Malmstrom Air Force Base
Malmstrom Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in Cascade County, Montana, United States, adjacent to the city of Great Falls. It was named in honor of World War II POW Colonel Einar Axel Malmstrom.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Airbase
- Description: US Air Force base in Great Falls, Montana, United States
- Also known as: “GFA” and “KGFA”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Giant Springs and Rainbow Falls.
Giant Springs
Park
Photo: Montanabw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Giant Springs is a large first-magnitude spring located near Great Falls, Montana and is the central feature of Giant Springs State Park. Its water has a constant temperature of 54 °F and originates from snowmelt in the Little Belt Mountains, 60 miles away. Giant Springs is situated 2½ miles northwest of Malmstrom Air Force Base.
Rainbow Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rainbow Falls is a waterfall on the Missouri River in Great Falls, Montana, just upstream from Crooked Falls and downstream from Colter Falls and Rainbow Dam. Rainbow Falls is situated 2 miles north of Malmstrom Air Force Base.
Rainbow Dam
Dam
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rainbow Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Missouri River, 29 feet high and 1,055 feet long, located six miles northeast of Great Falls in the U.S. state of Montana. Rainbow Dam is situated 2 miles north of Malmstrom Air Force Base.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gibson Flats and Black Eagle.
Gibson Flats
Hamlet
Gibson Flats is a census-designated place in Cascade County, Montana, United States. The population was 199 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Great Falls, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area. Gibson Flats is situated 3½ miles southwest of Malmstrom Air Force Base.
Black Eagle
Village
Black Eagle is a census-designated place in Cascade County, Montana, United States. The population was 904 at the 2010 census. It is a suburb of Great Falls. Black Eagle is situated 4½ miles west of Malmstrom Air Force Base.
Great Falls
Photo: Villian88, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Great Falls is a city in Central Montana. It is the third most populous city in Montana with approximately 60,000 people. It is the hub for commercial and financial dealings in the center of the state.
Malmstrom Air Force Base
- Categories: air base, census-designated place in the United States, and transportation
- Location: Cascade, Montana, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Malmstrom Air Force Base” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Malmstrom Air Force Base (pahanginan na sukaranan)”
- Cebuano: “Malmstrom Air Force Base”
- Chinese: “Malmstrom AFB”
- Chinese: “马姆斯特罗姆空军基地”
- Czech: “Letecká základna Malmstrom”
- Czech: “Malmstrom Air Force Base”
- Czech: “Malmstromova letecká základna”
- Dutch: “Malmstrom AFB”
- Dutch: “Malmstrom Air Force Base”
- French: “base aérienne de Malmstrom”
- French: “GFA”
- French: “Malmstrom AFB”
- French: “Malmstrom Air Force Base”
- German: “Malmstrom Air Force Base”
- Gilaki: “مالمسترام ٚ هأوايي پایگاه (مؤنتانا)”
- Gilaki: “مالمسترام ٚ هأوايي نيرۊ پایگاه”
- Indonesian: “GFA”
- Indonesian: “KGFA”
- Italian: “Malmstrom Air Force Base”
- Japanese: “グレートフォールズ空軍基地”
- Japanese: “マームストロム空軍基地”
- Japanese: “マルムストローム空軍基地”
- Korean: “맘스트롬 공군기지”
- Ladin: “Malmstrom Air Force Base”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Malmstrom AFB”
- Navajo: “Ląʼígo Adahiilínídi siláołtsooí bichidí naatʼaʼí ńdinibįįhígi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Malmstrom Air Force Base”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Malmstrom flystasjon”
- Norwegian: “Malmstrom Air Force Base”
- Persian: “پایگاه نیروی هوایی مالمستورم”
- Portuguese: “Base aérea Malmstrom”
- Portuguese: “Malmstrom Air Force Base”
- Russian: “авиабаза Мальмстром”
- Russian: “Мальмстром”
- Serbian: “Ваздухопловна база Малмстром”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Malmstrom Air Force Base”
- Spanish: “Base de la Fuerza Aerea Malmstrom”
- Spanish: “Base de la Fuerza Aérea Malmstrom”
- Spanish: “Malmstrom AFB”
- Spanish: “Malmstrom Air Force Base”
- Swedish: “Malmstrom Air Force Base”
- Urdu: “مالمسٹرم ایئرفورس بیس”
- Uzbek: “Malmstrom AFB”
- Uzbek: “Malmstrom Air Force Base”
- Uzbek: “Малмстром АФБ”
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