Forbes Field Air National Guard Base




Forbes Field, previously Forbes Air Force Base, is a joint-use civil-military airport operated by the Topeka Airport Authority located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Topeka, Kansas. Topeka Army Air Field was opened in 1942; unused for a period after the war; reactivated in 1948; renamed Forbes Air Force Base on June 10, 1949 or July 13, 1949; and redesignated a National Guard base in 1973.