Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base

Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base
Part of West Virginia Air National Guard
Located near Martinsburg, West Virginia
C-5A Galaxy of the 167th Airlift Wing at Shepherd Field ANGB
Shepherd Field ANGB Location of Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°24′07″N 77°59′04″W / 39.40194°N 77.98444°W / 39.40194; -77.98444 (Shepherd Field ANGB)Coordinates: 39°24′07″N 77°59′04″W / 39.40194°N 77.98444°W / 39.40194; -77.98444 (Shepherd Field ANGB)
Site information
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Site history
Built	1938
In use	1947–present
Garrison information
Garrison	167th Airlift Wing

Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base is the home base of the West Virginia Air National Guard 167th Airlift Wing located at the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport, 4 miles south of Martinsburg, West Virginia.

Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base is the home base of the West Virginia Air National Guard 167th Airlift Wing located at the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport, 4 miles south of Martinsburg, West Virginia. The base consists of about 380 acres and 34 buildings totaling 347,441 square feet. During peak surges, the installation population is about 1500 military personnel, consisting of both full-time Air Reserve Technicians (ART) and Active Guard and Reserve (AGR) and part-time Traditional Guardsmen (TG).

After World War II, the Air National Guard designated the State of West Virginia as the resident state for the 167th Fighter Squadron. On 24 May 1946, Charleston's Kanawha Airport became the home base for the renamed 167th Fighter Squadron. Early aircraft included the T-6 Texan, P-47 Thunderbolt (redesignated F-47 in late 1947) and the P-51 Mustang, redesignated F-51 in late 1947. The name, mission, size and even the site changed over the next 40 years, but the unit number "167th" has remained constant with the West Virginia Air National Guard.

As of May 2016^[update] the U.S. Air Force has been investigating whether industrial chemicals have seeped from the 167th Airlift Wing base into the groundwater.