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Forbes Field ANG KS 66618
Forbes Field, previously Forbes Air Force Base, is a joint-use civil-military airport operated by the Topeka Airport Authority located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Topeka, Kansas. It is both an active municipal airport, and a Kansas Air National Guard installation; being the home of the 190th Air Refueling Wing. Closed as an active United States Air Force base in 1973, the former administrative area is now used for commercial offices, state offices, and an industrial park. The 190th Air Refueling Wing of the Kansas Air National Guard occupies 215 acres on the north west end of Forbes Field.
The facility was established in 1941 as Topeka Army Air Field (AAF). It was renamed in honor of Major Daniel Forbes, an Air Force test pilot from Carbondale, Kansas who was killed in a crash of a Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing, which took the lives of all five crew members. The co-pilot on the flight was Captain Glen Edwards, the namesake of Edwards Air Force Base in California.
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Facebook Forum/Pages
Forbes Field (unofficial page)
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190th ARW flyover Topeka capital
Space A Information
Passenger Terminal: DSN: 720-4210 Commercial: (785) 861-4210
Fax: DSN: 720-4555 Commercial: (785) 861-4555
Flight Schedule Recording: DSN: 720-4210 Commercial: (785) 861-4210
Forbes Field Passenger Terminal
Base Directory Passenger Terminal Contact Information
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Ramada Inn West
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Inside Combat Air Musuem
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Kansas Travel – Museum of the Kansas Air National Guard
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