But long before then, the Dow Air Force Base closed and became part of the city of Bangor. The city is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the closing today.

Considine completed navigator training at James Connally Air Force Base, Texas, and then was assigned to the 71st Aerial Refueling Squadron stationed at Dow Air Force Base, Maine. During 1967 and 1968 ...

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — The former Loring Air Force Base and Brunswick Naval Air Station have grabbed all of the headlines in recent years when it comes to base closings ...