Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Lockbourne AFB, Ohio
1952 – 1958
91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
1950 – 1957
301st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
1958 – 1964
376th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
1957 – 1965
Dedicated to those
early Cold War Warriors
5 September 2003
Erected 2003.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Cold. A significant historical date for this entry is September 5, 2003.
Location. 39° 46.778′ N, 84° 6.757′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial Wall #2, 022) is in the Memorial Park of the National Museum of the United States Air Force, with museum access off Springfield Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1100 Spaatz Street, Dayton OH 45431, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Dayton Metro and in the Miami Valley. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 15th Troop Carrier Squadron (here, next to this marker); 13th Jungle Air Force (here, next to this marker); USAF Pilot Class 49C (here, next to this marker); The EC-47 ARDF Mission (here, next to this marker); USAF Pilot Class 48-C (here, next to this marker); B/G Edward J Hopkins (here, next to this marker); 9th Photo Recon Squadron (here, next to this marker); Marvin T. Koerner, P.E. (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.
Regarding Lockbourne AFB, Ohio. Rickenbacker (formerly Lockbourne) AFB was this contributor's first permanent USAF duty station in the mid-late 1970s, just before the active base was closed. His daughter and son-in-law have been proudly serving with the Ohio Air National Guard there from before the time the marker photo was taken and are still serving as of the date of posting. Many of the KC-135 tanker aircraft based there are nearly as old as the contributor.
Also see . . .
1. Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio. Ohio Exploration Society website entry (Submitted on April 22, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Lockbourne. 317th Veterans Group website entry (Submitted on April 22, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. From Lockbourne to Heaven in a B-47. 1958 RB-47 Crash History (Submitted on April 22, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
4. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign
Memorial Park map and marker listing
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Credits. This page was last revised on June 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 22, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 955 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 22, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2, 3. submitted on April 20, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 4. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 5. submitted on June 2, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.



