See: Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport

Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport

Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport is a city-owned, joint civil-military, public-use airport located three miles north of the central business district of Mansfield, a city in Richland County, Ohio, United States....

 for civil airport information

Mansfield Lahm Air National Guard Base is the home base of the Ohio Air National Guard

Ohio Air National Guard

The Ohio Air National Guard is a part of the United States National Guard and an Air Reserve Component of the United States Air Force. It is composed of approximately 5,000 airmen and officers assigned to four flying wings and eight non-flying support units. OHANG units are based in Columbus,...

 179th Airlift Wing

179th Airlift Wing

The United States Air Force's 179th Airlift Wing is a military airlift organization assigned to the Ohio Air National Guard and located at Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport, Ohio...

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The 179th Airlift Wing

179th Airlift Wing

The United States Air Force's 179th Airlift Wing is a military airlift organization assigned to the Ohio Air National Guard and located at Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport, Ohio...

 (AW) of the Ohio Air National Guard

Ohio Air National Guard

The Ohio Air National Guard is a part of the United States National Guard and an Air Reserve Component of the United States Air Force. It is composed of approximately 5,000 airmen and officers assigned to four flying wings and eight non-flying support units. OHANG units are based in Columbus,...

 occupies two separate portions of land (the main base area and the POL area, linked by a road included in the lease) totaling 67 acres of leased land on the Mansfield Lahm Airport. The Mansfield Lahm Airport sits approximately 3 miles north of the city of Mansfield, located in north-central Ohio, halfway between Cleveland and Columbus. The mission of the 179th AW is to develop highly qualified operations, logistics, support, and medical professionals who provide theater airlift and mission support to serve the community, state, and nation.

On 20 July 2008, the 179 AW continued its growth by the standing up of the 200th RED HORSE (Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers) detachment. The Mansfield base has been assigned 200 Red Horse personnel in one detachment, with an additional 200 RED HORSE personnel slated to be assigned to Port Clinton, Ohio

Port Clinton, Ohio

Port Clinton is a city in and the county seat of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The population was 6,056 at the 2010 census. The city has been nicknamed the "Walleye Capital of the World."...

 by 2010.

In 1948, the 164th Fighter Squadron of the Ohio Air National Guard was formed at Mansfield Lahm Airport (then named the Mansfield Municipal Airport), and has been an integral part of the airport since. During 1948 community leaders formed an advisory committee, chaired by Colonel Alan P. Tappan, owner of Tappan Stove. The Advisory Committee's goal was to locate an Air National Guard Base in Mansfield, OH. The committee received an ultimatum from the Air Force, "Provide the amount of men required to support a unit, and Mansfield will receive their unit."

BRAC 2005 moved the units 8 C-130H to the 908th Airlift Wing

908th Airlift Wing

The 908th Airlift Wing is a C-130 theater airlift unit assigned to Air Force Reserve Command. The wing is stationed at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama....

 (AFR), Maxwell Air Force Base

Maxwell Air Force Base

Maxwell Air Force Base , officially known as Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, is a United States Air Force installation under the Air Education and Training Command . The installation is located in Montgomery, Alabama, US. It was named in honor of Second Lieutenant William C...

, Alabama. The commission established a contiguous enclave for the 179th Airlift Wing (ANG) sufficient to support operations of that unit, including flight operations, and compatible with joint use of the Mansfield-Lahm Municipal Airport as a civilian airport. Aireal imagery however, shows several C-130s parked on the wing's parking ramp.