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Keesler Field

Keesler Air Force Base
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Part of Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
Located in Biloxi, Mississippi
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Air Traffic Control Training at Keesler AFB
Coordinates 30°24′41″N 088°55′25″W / 30.41139°N 88.92361°W / 30.41139; -88.92361 (Keesler AFB)
Site information
Controlled by  United States Air Force
Site history
Built 1941
In use 1941–present
Garrison information
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81st Training Wing
Airfield information
Summary
Elevation AMSL 33 ft / 10 m
Coordinates 30°24′41″N 088°55′25″W / 30.41139°N 88.92361°W / 30.41139; -88.92361Coordinates: 30°24′41″N 088°55′25″W / 30.41139°N 88.92361°W / 30.41139; -88.92361
Website www.keesler.af.mil
Map
KBIX is located in Mississippi
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Location of Keesler Air Force Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 7,630 2,326 PEM

Keesler Air Force Base (IATA: BIXICAO: KBIXFAA LID: BIX) is a United States Air Force base located in Biloxi, a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. The base is named in honor of aviator 2d Lt Samuel Reeves Keesler, Jr., a Mississippi native killed in France during the First World War. The base is home of Headquarters, Second Air Force (2 AF) and the 81st Training Wing (81 TW) of the Air Education and Training Command (AETC).

The base has specialised in ground trade training since its opening in 1941.

In early January 1941, Biloxi city officials assembled a formal offer to invite the United States Army to build a base to support the World War II training buildup. The War Department activated Army Air Corps Station No. 8, Aviation Mechanics School, Biloxi, Mississippi, on 12 June 1941. On August 25, 1941, the base was dedicated as Keesler Army Airfield, in honor of 2d Lt Samuel Reeves Keesler, Jr., a Mississippi native and distinguished aerial observer, killed in action in France during the First World War.


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