Mountain Home Air Force Base | |
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Part of Air Combat Command (ACC) | |
Located near: Mountain Home, Idaho | |
F-15Es of the 366th Operations Group (AF# 90-0233, 90–0248) in a low-level training mission over the Sawtooth Range
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Coordinates | 43°02′37″N 115°52′21″W / 43.04361°N 115.87250°W |
Site information | |
Controlled by | United States Air Force |
Site history | |
Built | 1942 |
In use | 1942 – present |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | 366th Fighter Wing |
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Elevation AMSL | 2,996 ft / 913 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 43°02′37″N 115°52′21″W / 43.04361°N 115.87250°WCoordinates: 43°02′37″N 115°52′21″W / 43.04361°N 115.87250°W | ||||||||||
Website | www.mountainhome.af.mil | ||||||||||
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Location of Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho | |||||||||||
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Sources: Federal Aviation Administration
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Mountain Home Air Force Base (IATA: MUO, ICAO: KMUO, FAA LID: MUO) is a United States Air Force installation located in southwestern Idaho, United States. The base is in Elmore County, 12 mi (19 km) southwest of the city of Mountain Home, which is 40 mi (64 km) southeast of Boise, via Interstate 84.
The host unit at Mountain Home since 1972 has been the 366th Fighter Wing (366 FW) of the Air Combat Command (ACC), nicknamed the "Gunfighters." The base's primary mission is to provide combat airpower and combat support capabilities to respond to and sustain worldwide contingency operations.
Part of the base is a census-designated place (CDP); the population was 3,238 at the 2010 census.
Mountain Home AFB is the home of the 366th Fighter Wing (366 FW), which reports to Air Combat Command (ACC). The mission of the 366 FW is to prepare Airmen and their families, professionally and personally, for expeditionary operations and foster an environment that promotes integration of all facets of wing operations.
The wing comprises four groups and three operational fighter squadrons:
In addition, the 726th Air Control Squadron gives an air picture to the aircraft as they train. An active Idaho Air National Guard unit, the 266th Range Squadron, controls and maintains emitter sites within the 7,412 sq mi (19,200 km2) operational training range located in southern Idaho.