Summary
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 | |||||||
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| 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. | |||||||
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  Shepherd ANGB  Shepherd ANGB | |||||||
| Coordinates | 39°24′07″N 77°59′04″W / 39.40194°N 77.98444°W | ||||||
| Type | Air National Guard Base | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||
| Operator | US Air Force (USAF) | ||||||
| Controlled by | West Virginia Air National Guard | ||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1955 | ||||||
| In use | 1955 – present | ||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||
| Garrison | 167th Airlift Wing (host) | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: MRB, ICAO: KMRB, FAA LID: MRB, WMO: 724177 | ||||||
| Elevation | 172.2 metres (565 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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| Airfield shared with Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport. Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||
Environmental issues edit
As of May 2016[update] 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]
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This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency