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Eaker AFB

Facility · USA

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Center for B-52G ALCM support.

Formerly Blytheville AFB, this World War II vintage installation came under SAC operation control in 1958. B-52s arrived in 1960. Eventually B-52G bombers assigned here were modified to carry Air-Launched Cruise Missiles (ALCMs), which required the construction of storage and assembly facilities during the 1970s.

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