New Book Honors F.E. Warren Air Force Base

March 14, 2012 - PRLog -- New from Arcadia Publishing’s popular Images of America series is F.E. Warren Air Force Base by local author Paula Bauman Taylor. This pictorial history boasts more than 200 vintage images and provides readers with a unique opportunity to reconnect with the history that shaped their community.

F.E. Warren Air Force Base was originally established in 1867 as Fort D.A. Russell Army Post to protect the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. Infantry, cavalry and artillery have all been stationed at the post. In 1930, after the death of Francis E. Warren, the post was renamed Fort F.E. Warren.

The base has been continuously active and has never closed even during the transfer from Army to Air Force in 1947. The post was the site of the Quartermaster School in the 1940s and became the Air Force Replacement Training Center in the 1950s. Presently, the installation is once again protecting the United States through deterrence with 150 Minuteman III ICBMs.

Chapters of F.E.Warren Air Force Base include:
•   Coffee, Hardtack, and Salt Pork: Army Mission and Units Assigned from 1867 to 1947
•   Sentinels in the Rockies: Air Force Mission and Units Assigned from 1947 to 2005
•   High-Class Living, or Not: Officers’ Row, Sergeants’ Row, and Administrative Buildings
•   Famous or Infamous People: Troops Assigned to the Base or People Who Lived in Housing
•   Off-Duty R&R: Entertaining Life on the Plains
•   No Hunting from the Barracks Windows: Military Horses, Dogs, and Other Animals on Base

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or www.arcadiapublishing.com.  

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