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Bangor ANGB
Bangor IAP is located inside the city limits of Bangor, Maine. It is the home of the 101st Air Refueling Wing whose mission is to provide air refueling, airlift and mobility missions. Bangor is approximately 130 miles north of Portland, Maine, which is the largest city in the state of Maine. The base is 260 acres in size, of which 157.97 is leased land and 102.03 is fee-owned land. There are a total of 43 facilities on base, 32 industrial, 6 administrative and 5 services with no family housing. Current base population is approximately 450 personnel during non-drill duty days and increases to approximately 1100 personnel on a drill duty weekend that occurs once per month.

The U.S. Air Force's over-the-horizon-backscatter (OTH-B) air defense radar system ECRS Operations Center was located at Bangor ANGB.

Bangor International Airport (BGR) is owned and operated by the City of Bangor, Maine. The Airport is operated as an "enterprise fund," which means that the expense of operating Bangor International Airport comes from Airport revenue.

In December 2001 Bangor International Airport (BGR) annouced the inclusion of $10 million in funding for reconstruction of the airport's runway in the Department of Defense' annual appropriation bill. The announcement caps five years of study and planning for the reconstruction of the runway. Originally built in 1958, BGR's 11,439' foot long by 300' wide runway is the longest active runway East of the Mississippi. BGR can handle any commercial or military airplane flying and serves as a joint-use airfield, conducting both civil and military operations simultaneously. Aside from ongoing maintenance, this will be the first major upgrade to the runway since its construction.

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