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unusual facts about McCoy AFB



Naval Air Station Glynco

NAS Glynco was identified for closure by the end of 1974, part of a wide-ranging series of post-Vietnam base closures that shuttered such installations as Naval Air Station Albany, Georgia (former Turner AFB), Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island, McCoy AFB, Florida and Kincheloe AFB, Michigan.

Orlando International Airport

On March 31, 1972, a 306th Bombardment Wing B-52D Stratofortress, Air Force Serial Number 56-0625, sustained multiple engine failures and an engine fire shortly after takeoff from McCoy AFB on a routine training mission.


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