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Grissom Air Reserve Base

Peru, United States

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Peru · IN · United States

Position

40.648°, -86.152° · 812 ft elev.

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Historic Indiana air reserve base with civilian airport access.

Opened

1942

Location

Peru, United States

Grissom Air Reserve Base (IATA: GUS, ICAO: KGUS) is a United States Air Force Reserve installation located near Peru, Indiana. The base is home to the 434th Air Refueling Wing, which operates KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft and serves as one of the largest Air Force Reserve aerial refueling wings in the world. The facility shares its runways with Grissom Aeroplex, a civilian industrial and general aviation complex operated by the Grissom Redevelopment Commission. The base was named in honor of Virgil 'Gus' Grissom, the astronaut and Air Force officer who was born in Mitchell, Indiana. The airport supports limited general aviation and cargo operations in addition to its primary military mission.

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There is no commercial passenger terminal; the facility serves military operations and limited general aviation through the Grissom Aeroplex.

Getting to & from

The base is accessible by road via US Route 31, located approximately five miles north of Peru, Indiana.

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No commercial airlines operate scheduled passenger service at Grissom Air Reserve Base.

Notable facts

›Named after Hoosier astronaut Virgil 'Gus' Grissom, who died in the Apollo 1 fire in 1967.
›Home to the 434th Air Refueling Wing, one of the largest Air Force Reserve refueling wings.
›The base operates KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft for aerial refueling missions.
›Grissom Aeroplex, a civilian industrial park, occupies portions of the former active-duty base.
›Originally established as Bunker Hill Naval Air Station during World War II.

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Grissom Air Reserve Base is an active United States Air Force base, located about 12 miles (19 km) north of Kokomo in Cass and Miami counties in Indiana. The facility was established as a U.S. Navy installation, Naval Air Station Bunker Hill, in 1942 and was an active Air Force installation, Bunker Hill Air Force Base from 1954 to 1968, and Grissom Air Force Base from 1968 to 1994. Pursuant to a BRAC 1991 decision, the installation was downsized to an Air Force Reserve installation and renamed Grissom Air Reserve Base.

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