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Will Rogers: Rogers World Airport
built 267 days ago
Will Rogers World Airport (ANG) is located approximately five miles southwest of central Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Will Rogers ANGB is home to the 137th Airlift Wing, which flies the C-130 Hercules aircraft. The base is located at the Will Rogers World Airport on 133 acres, which is leased from the Oklahoma City Airport Trust. The facilities on the base include fourteen industrial, ten services, and three administrative buildings totaling approximately 359,796 square feet, with no transient housing or billeting. Day-to-day activities are managed by 295 full-time personnel. This increases to a total of 1236 personnel during unit training drills conducted one weekend each month.
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Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City was named for him, as was the Will Rogers Turnpike... known as the section of Interstate 44 between Tulsa and Joplin, Missouri. Near Vinita, Oklahoma, a statue of Rogers stands outside the west anchor of the McDonald's that spans both lanes of the interstate. A recent expansion and renovation of the Will Rogers World Airport includes a statue of Will Rogers on horseback in front of the terminal.
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Many a place is named after him, including the Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and the submarine USS Will Rogers. Will Rogers' home, stables, and polo fields are today the Will Rogers State Park in Pacific Palisades, California. Rogers' birthplace, on land overlooking his original ranch now covered by the reservoir Lake Oologahis, is open to the public.
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