Gentile Air Force Station

Gentile Air Force Station was a USAF installation in Kettering, Ohio, named for World War II fighter ace Don Gentile and closed in 1997.

In 1994, Gentile AFS became a Defense Finance and Accounting Service Center facility for the Air Force.

The public artwork Bee Ambitious (2019) by Jes McMillan in the Haverstick neighborhood of Kettering, Ohio was inspired by the aviation heritage of this station.

[1] By June 2020,[2] City of Kettering was planning to create a 19-acre park at the site of Gentile Air Force Station.

As of fall of 2023 the development began[3] and Gentile Nature Park opened June 8, 2024.