F.E. Warren Air Force Base - Cheyenne, WY
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N 41° 08.825 W 104° 50.445
13T E 513363 N 4555097
Founded in 1862 at Camp Carlin, Warren AFB is the oldest continuously active military installation within the Air Force, established in 1867 by the United States Army as Fort David Allen Russell.
Waymark Code: WMMQBV
Location: Wyoming, United States
Date Posted: 10/25/2014
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"Francis E. Warren Air Force Base (IATA: FEW, ICAO: KFEW, FAA LID: FEW) is a United States Air Force (AFB) base located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Cheyenne, Wyoming. It is one of three strategic missile bases in the US. It was named in honor of Francis E. Warren in 1930. Warren AFB is home of the 90th Missile Wing (90 MW), assigned to the Twentieth Air Force, Air Force Global Strike Command. The 90 MW operates the LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM, with launch facilities in Southeast Wyoming, Western Nebraska, and Northern Colorado. It is also the home of Twentieth Air Force, which commands all US Air Force ICBMs.
Warren AFB is the oldest continuously active military installation within the Air Force, established in 1867 by the United States Army as Fort David Allen Russell. The facility came under United States Army Air Forces control on 1 June 1947, and United States Air Force (USAF) respectively on 18 September 1947 until now.
The 90th Missile Wing has been commanded by Colonel Tracey Hayes. Twentieth Air Force has been under the command of Major General Jack Weinstein since 2003. Warren AFB is a census-designated place and had a resident population of 3,072 at the 2010 census.
The history of the base dates back to the Railroad Act of 1862, when president Lincoln and Congress set plans for the transcontinental railroad. This included a military installation on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains in the Wyoming Territory, to protect Union Pacific workers from "hostile Indians". From these pioneer origins, the base evolved from a frontier infantry and cavalry post into the largest, most modern strategic missile facility in the US. Warren AFB is named in honor of Wyoming's first United States Senator, Francis Emroy Warren (1844–1929), who was awarded the Medal of Honor at age 19 during the American Civil War." (from (
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Since this is an active military installation, only photos of the entrance are allowed.