Salt Lake City Air National Guard Base

Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base
Part of Utah Air National Guard
Located near: Salt Lake City, Utah
300px KC-135 Stratotanker of the 151st Air Refueling Wing
Roland R. Wright ANGB Location of Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base, Utah
Coordinates
Site information
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Site history
Built	1911
In use	1942-Present
Garrison information
Garrison	151st Air Refueling Wing

Airfield information
IATA: SLC – ICAO: KSLC – FAA LID: SLC
Summary
Elevation AMSL	4,227 ft / 1,288 m
Website	www.151arw.ang.af.mil
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 16L/34R 12,004 3,659 Asphalt 16R/34L 12,000 3,658 Concrete 17/35 9,596 2,925 Asphalt 14/32 4,892 1,491 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m HB 60 18 Asphalt HC 60 18 Asphalt HF 60 18 Asphalt

For civil airport information, see Salt Lake City International Airport.

Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base is the home base of the Utah Air National Guard 151st Air Refueling Wing.

Overview

Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base lies within the boundary of the Salt Lake City International Airport (SLCIAP) along a portion of the eastern segment of the SLCIAP. The airport is owned by the city and base property is leased. The UTANG Base is home to the 151st Air Refueling Wing and occupies approximately 135 acres (0.55 km²) of the SLCIAP's five square miles of land.

Their mission is to organize, train, and equip KC-135 aircraft personnel to provide in-flight refueling support on a worldwide basis and be prepared to respond to state emergencies and natural disasters. The base has a total 63 buildings: 3 services, 13 administrative, and 47 industrial buildings, amounting to approximately 407,000 square feet (37,800 m²).

There are 255 full-time personnel and 1,343 personnel during the once a month unit training assemblies. There are several new construction and demolition projects in progress or in the planning stages to modernize the base and remove vintage 1943 buildings. These projects include construction of a composite operations and training/squadron operations complex, an aircraft maintenance facility; a base supply complex and a new fire station: When all construction is complete the base will net approximately 99,759 square feet (9,267.9 m²) of new facility space with no increase of personnel.

In 1943 the airport became a training base and replacement depot for the U.S. Army Air Forces. Salt Lake city Municipal Airport II was built at the southwest end of the Salt Lake Valley to accommodate the number of trainees.

On October 18, 2014, the base was formally named for Retired Brigadier General Roland R. Wright.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.