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Mountain Home Air Force Base

Mountain Home, United States

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Mountain Home Air Force Base

Mountain Home, United States
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Premier U.S. Air Force strike base in the American West.

Opened
1943
Location
Mountain Home, United States
Mountain Home Air Force Base (IATA: MUO, ICAO: KMUO) is a United States Air Force installation located approximately 50 miles southeast of Boise, Idaho. It serves as the home of the 366th Fighter Wing, known as the 'Gunfighters,' which operates F-15E Strike Eagles and is one of the Air Force's primary composite wings capable of conducting multi-role combat missions. The base is a military installation with no scheduled commercial airline service, functioning exclusively as an active-duty Air Force facility. Its remote high-desert location in Elmore County provides expansive airspace ideal for tactical flight training and combat readiness exercises. Mountain Home AFB plays a significant role in U.S. force projection and has deployed units in support of numerous overseas operations. The base also hosts associate reserve and Air National Guard units, contributing to the overall readiness of the joint force.
Getting to & from
The base is accessible primarily by private vehicle or military shuttle, located roughly 50 miles southeast of Boise along U.S. Highway 20.
Notable facts
  • ›Home of the 366th Fighter Wing, known as the 'Gunfighters.'
  • ›Operates F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft for multi-role combat missions.
  • ›Originally established during World War II in 1943.
  • ›Located in the high desert of Elmore County, Idaho, at approximately 2,996 feet elevation.
  • ›One of the U.S. Air Force's key composite wings capable of self-sufficient expeditionary operations.
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Mountain Home Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation in the western United States. Located in southwestern Idaho in Elmore County, the base is twelve miles (20 km) southwest of Mountain Home, which is forty miles (65 km) southeast of Boise via Interstate 84. The base also hosts the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), which has a detachment of F-15SG combat aircraft on long term assignment to the base and a squadron composed of RSAF and USAF personnel.

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