Kearney Air Force Base

Kearney Air Force Base Kearney Army Airfield
Part of Strategic Air Command
Center Township, Buffalo County, near Kearney, Nebraska
2006 USGS Orthophoto
Kearney AFB
Coordinates	40°43′37″N 099°00′24″W / 40.72694°N 99.00667°W / 40.72694; -99.00667Coordinates: 40°43′37″N 099°00′24″W / 40.72694°N 99.00667°W / 40.72694; -99.00667
Type	Air Force Base
Site history
Built	1941-1942
In use	1942-1949

Kearney Air Force Base is a former USAF base located near Kearney, Nebraska. It operated from 1942 through 1949.

See also

• Nebraska World War II Army Airfields

References

• Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1961 (republished 1983, Office of Air Force History, ISBN 0-912799-02-1).
• Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History 1984. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.
• Mueller, Robert (1989). Volume 1: Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982. USAF Reference Series, Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force, Washington, D.C. ISBN 0-912799-53-6, ISBN 0-16-002261-4
• ArmyAirForces.Com
• USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to present
• The Kearney Army Air Base

External links

• B-17 Crash historical marker at Wood River, Nebraska
• Kearney AAF Historical Website
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective October 11, 2018
• FAA Terminal Procedures for EAR, effective October 11, 2018

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for EAR
  • AirNav airport information for KEAR
  • ASN accident history for EAR
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures