Malmstrom Air Force Base (Mont.)
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Name (Latin)
Malmstrom Air Force Base (Mont.)
Other forms of name
United States. Malmstrom Air Force Base
United States. Air Force. Malmstrom AFB
United States. Air Force. Malmstrom Air Force Base
Malmstrom AFB (Mont.)
Associated country
United States
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MARC
Sources of Information
- GNIS, August 16, 2021Malmstrom Air Force Base (Cascade County, MT; 47°30'19"N; 111°11'01"W)
- Malmstrom Air Force Base website, viewed August 16, 2021HOME>ABOUT US>HISTORY>MALMSTROM HISTORY (Construction began on Great Falls Army Air Base on May 9, 1942, informally known as East Base; Upon completion of the B-17 training program in October 1943, Great Falls Army Air Field was transferred to the Air Transport Command and units from Gore Field transferred to the base; In September of 1947, the United States Air Force became a separate service and the base's name changed to Great Falls Air Force Base; On Oct. 1, 1955, the base was officially renamed as Malmstrom AFB, after Col. Axel Malmstrom)
- Malmstrom Air Force Base, 2020:page 7, etc. (renamed Malmstrom Air Force Base, after Colonel Axel Malmstrom, in 1955)
- Medical service, 1985:t.p. (Malmstrom AFB, Mont.)