Rosecrans Air National Guard Base

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Rosecrans Memorial Airport

IATA: STJ - ICAO: KSTJ
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		City of St. Joseph
Serves		St. Joseph, Missouri
Elevation AMSL		826 ft (251.8 m)
Coordinates		39°46′19″N, 94°54′34.94″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
17/35	8,059	2,456	Concrete
13/31	4,797	1,462	Asphalt/Concrete

Rosecrans Air National Guard Base or Rosecrans ANGB, is located on a portion of the Rosecrans Memorial Airport (IATA: STJ, ICAO: KSTJ), Saint Joseph, Missouri. It is the home of the 139th Airlift Wing, Missouri Air National Guard and the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center.

1 History
2 See also
3 External links
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[edit] History

During World War II, the Army Air Force established Rosecrans Field, also called St. Joseph Army Air Field[1], at Rosecrans Memorial Airport. The Ferrying Division, Air Transport Commmand took over the field on July 6, 1942. It became the home for the 1st Operational Training Unit (OTU) composed of the 561st Army Air Force (AAF) Base Unit, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, 61st Aircraft Engineering Squadron, 993rd Guard Squadron, 730th AAF Band, 50th Transport Transition Squadron, Medical and WAC Detachments and the 562nd Training Squadron.

In 1948, the base was conveyed by the Air Force back to the City of Saint Joseph, Missouri with the exception of 142 acres set aside for use by the Air National Guard organized in 1946. Some of the old temporary WWII barracks were still present until the Great Flood of 1993 when they were destroyed.