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McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base is a joint military facility located at McGhee Tyson Airport. It is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) south of the central business district of Knoxville, near Alcoa, Blount County, Tennessee, United States. It was the site of McGhee Tyson Air Force Base from 1952 until 1960. It is the home of the 134th Air Refueling Wing (134 ARW) of the Tennessee Air National Guard, which functions as the host wing for the installation. Other tenants of the base include the 119th Command and Control Squadron, the 228th Combat Communications Squadron and the 1-230th Armored Cavalry Squadron's Army Aviation Support Facility of the Tennessee Army National Guard, operating several OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopters. |