Creech Air Force Base
Creech Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) command and control facility in Clark County, Nevada used "to engage in daily Overseas Contingency Operations …of remotely piloted aircraft systems which fly missions across the globe." In addition to an airport, the military installation has the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Battlelab, associated aerial warfare ground equipment, and unmanned aerial vehicles of the type used in Afghanistan and Iraq. Creech is the aerial training site for the USAF Thunderbirds and "is one of two emergency divert airfields" for the Nevada Test and Training Range.
| Creech Air Force Base | |||||||||
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| Indian Springs, Nevada in the US | |||||||||
A MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle taxis at Creech Air Force Base during 2007. | |||||||||
Creech Creech | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°35′32″N 115°40′00″W | ||||||||
| Type | US Air Force base | ||||||||
| Area | 2,300 acres (3.6 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||||
| Operator | US Air Force | ||||||||
| Controlled by | Air Combat Command (ACC) | ||||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||||
| Website | www.creech.af.mil | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1941 (as Indian Springs Airport) | ||||||||
| In use | 1942–1945 and 1949–present | ||||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||||
| Current commander | Colonel Stephen R. Jones | ||||||||
| Garrison | 432nd Wing | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: INS, ICAO: KINS, FAA LID: INS, WMO: 746140 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 955 metres (3,133 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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In addition to the airfield, the base includes the "UAV-Logistic and Training Facility", the Joint Unmanned Aerial Systems Center of Excellence, Silver Flag Alpha Regional Training Center, and other military units/facilities. The base is named in honor of retired US Air Force General Wilbur L. Creech, the former commanding officer of Tactical Air Command (TAC), the predecessor command of the current Air Combat Command (ACC).