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List of United States Air Force installations. This is a list of installations operated by the United States Air Force located within the United States and abroad. Locations where the Air Force have a notable presence but do not operate the facility are also listed.
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
Maxwell Air Force Base
Location: Montgomery, Al. Home To: 42nd Air Base Wing, Air University, 908th Airlift Wing Interesting Facts: Maxwell Air Force Base, officially known as Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, occupies the site of the first Wright brothers’ civilian flying school. It was named Maxwell Field in 1922 in honor of Second Lieutenant William C. Maxwell, a native of Atmore, Ala., who died in the Philippines in 1920 while attempting to land his DH-4 in a sugarcane field to avoid a group of children playing be...
Eielson Air Force Base
Location: Fairbanks, Ak. Home To: 354th Fighter Wing, 168th Air Refueling Wing, Alaska Air National Guard Interesting Facts: Eielson Air Force Base occupies 63,195 acres southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska. The runway is oriented north to south and is 14,507 feet long. It was extended to its present length in the 1950s to accommodate B-36 aircraft, and is the second longest runway in North America.
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson
Location: Anchorage, Ak. Home To: 673rd Air Base Wing, Elmendorf Air Force Base’s 3rd Wing, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Richardson, United States Alaskan Command, 11th Air Force, U.S. Army Alaska, and the Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Command Region. Interesting Facts:JBER hosts more than 13,000 Arctic Warriors, nearly 20,000 family members and more than 3,000 civilian employees. The installation covers over 79,000 acres, stretching from the northern Anchorage area to Palmer. In Octobe...
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Location: Tuscon, Az. Home To: 355th Fighter Wing, 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, 12th Air Force, 55th Electronic Combat Group, 563rd RQG and the 162nd Arizona Air National Guard Alert Detachment. Interesting Facts: The base is home to the 355th Fighter Wing, responsible for training and deploying A-10C Warthog pilots. D-M’s aircraft inventory includes 84 A-10Cs, 15 EC-130H Compass Calls, 7 HC-130J Combat Kings, 15 HH-60G Pavehawks, a contingent of F-16 Fighting Falcons a...
Luke Air Force Base
Location: Phoenix, Az. Home To: 56th Fighter Wing, 944th Fighter Wing Interesting Facts: Currently six Australian F-35 Lightning II‘s are assigned to the 61st Fighter Squadron where their pilots train alongside U.S. Air Force pilots. The first Australian F-35 arrived at Luke AFB in December 2014. Luke AFB trains over 70 percent of the world’s F-35 pilots.
Little Rock Air Force Base
Location: Little Rock, Ar. Home To: 19th Airlift Wing, 19th Medical Group, 34th Combat Training Squadron, 189th Airlift Wing, 314 Airlift Wing, 913th Airlift Group Interesting Facts:In 1952, Pulaski County Citizens Council raised $1.2 million for the purchase of land. The 314 AW, at the 2011 Rodeo, brought home nearly every C-130 Trophy that the 19th didn’t bring home. The 314th was the best C-130 Wing in the Air Force in 2011. This list of every Air Force base in the U.S. was compiled by Mil...
Beale Air Force Base
Location: Marysville, Ca. Home To: 9th Mission Support Group, 9th Medical Group, 9th Maintenance Group, 9th Operations Group, 69th Reconnaissance Group, 940th Air Refueling Wing, 548th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, 9th Intelligence Squadron, 13th Reconnaissance Squadron, 48th Intelligence Squadron, 7th Space Warning Squadron, 713th Combat Operations Squadron Interesting Facts:Camp Beale opened in October 1942 as a training site for the 13th Armored and the 81st and 96th...
Edwards Air Force Base
Location: Rosamond, Ca. Home To: 412th Test Wing Interesting Facts: A new group of research projects came to Edwards in the 1990s. Global Hawk, an unmanned aerial vehicle that has been used extensively in Afghanistan as well as Iraq, made its first flight at Edwards in February 1998. The X-35A and X-32A, competing models for the Joint Strike Fighter program, made their first flights in September and October 2000. The X-35A won the competition in 2001. Edwards AFB is the second-largest base in...
Los Angeles Air Force Base
Location: El Segundo, Ca. Home To: Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center, 61st Airbase Group, 61st Medical Squadron Interesting Facts:Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., SMC is the Air Force’s center of acquisition excellence for acquiring and developing military space systems. Its portfolio includes the Global Positioning System, military satellite communications, defense meteorological satellites, space launch and range systems, satellite control networks, space based infrared s...
U.S. Air Force Academy
Location: Colorado Springs, Co. Home To: 10th Air Base Wing, 306th Flying Training Unit Interesting Facts:The Air Force Academy is both a military organization and a university. Much of the Academy is set up like most other Air Force bases, particularly the 10th Air Base Wing, but the superintendent, commandant, dean of faculty and cadet wing are set up in a manner resembling a civilian university. This list of every Air Force base in the U.S. was compiled by Military Machine.
Buckley Air Force Base
Location: Denver, Co. Home To: 460th Space Wing, 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve Command, Navy Info Ops Command, 743rd Military Intelligence Battalion Interesting Facts:Buckley AFB truly represents a joint, Total Force and coalition base. This includes 3,100 active duty members from every service, 4,000 National Guard personnel and Reservists, four commonwealth international partners, 2,400 civilians, 2,500 contractors, 36,000 retirees and approximately 40,000 veter...
Peterson Air Force Base
Location: Colorado Springs, Co. Home To: 21st Space Wing, 21st Operations Group, 821st Air Base Group, 21st Medical Group, 21st Wing Staff Agency, 21st Mission Support Group, 721st Mission Support Group Interesting Facts:The 21st Space Wing is the most geographically dispersed Wing in the Air Force. Its mission spans across 13 time zones with 22 locations in 11 states and nine different countries to operate 15 different weapon systems.
Dover Air Force Base
Location: Dover, De. Home To: 436 Airlift Wing, 512th Airlift Wing Interesting Facts: Dover AFB was established on Dec. 17, 1941. Currently, it operates 18 C-5M Super Galaxy and 13 C-17 Globemaster IIItransport aircraft. The average age of officers on base is 33 and the average age of those enlisted is 27.
Eglin Air Force Base
Location: Valparaiso, Fl. Home To: 6th Ranger Training Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, 33rd Fighter Wing, 53rd Wing, 96th Test Wing, 919th Special Operations Wing, 20th Space Control Squadron, Interesting Facts:With the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939 and President Roosevelt’s call for an expansion of the Army Air Corps, General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold ordered the establishment of a proving ground for aircraft armament. Eglin was selected for the testing mission, and in 1940, the U.S. Fo...
Hurlburt Field
Location: Fort Walton Beach, Fl. Home To: 1st Special Operations Group, 1st Special Operation Maintenance Group, 1st Special Operations Mission Support Group, 1st Special Operations Medical Group, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command Interesting Facts:Officially designated Eglin Auxiliary Field No. 9, it served as one of the small training fields built on the sprawling Eglin Air Force Range in the 1940s. General Grandison Gardiner, Eglin commander, named it for First Lieutenant D...
MacDill Air Force Base
Location: Tampa, Fl. Home To: Air Force Office of Special Investigations, 6th Air Mobility Wing Interesting Facts:The 6th Air Mobility Wing is organized into five groups: Operations, Maintenance, Mission Support, Medical, and the Wing Staff. Team MacDill includes 28 associate units from all branches of service to include U.S. Central Command, U.S. Special Operations Command, and the 927th Air Refueling Wing.
Moody Air Force Base
Location: Valdosta, Ga. Home To: 23rd Wing, 93rd Air Ground Operations Wing, 336th Recruiting Squadron Interesting Facts: In fiscal year 2010, Moody AFB generated a $447.6 million dollar payroll for the local economy. Construction, services and commodities contracts totaled almost $86.4 million. Other expenditures such as pay from the 1,872 secondary jobs created totaled $60.7 million. Total Economic Impact – $447,695 million. This list of every Air Force base in the U.S. was compiled by Mili...
Robins Air Force Base
Location: Macon, Ga. Home To: 78th Air Base Wing, 116th Air Control Wing, 461st Air Control Wing Interesting Facts:Robins AFB distributes approximately $1.38 billion in salaries annually. The largest chunk of that money – $993.6 million – goes to civilians working on base, while military members account for $373.3 million, and non-federal civilians and contract employees account for just above $14.3 million.
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
Location: Honolulu, Hi. Home To: 15th Wing Interesting Facts:Pearl Harbor Naval Station and Hickam Air Force Base were both located in the historic port, known as Wai’momi to the native Hawaiians, on Oahu’s south shore. On Oct. 1, 2010, NAVSTA Pearl Harbor joined with Hickam Air Force Base to become Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) combining the two historic bases into a single joint installation to support both Air Force and Navy missions in the Pacific.
Eielson Air Force Base; Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson; Arizona. Davis–Monthan Air Force Base; Luke Air Force Base; Arkansas. Little Rock Air Force Base; California. Beale Air Force Base; Edwards Air Force Base; March Joint Air Reserve Base; Travis Air Force Base; Colorado. United States Air Force Academy; Delaware. Dover Air Force Base
McGuire Air Force Base is located almost 30 km away from Trenton and one of the 24 bases that were directly forced by the US government to merge in order to complete each other. The merge occurred due to the 2005 commission responsible for the base realignment and closure.
Oct 19, 2022 · Air Force Bases in California Edwards Air Force Base. Located in the western portion of the Mojave Desert, Edwards Air Force Base is about 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles. The installation stretches over 300,000 acres. Edwards Air Force Base in California is the Air Force Materiel Command center of excellence.
May 18, 2024 · There are currently 59 active Air Force bases in the U.S. What is the most remote Air Force Base? The most remote Air Force base is Thule Air Base, located in Greenland, 700 miles inside the Arctic Circle and halfway between New York City and Moscow, Russia.
Jul 30, 2020 · Most air force bases are located in population areas which are not super populated but also not scarce. The color scheme if you take a look at the ap is either light purple or a darker light pulrple. All the bases are on flat land no matter what terrain is surrounding it.
