Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base
Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base is a United States Air Force installation located at a Birmingham, Alabama in the United States. It hosts the 117th Air Refueling Wing, part of the Air National Guard, which operates the KC-135R Stratotanker.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Locality
- Description: military base
- Also known as: “Birmingham Air National Guard Base”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport and Southern Museum of Flight.
Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport, formerly Birmingham Municipal Airport and later Birmingham International Airport, is a civil-military airport serving Birmingham, Alabama.
Southern Museum of Flight
Museum
The Southern Museum of Flight is a civilian aviation museum Birmingham, Alabama. The facility features nearly 100 aircraft, as well as engines, models, artifacts, photographs, and paintings.
Woodlawn High School
School
Woodlawn High School is a four-year magnet high school in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It is one of seven high schools in the Birmingham City School System. Woodlawn High School is situated 2 miles south of Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarrant and Irondale.
Tarrant
Town
Photo: Kylestonephotgraphy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tarrant is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, bordering Birmingham's north side. At the 2020 census, the population was 6,124. It is home to the ABC Coke plant owned by the Drummond Company, "the largest single producer of foundry coke in the U.S.".
Irondale
Town
Photo: SaveRivers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Irondale is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is a suburb of Birmingham, northeast of Homewood and Mountain Brook. At the 2020 census, the population was 13,497. Irondale is situated 3½ miles southeast of Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base.
Avondale
Neighborhood
Avondale was a company town built around the Avondale Mills east of Birmingham, Alabama in Jefferson County. The town was incorporated on March 18, 1887. Avondale is situated 3½ miles southwest of Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base.
Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base
- Categories: military base and military installation
- Location: Jefferson, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.57088° or 33° 34′ 15″ northLongitude
-86.75345° or 86° 45′ 12″ westOpen location code
865MH6CW+9JOpenStreetMap ID
way 1092779601OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryWikidata ID
Q597803
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In Other Languages
From Persian to Tajik—“Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base” goes by many names.
- Persian: “پایگاه هوایی حفاظت ملی بیرمنگام”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ ҳифозат миллӣ бирмнгом”
Localities in the Area
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