Editing Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (section)

===Cold War expansions===
In 1954, {{convert|465|acre|order=flip}} of land adjacent to the [[Mad River (Ohio)|Mad River]] at the northeast boundary of the base, near the former location of the village of [[Osborn, Ohio|Osborn]], were purchased for a [[Strategic Air Command]] dispersal site. Area D structures were demolished in 1957 (donated to the state in 1963 for [[Wright State University]]). In February 1958 the Wright Field (Area B) runways were closed to all jet traffic (1959 Area C operations included 139,276 takeoffs and landings, Area B had 44,699.) The West Ramp complex was built between August 1958 and July 1960.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=http://www.ascho.wpafb.af.mil/B52/B-52%20Book.pdf |title=Development of the B-52 The Wright Field Story |publisher=ASC History Office  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001200007/http://www.ascho.wpafb.af.mil/B52/B-52%20Book.pdf |archive-date=1 October 2008 }}{{Verify source|date=September 2013}}</ref>

The 4043rd Strategic Wing began [[KC-135 Stratotanker]] operations in February 1960 and [[B-52 Stratofortress]] operations in June 1960.<ref name="auto"/> On 1 July 1963, the wing was re-designated the [[17th Training Wing|17th Bombardment Wing (Heavy)]] and continued its mission under this unit until 7 July 1975, when the last of its 11 B-52s was transferred to [[Beale Air Force Base]], California. From [[Indian Springs Air Force Base|1957]]–[[Edwards Air Force Base|1962]], WADC's [[Hurricane Mesa|Hurricane Supersonic Research Site]] in Utah was a detached installation of Wright-Patt.{{r|Mueller}}

The [[NORAD Control Center|NORAD Manual Air Defense Control Center]]<!--{{Where|reason=Which area of the base?|date=September 2013}}--> for [[58th Air Division]] interceptors was at [[Wright-Patterson AFB]] by 1958,<ref>{{Cite NORAD Historical Summary |version=1958 |access-date=22 April 2013}}</ref> and [[Brookfield Air Force Station]] near the Pennsylvania state line became operational as an [[Permanent System radar stations|April 1952 – January 1963 sub-base]] of WPAFB.{{r|Mueller}} The 1954–79 "Wright-Patterson Communications Facility #4"<!--{{Specify|reason=Was this an ADC [[Ground Air Transmit Receive]] station?|date=September 2013}}--> was at [[Yellow Springs, Ohio]] (which also had the 1965–77 Celestial Guidance Research Site.){{r|Mueller}}

WPAFB also had an [[Army Air Defense Command Post]] for nearby [[Project Nike]] [[surface-to-air missile]] sites of the [[Cincinnati-Dayton Defense Area]] were at Wilmington (CD-27, {{Coord|39|24|03|N|083|52|54|W}}); Felicity (CD-46, {{Coord|38|50|37|N|084|08|33|W}}); Dillsboro (CD-63), and Oxford (CD-78, {{Coord|39|33|30|N|084|47|31|W}}).<!--SOURCE: List of NIKE missile locations--> The AADCP activated in the spring of 1960<!--SOURCE: List of NIKE missile locations--> and moved to Wilmington—with [[Martin AN/GSG-5 Battery Integration and Radar Display Equipment|BIRDIE]] [[command, control, and coordination system|CCCS]]—by 1965<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ed-thelen.org/ppl-o.html|title=Nike People|website=ed-thelen.org}}</ref> ([[Base Realignment and Closure|closed March 1971]]).<!--SOURCE: List of NIKE missile locations--> [https://web.archive.org/web/20130222055330/http://www.lrl.usace.army.mil/Missions/Environmental/WilkinsAirForceStation.aspx Wilkins Air Force Station] was a 1961–8 [[Air Defense Command]] station of Wright-Patt, and [[Gentile Air Force Station]] (later the Gentile Defense Electronics Supply Center) was assigned to the base on 1 July 1962.{{r|Mueller}}

In December 1975, [[Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft]] transferred to the 4950th Test Wing at WPAFB. [[Air Force Research Laboratory#History|Following the July 1992 merging of WPAFB labs]], the base's [[Wright Laboratory]] included a Flight Dynamics Directorate.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TU-jpA7FVOYC&pg=PA387|title=Handbook of Aviation Human Factors|first1=Daniel J.|last1=Garland|first2=John A.|last2=Wise|first3=V. David|last3=Hopkin|date=1 January 1999|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-8058-1680-8|page=387}}</ref> [[Superfund]] sites (39 initial areas) of WPAFB were found to be contaminated with chlorinated volatile organic compounds and benzene compounds (soils and groundwater), and an EPA/USAF Federal Facilities Agreement was signed in 1981 for remediation and continued investigation (the Installation Restoration Program for WPAFB identified 65 areas, including 13 landfills, 12 earth fill disposal zones, 9 fuel or chemical spill sites, 6 coal storage piles, 5 fire-training areas, 4 chemical burial sites, and 2 underground storage tanks).<ref>[http://www.epa.gov/R5Super/npl/ohio/OH7571724312.html OH7571724312, NPL Fact Sheet | Region 5 Superfund | US EPA]. Epa.gov. Retrieved on 17 August 2013.</ref> In November 1995, the "Dayton Peace Accords" held at WPAFB<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=Dayton+Agreement#q=%22Dayton+Peace+Accords%22&tbm=nws&tbs=ar:1|title=Dayton Agreement - Google Search|website=www.google.com}}</ref> created the "[[Dayton Agreement|Agreement for Peace]] in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]" signed in Paris on 14 December.