Bangor Air National Guard Base
Bangor Air National Guard Base is a United States Air National Guard base located on the grounds of Bangor International Airport in Bangor, Maine.
For civil use of this facility, see Bangor International Airport.Bangor Air National Guard Base
Air National Guard Base
US Air Force (USAF)
Air National Guard (ANG)
Operational
1927 (as Godfrey Field)
1927 – present
Colonel Byron Newell
58.5 metres (192 ft) AMSL
Created in 1927 as the commercial Godfrey Field, the airfield was taken over by the U.S. Army just before World War II and renamed Godfrey Army Airfield and later Dow Army Airfield. It became Dow Air Force Base (AFB) in 1947, when the newly formed U.S. Air Force took over many Army air assets.
In 1968, Dow AFB was closed as part of a nationwide reduction in stateside air force bases and naval air stations to free up funds for combat operations in Southeast Asia. The base was given to the city of Bangor by the General Services Administration as a civilian airport. Maine Air National Guard units continue to be based at the airport in a lease agreement with the city, in an area they had previously occupied when the base was under Air Force control.
