Editing Mars Hill, Maine (section)

===Military presence===

During and after [[World War II]], Mars Hill and the economies of surrounding towns were dominated by military spending. In 1947, the Limestone Army Air Field was built in [[Limestone, Maine|Limestone]]. It opened in 1953 and was renamed the [[Loring Air Force Base]]. Aroostook County was chosen due to its strategic location as the closest point in the continental United States to Europe. The [[1991 Base Realignment and Closure Commission]] recommended the closure of the Loring Air Force Base, and it closed in 1994.<ref name=HAERLoring>{{cite web|title=Loring Air Force Base |url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/me/me0300/me0307/data/me0307data.pdf |work=[[Historic American Buildings Survey]] |publisher=[[Historic American Engineering Record]] |access-date=May 11, 2013 |author=Earth Tech, Inc. |author-link=Earth Tech, Inc. |location=[[Limestone, Maine]] |year=1994 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609152542/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/me/me0300/me0307/data/me0307data.pdf |archive-date=June 9, 2013 }}</ref>