Kearney Air Force Base

Kearney Air Force Base is a former United States Army Air Forces (as Kearney Army Airfield) and United States Air Force base located near Kearney, Nebraska. It was in operation from 1942 through 1949, after which it was decommissioned and turned over for civilian use as Kearney Regional Airport.

Kearney Air Force Base Kearney Army Airfield
Part of Strategic Air Command
Center Township, Buffalo County, near Kearney, Nebraska
2006 USGS Orthophoto
Kearney AFB
Coordinates	40°43′37″N 099°00′24″W
Type	Air Force Base
Site history
Built	1941-1942
In use	1942-1949

See also

• Nebraska World War II Army Airfields

References

• Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1961 (republished 1983, Office of Air Force History, ISBN 0-912799-02-1).
• Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History 1984. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.
• Mueller, Robert (1989). Volume 1: Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982. USAF Reference Series, Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force, Washington, D.C. ISBN 0-912799-53-6, ISBN 0-16-002261-4
• ArmyAirForces.Com
• USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to present
• The Kearney Army Air Base
• "Kearney Goes To War," Department of History, University of Nebraska at Kearney Archived 1 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• B-17 Crash historical marker at Wood River, Nebraska
• Kearney AAF Historical Website
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective January 23, 2025
• FAA Terminal Procedures for EAR, effective January 23, 2025
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for EAR
  • AirNav airport information for KEAR
  • ASN accident history for EAR
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures