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Sheppard Air Force Base

US Air Force base near Wichita Falls, Texas, United States
Organization air_base Q176146
Sheppard Air Force Base
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Sheppard Air Force Base

Summary

Sheppard Air Force Base is an air base[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of air_base entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (248 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sheppard Air Force Base is located in Wichita County[3].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base is in the country of United States[4].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base's image is recorded as Sheppardafb.jpg[5].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base's instance of is recorded as air base[6].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base's instance of is recorded as Training Center of the German Airforce[7].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base's operator is recorded as United States Air Force[8].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base's ISNI is recorded as 0000000406469926[9].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126721937[10].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base's IATA airport code is recorded as SPS[11].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base's ICAO airport code is recorded as KSPS[12].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base's FAA airport code is recorded as SPS[13].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84167145[14].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base's postal code is recorded as 76311[15].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base's Commons category is recorded as Sheppard Air Force Base[16].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base's located in time zone is recorded as Central Time Zone[17].
  • +1941-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sheppard Air Force Base[18].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.9889, 'lon': -98.4919}[19].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04n865[20].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base's official website is recorded as http://www.sheppard.af.mil[21].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base's place served by transport hub is recorded as Wichita Falls[22].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6299077[23].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base's date of official opening is recorded as +1941-00-00T00:00:00Z[24].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+1019'}[25].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base's adjacent structure or building is recorded as Wichita Falls Municipal Airport[26].
  • Sheppard Air Force Base's Ringgold ID is recorded as 96628[27].

Body

Founding

+1941-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sheppard Air Force Base[18].

Operations

Sheppard Air Force Base's operator is recorded as United States Air Force[8].

Why It Matters

Sheppard Air Force Base ranks in the top 7% of air_base entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (248 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . faa.gov. faa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . faa.gov. faa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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