Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base

Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base is the home base of the West Virginia Air National Guard 167th Airlift Wing located at the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport, 4 miles south of Martinsburg, West Virginia.

Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base
Near Martinsburg, West Virginia in the United States
A C-17A Globemaster III assigned to the 167th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air National Guard, based at Shepherd Field ANGB.
Shepherd ANGB
Shepherd ANGB
Coordinates39°24′07″N 77°59′04″W
TypeAir National Guard Base
Site information
OwnerDepartment of Defense
OperatorUS Air Force (USAF)
Controlled byWest Virginia Air National Guard
ConditionOperational
Websitewww.167aw.ang.af.mil
Site history
Built1955 (1955)
In use1955 – present
Garrison information
Garrison167th Airlift Wing (host)
Airfield information
IdentifiersIATA: MRB, ICAO: KMRB, FAA LID: MRB, WMO: 724177
Elevation172.2 metres (565 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
8/26 2,686.8 metres (8,815 ft) Asphalt/Grooved
Airfield shared with Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport.
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]
For civil airport information, see Eastern WV Regional Airport.

Environmental issues

As of May 2016 the U.S. Air Force has been investigating whether industrial chemicals have seeped from the 167th Airlift Wing base into the groundwater.[2]

In August 2014, the Air Force had found 10 areas where aqueous film forming foam may have entered the soil including "a former fire-training area, three hangars, two buildings, a fire-truck testing area, two storage areas and a wastewater-treatment area".[2] The military seeks to determine if the compounds are present, and if they seeped into the groundwater.

The Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport is in the Big Springs wellhead-protection area for the city's water supply.[2]

See also

West Virginia National Guard

References
  1. "Airport Diagram – Eastern WV Rgnl/Shepherd Fld (MRB)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. Matthew Umstead (21 May 2016). "Air Force exploring whether it contaminated Berkeley County water". Herald Mail. Herald Mail Media. Retrieved 25 May 2016.

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