Wurtsmith AFB

The base was used by the Army Air Corps under tha names of Loud-Reames Aviation Field (1923-1942) and Oscoda Army Air Field (1942-1951). It was received its current name in 1951 when a he first of a succession of Air Defence Command squadrons were based there. Following runway and hangar improvements, B-52 bomber wings also occupied the base from 1961. In 1973 the Air Force base was closed and the facility began a new life as the public Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport.

This air base, with roots back in the 1920s, became a SAC base in 1960. With the modification of its B-52Gs to carry ALCMs, Wurtsmith constructed missile storage and assembly facilities.