Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base

39°24′07″N 77°59′04″W / 39.40194°N 77.98444°W / 39.40194; -77.98444 (Shepherd Field ANGB)TypeAir National Guard BaseSite informationOwnerDepartment of DefenseOperatorUS Air Force (USAF)Controlled byWest Virginia Air National GuardConditionOperationalWebsitewww.167aw.ang.af.milSite historyBuilt1955 (1955)In use1955 – presentGarrison informationGarrison167th Airlift Wing (host)Airfield informationIdentifiersIATA: MRB, ICAO: KMRB, FAA LID: MRB, WMO: 724177Elevation172.2 metres (565 ft) AMSL

Runways
Direction	Length and surface
8/26	2,686.8 metres (8,815 ft) Asphalt/Grooved

Airfield shared with Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport.
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base is the home base of the West Virginia Air National Guard 167th Airlift Wing located at the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport, 4 miles south of Martinsburg, West Virginia.

Environmental issues

As of May 2016^[update] the U.S. Air Force has been investigating whether industrial chemicals have seeped from the 167th Airlift Wing base into the groundwater.^[2]

In August 2014, the Air Force had found 10 areas where aqueous film forming foam may have entered the soil including "a former fire-training area, three hangars, two buildings, a fire-truck testing area, two storage areas and a wastewater-treatment area".^[2] The military seeks to determine if the compounds are present, and if they seeped into the groundwater.

The Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport is in the Big Springs wellhead-protection area for the city's water supply.^[2]

References

^ "Airport Diagram – Eastern WV Rgnl/Shepherd Fld (MRB)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Matthew Umstead (21 May 2016). "Air Force exploring whether it contaminated Berkeley County water". Herald Mail. Herald Mail Media. Retrieved 25 May 2016.