OakWing Golf Club

OakWing Golf Club, which opened in September 2002, offers a unique Jim Lipe design interwoven throughout its beautiful England Air Force Base location. This 7,043 yard links-style course blends the natural beauty of Louisiana bayous, lakes and towering tree-lined fairways with the challenge of rolling hills and undulating greens. This is truly a course for all skill levels. Five different tee settings will offer a challenge for everyone from professionals to amateurs and the classic risk-reward features designed into every hole will require everyone to play their best. Centrally located in Alexandria, and only minutes from the main interstate, OakWing Golf Club should be added to your "Must Play" list of golf courses.

History

Heritage Park serves as a proud reminder of the colorful and successful history of England Air Force Base and the 23rd Fighter Wing. The famous "Flying Tigers" are yet another chapter in Central Louisiana's long history of support of our armed forces and our nation.

England Airpark traces it's beginning back to 1939, when it served as an emergency airstrip for Esler Field Airport. However, as the possibility of war in Europe increased, the Army Air Corps leased the facility naming it Alexandria Army Air Base. Until 1945, the facility was used as a B-17 bomber combat training school training an average of 45 bomber crews per month. After cessation of hostilities in Europe in 1945, the base was used to train B-29 crews for duty in the Pacific Theater. In 1946, as the war ended with Japan, the base was placed on a standby status and was turned back over to the city of Alexandria for use as a municipal airport. With the outbreak of hostilities in Korea, the base was once again reactivated as Alexandria Air Base in 1950. That same year it was assigned to Tactical Air Command. In June, 1955, the base was officially named England Air Force Base in honor of Lt. Col. John B. England, who had been the commander of the 389th Bomber Squadron at the base. The facility was once again closed by the Department of Defense on December 15, 1992 and began its transition to civilian reuse as England Airpark and Community.