WAFB closed in 1993
The Air Force formally closes operations at Wurtsmith on this date in 1993
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The Base is renamed Wurtsmith AFB
On this date in 1953, Oscoda Air Force Base is officially designated Paul B. Wurtsmith Air Force Base. Major General Wurtsmith was from Detroit Michigan and a World War II […]
Happy Birthday …….
Wurtsmith Air Museum 4071 East Van Ettan Street, Oscoda, MIMajor General Paul B. Wurtsmith was born on this date in1906
The B-52G made its first flight on 31 August 1958
A total of 193 were built, the largest number of any model of the B-52. G MODEL MAJOR MODERNIZATIONS INCORPORATED the “wet wing,” eliminating fuel bladders in favor of a […]
Patriot Day
Wurtsmith Air Museum 4071 East Van Ettan Street, Oscoda, MIRemember those who were injured or died during the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001.
WURTSMITH AIR MUSEUM FOUNDERS’ DAY
Wurtsmith Air Museum 4071 East Van Ettan Street, Oscoda, MIAir Force Birthday
Wurtsmith Air Museum 4071 East Van Ettan Street, Oscoda, MI
Last KC-135A Departs WAFB
On this date in 1992, “Freedoms Best", was the last Tanker to depart Wurtsmith. Click to read the article
On this date in 1965 …
Wurtsmith Air Museum 4071 East Van Ettan Street, Oscoda, MIOn 29 September 1965, ten years after it entered service, the first operational Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, RB-52B-15-BO 52-8711, was retired to the Strategic Aerospace Museum, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. […]
In Memoriam
On this date in 1988, KC-135A, 60-0317, was returning from TDY to KI Sawyer. The aircraft made a hard landing following a steep approach in crosswind conditions and went off […]
Anniversary of the breaking of the sound barrier.
On October 14, 1947, A booming thunder roared across the clear skies of the Mojave Desert, as U.S. Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager flew an experimental rocket-powered plane faster than […]
On this day in aviation history…
Wurtsmith Air Museum 4071 East Van Ettan Street, Oscoda, MI18 October 1922: At Selfridge Field, near Mount Clemens, Michigan, Assistant Chief of the Air Service Brigadier General William Mitchell set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Absolute Speed Record flying a […]