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 1970 aerial photograph of Loring Air Force Base | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Loring Development Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Limestone, Maine | ||||||||||||||
| In use | 1953 - 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Occupants | 42nd Bomb Wing | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 745 ft / 227 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°57′00″N 67°53′00″W / 46.95000°N 67.88333°W | ||||||||||||||
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The Loring Commerce Center is a industrial and aviation park that is home to over 20 employers with more than 1,300 diligent, trustworthy, and highly-qualified employees. It was developed from the former Loring Air Force Base which was closed in 1994
It consists of over 3,800 acres of fully-serviced commercial, industrial and aviation development sites in addition to numerous existing modern and practical buildings in a spacious, campus-like setting.
Military Users to the old base include:
- DFAS Limestone, a major component of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service office (BRAC 2005 consolidated 26 offices into 5 and this was one of the consolidation points
- Maine Military Authority, refurbishes High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV’s) for the US Army and Marine Corps
Civilian users of the facility include:
- Loring Job Corps Center
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife National Wildlife Refuge (administering 4,700 acres (19 km2) of the base property)
- various call centers, food processing and forestry operations, light manufacturing, and aviation services
The airfield at Loring Commerce Center was used by the popular jam-band Phish, to hold its massive festival concerts, "The Great Went" in 1997, the Lemonwheel in 1998 and "It" in 2003. Estimated attendance was 65,000 concert-goers and Phish was the only band. Fans camped on-site in tents, creating a community of fans that became the second largest city in Maine during both events.
