecrans Memorial Airport
[edit] External links
- Rosecrans Memorial Airport
- 139th Airlift Wing
- Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center
- Air Force Link - Sites
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KSTJ
- ASN Accident history for KSTJ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS current and historical weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KSTJ
