Selfridge Air National Guard Base | |
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Part of Michigan Air National Guard (MI ANG) | |
Located near: Mount Clemens, Michigan | |
107th Fighter Squadron Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II
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Coordinates | 42°36′30″N 082°50′08″W / 42.60833°N 82.83556°W |
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Controlled by | United States Air Force |
Site history | |
Built | 1917 |
In use | 1917 – present |
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World War I World War II |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | 127th Wing |
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Elevation AMSL | 580 ft / 177 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°36′30″N 082°50′08″W / 42.60833°N 82.83556°WCoordinates: 42°36′30″N 082°50′08″W / 42.60833°N 82.83556°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www.127wg.ang.af.mil | ||||||||||||||
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1925 & 1930 images | |
FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective May 25, 2017 | |
SkyVector aeronautical chart | |
Video | |
1930s A/C formations (Hearst Metrotone News) |
Selfridge Air National Guard Base or Selfridge ANGB (IATA: MTC, ICAO: KMTC, FAA LID: MTC) is an Air National Guard installation located in Harrison Township, Michigan, near Mount Clemens. Selfridge Field was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the United States entry into World War I in April 1917.
The host organization is the 127th Wing (127 WG) of the Michigan Air National Guard, but a variety of Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, Marine Corps, Army Reserve, Army National Guards and active duty Coast Guard units use the facility as well. In 1971, Selfridge ANGB became the largest and most complex joint Reserves Forces base in the United States, a position it held until surpassed by NAS JRB Fort Worth (former Carswell AFB) in the late 1990s.
"U.S. Army Garrison-Selfridge serves the Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) supporting tank construction in the Detroit area."Civil Air Patrol civilian organizations at Selfridge are the 176th Selfridge Composite Squadron and the headquarters of the Michigan Wing.