Wurtsmith Air Force Base
Wurtsmith Air Force Base is a decommissioned United States Air Force base in Iosco County, Michigan. It operated from 1923 until decommissioned in 1993.Previous names
- Camp Skeel, November 1931
- Oscoda Army Air Field, August 1942
- Oscoda Air Force Base, 24 June 1948
- Wurtsmith Air Force Base, 15 February 1953 – 30 June 1993
Major commands to which assigned
- General Headquarters Air Force, 26 June 1936
- Third Air Force, 2 September 1942
- Air Service Command, 12 December 1942
- Third Air Force, 5 March 1943
- First Air Force, 14 August 1943
- Continental Air Forces, 16 April 1945
- Continental Air Command,1 January 1949
- Air Defense Command, 1 January 1951
- Strategic Air Command, 1 April 1960
- Air Combat Command, 1 June 1992 – 30 June 1993
Major units assigned
- First Pursuit Group, 15 October 1927
- 100th Base HQ and Air Base Squadron, 31 October 1942
- 524th Base HQ and Air Base Squadron, 21 June 1943
- 134th AAF Base Unit, 14 April 1944 – 12 April 1945
- 4301st Base Services Squadron, 1 August 1948
- 332d Fighter Group, 2 April 1943 – 9 July 1943
- 100th Fighter Squadron, 29 October 1943 – 8 November 1943
- 301st Fighter Squadron, 21 May 1943 – 10 July 1943
- 302d Fighter Squadron, 19 November 1943 – December 1943
- 403d Fighter Squadron, May 1943 – 15 December 1943
- 754th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 27 November 1950 – 20 July 1951
- 63d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 5 January 1951 – 17 August 1955
- 527th Air Service Group
- 75th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1 October 1968 - 30 November 1969
- 445th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 15 August 1955 – 30 September 1968
- 31st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 8 June 1956 – 20 August 1957
- 18th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 20 August 1957 – 27 April 1960
- 4026th Strategic Wing, 1 August 1958 – 9 January 1961
- 40th Air Division, 1 July 1959 – 8 June 1988
- 920th Air Refueling Squadron, 15 July 1960 – 15 June 1993
- 379th Bombardment Wing, 9 January 1961 – 30 June 1993
- 94th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1 December 1969 - 30 June 1971