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Warren Air Force Base

Francis E. Warren Air Force Base
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Part of Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC)
Located near: Cheyenne, Wyoming
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An LGM-30G Minuteman III missile inside a silo
F. E. Warren AFB is located in Wyoming
F. E. Warren AFB
F. E. Warren AFB
Location of F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming
Coordinates 41°07′59″N 104°52′01″W / 41.13306°N 104.86694°W / 41.13306; -104.86694Coordinates: 41°07′59″N 104°52′01″W / 41.13306°N 104.86694°W / 41.13306; -104.86694
Site information
Controlled by  United States Air Force
Site history
Built 1867
In use 1867–1945 (U.S. Army)
1947–present (USAF)
Garrison information
Past
commanders
Jack Weinstein
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90th Missile Wing

Warren AFB (census designated place) or (air force base) redirects here. See Francis E. Warren at the link.

Francis E. Warren Air Force Base (ICAO: KFEWFAA LID: FEW) is a United States Air Force (AFB) base located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Cheyenne, Wyoming. It is one of three strategic missile bases in the U.S. It was named in honor of Francis E. Warren in 1930. Warren AFB is home of the 90th Missile Wing (90 MW), assigned to the Twentieth Air Force, Air Force Global Strike Command. The 90 MW operates the LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM, with launch facilities in Southeast Wyoming, Western Nebraska, and Northern Colorado. It is also the home of Twentieth Air Force, which commands all U.S. Air Force ICBMs.

Warren AFB is the oldest continuously active military installation within the Air Force, established in 1867 by the United States Army as Fort David Allen Russell. The facility came under United States Army Air Forces control on 1 June 1947, and United States Air Force (USAF) respectively on 18 September 1947 until now.

The 90th Missile Wing is commanded by Colonel Stephen Kravitsky. Twentieth Air Force, co-located at Warren AFB, has been under the command of Major General Anthony Cotton since 2015. Warren AFB is a census-designated place and had a resident population of 3,072 at the 2010 census.


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