McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base

McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base
Part of Tennessee Air National Guard (ANG)
KC-135R Arrives at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base
McGhee Tyson ANGB Location of McGhee Tyson ANGB, Tennessee
Coordinates	35°48′39″N 083°59′38″W / 35.81083°N 83.99389°W / 35.81083; -83.99389 (McGhee Tyson ANGB)Coordinates: 35°48′39″N 083°59′38″W / 35.81083°N 83.99389°W / 35.81083; -83.99389 (McGhee Tyson ANGB)
Type	Air National Guard Base
Site information
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Site history
Built	1951
In use	1951–present
Garrison information
Garrison	134th Air Refueling Wing

McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base (IATA: TYS, ICAO: KTYS, FAA LID: TYS) is a joint military facility located at McGhee Tyson Airport. It is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) south of the central business district of Knoxville, near Alcoa, Blount County, Tennessee, United States. It was the site of McGhee Tyson Air Force Base from 1952 until 1960.

McGhee Tyson ANGB is the home of the 134th Air Refueling Wing (134 ARW) of the Tennessee Air National Guard, an Air Mobility Command (AMC) gained unit which functions as the host wing for the installation. Other tenants of the base include the 119th Command and Control Squadron the I.G. Brown Air National Guard Training and Education Center, Air National Guard Band of the South, and the 1-230th Armored Cavalry Squadron's Army Aviation Support Facility of the Tennessee Army National Guard, operating several OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopters.