Quonset Point Air National Guard Station information
Military base in Rhode Island, US
Quonset Point Air National Guard Station
Near North Kingstown, Rhode Island in the United States
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Coordinates
41°35′50″N071°24′44″W / 41.59722°N 71.41222°W / 41.59722; -71.41222 (Quonset Point ANGS)
Type
Air National Guard station
Site information
Owner
Department of Defense
Operator
US Air Force (USAF)
Controlled by
Rhode Island Air National Guard
Condition
Operational
Site history
Built
1941 (1941) (as NAS Quonset Point)
In use
1941 – present
Garrison information
Current commander
Colonel Michael A. Comstock
Garrison
143rd Airlift Wing
Airfield information
Identifiers
ICAO: KOQU, FAA LID: OQU, WMO: 725074
Elevation
5.4 metres (18 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction
Length and surface
16/34
2,287.2 metres (7,504 ft) Asphalt
5/23
1,219.2 metres (4,000 ft) Asphalt
Airfield shared with Quonset State Airport Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]
Quonset Point Air National Guard Station is the home base of the Rhode Island Air National Guard 143rd Airlift Wing.[2]Naval Air Station (NAS) Quonset Point was a United States Naval Base in Quonset Point, Rhode Island that was deactivated in 1974. Next to NAS Quonset Point was Camp Endicott at Davisville, home of the Naval Construction Battalions known as the Seabees. Quonset Point also gave its name to the Quonset hut, a standardized temporary structure used by the U.S. military starting in World War II. Former US President Richard M. Nixon went through basic naval officer training at Quonset Point in 1942.[3]
^"Airport Diagram – Quonset State (OQU))" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^"Home of the 143rd Airlift WIng". www.143aw.ang.af.mil. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
^Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, RI Archived June 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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