Mountain Home Air Force Base
| Mountain Home Air Force Base | |||||||
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| Near Mountain Home, Idaho in the U.S. | |||||||
F-15E Strike Eagle of the 391st Fighter Squadron based at Mountain Home AFB. | |||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Type | U.S. Air Force Base | ||||||
| Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||
| Operator | U.S. Air Force Singapore Air Force | ||||||
| Controlled by | Air Combat Command (ACC) | ||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||
| Website | www.mountainhome.af.mil | ||||||
| Location | |||||||
Location in North America Location in Idaho | |||||||
| Coordinates | 43°02′N 115°52′W / 43.04°N 115.87°W | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1942 – 1943 | ||||||
| In use | 1943–1945 1948 – present | ||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||
| Current commander | Colonel Michael C. Alfaro | ||||||
| Garrison | 366th Fighter Wing (Host) | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: MUO, ICAO: KMUO, FAA LID: MUO, WMO: 726815 | ||||||
| Elevation | 913.1 m (2,996 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||
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Mountain Home Air Force Base (IATA: MUO, ICAO: KMUO, FAA LID: MUO) 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 is also used by 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.
Constructed in the early 1940s during World War II as a training base for bombers, after the war it briefly had transports, then was a bomber and missile base. It became a fighter base in 1966. The host unit at Mountain Home has been the 366th Fighter Wing (366 FW) of the Air Combat Command (ACC), nicknamed the Gunfighters, since 1972. The base's primary mission is to provide combat airpower and support for worldwide contingency operations.
Part of the base is a census-designated place (CDP); the population was 3,238 at the 2010 census.