Gowen Field, located south of Boise's air terminal, is home to Idaho's adjutant general, the state's Army and Air National Guard, and to U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marine Corps reserve units in the Boise area. Named in honor of Lt. Paul R. Gowen, a Caldwell native who died in an aircraft crash in 1938, Gowen Field was opened in the spring of 1941. Throughout World War II, the Army Air Forces used the field to train B-17 and B-24 aircrews for duty in both the European and Pacific theaters of war. Following World War II, the field was offered to the state of Idaho for use by the Air National Guard. Since that time, the Idaho Air Guard has operated numerous aircraft, including, but not limited to, the F-51, F-86, F-102, RF-4C, and the F-4G. Today the Idaho Air Guard operates the A-10 and C-130.
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Author and military historian Yancy Mailes has penned several books, including one on the development of the F-117A Stealth Fighter and Arcadia PublishingÂ’s Mountain Home Air Force Base. Author Gary Keith, a native Idahoan, is the curator of the Idaho Military Historical Society and a graduate of Boise State University. His grandfather served as a Gowen Field meat cutter during World War II.
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Gowen Field, World War, Idaho Air National Guard, Idaho Air Guard, Air Force, Fighter Squadron, Wild Weasel, Fighter Interceptor Group, Bill Coburn, Army Air Corps, Martin Johnson, Gowen Beacon, Tom Lanphier, Jerre Kauffman, Sam Corn, Brigadier General Trail, Ken Nordling, Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Major Johnson, Flying Fortress, Bill Miller, Fighter Group, Gary Sayler, North American, Larry Kauffman Browse Sample Pages:
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