United States Active Duty
Active-duty USAF bases in the United States are under the jurisdiction of the following Major Commands:
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| Name | Location | Coordinates | Major Command | Unit Emblem | Unit Designation | Notes/Mission |
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| Altus Air Force Base | Altus, Oklahoma | 34°39′59″N 099°16′05″W / 34.66639°N 99.26806°W / 34.66639; -99.26806 (Altus AFB) | AETC | 97th Air Mobility Wing | 19th Air Force. This wing is tasked to train C-17 Globemaster and KC-135 Stratotanker crews in advanced specialty programs for 3,000 students yearly. 97th AMW operates C-17 Globemaster III for operational training flights. | |
| Arnold Air Force Base | Tullahoma, Tennessee | 35°23′33″N 086°05′09″W / 35.3925°N 86.08583°W / 35.3925; -86.08583 (Arnold AFB) | AFMC | Arnold Engineering Development Center | Non-flying base; Primary AFMC research and development center. The base is home to the largest flight simulation facilities in the world (AEDC). In 2002, $10 million dollars was spent to expand these facilities even further. There are 58 aerodynamic and propulsion wind tunnels, rocket and turbine engine test cells, space environmental chambers, arc heaters, ballistic ranges and other specialized units. | |
| Barksdale Air Force Base | Bossier City, Louisiana | 32°30′07″N 093°39′46″W / 32.50194°N 93.66278°W / 32.50194; -93.66278 (Barksdale AFB) | AFGSC | 2d Bomb Wing 307th Bomb Wing (AFRES) |
The 2d Bomb Wing is the oldest bomb wing in the Air Force and one of two B-52 Stratofortress wings; 307th BW Air Force Reserve B-52 wing integrated with 2d BW.
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| Beale Air Force Base | Marysville, California | 39°08′10″N 121°26′11″W / 39.13611°N 121.43639°W / 39.13611; -121.43639 (Beale AFB) | ACC | 9th Reconnaissance Wing 940th Wing (AFRES) |
12th Air Force. U-2R Dragonlady, RQ-4 Global Hawk and MC-12 Liberty reconnaissance operations worldwide. The base, considered to be the Air Force's model ISR hubs and includes DGS-2. The base covers 23,000 hectares and is home to 6,000 personnel. | |
| Brooks City-Base | San Antonio, Texas | 29°20′30.0042″N 98°26′6.6582″W / 29.341667833°N 98.435182833°W / 29.341667833; -98.435182833 (Brooks City-Base) | AFMC | 311th Air Base Group | Non-flying base; Aerospace Medical Division research by Air Force Research Laboratory. Brooks is one of the oldest Air Force installations, having been established on December 8, 1917 as Brooks Field. It served then as an installation for the World War I Army Air Service. | |
| Buckley Air Force Base | Aurora, Colorado | 39°42′06″N 104°45′06″W / 39.70167°N 104.75167°W / 39.70167; -104.75167 (Buckley AFB) | AFSC | 460th Space Wing 140th Wing (CO ANG) |
Non-Flying wing; provides missile warning, missile defense, technical intelligence, satellite command and control. Colorado ANG operates F-16 Fighting Falcons | |
| Cannon Air Force Base | Clovis, New Mexico | 34°22′58″N 103°19′20″W / 34.38278°N 103.32222°W / 34.38278; -103.32222 (Cannon AFB) | AFSOC | 27th Special Operations Wing | Special Operations base; SOW plans and executes specialized and contingency operations globally. Aircraft include MC-130 Combat Spear; MQ-1 Predator; AC-130 Gunship; CV-22 Osprey. | |
| Cavalier Air Force Station | Mountain, North Dakota | 48°43′55″N 97°54′16″W / 48.73194°N 97.90444°W / 48.73194; -97.90444 (Cavalier AFS) | AFSC | 21st Space Wing | Non-Flying wing; Operated by the 10th Space Warning Squadron. The station monitors and tracks potential missile launches against North America. NORAD relocated Cheyenne Mountain AFS operations to Peterson Air Force Base for efficiency on July 28, 2006. | |
| Columbus Air Force Base | Columbus, Mississippi | 33°38′38″N 088°26′38″W / 33.64389°N 88.44389°W / 33.64389; -88.44389 (Columbus AFB) | AETC | 14th Flying Training Wing | 19th Air Force. Specialized undergraduate pilot training (UPT). Aircraft include T-6 Texan II, T-1 Jayhawk, T-38 Talon | |
| Creech Air Force Base | Indian Springs, Nevada | 36°35′14″N 115°40′24″W / 36.58722°N 115.67333°W / 36.58722; -115.67333 (Creech AFB) | ACC | 432d Wing | 12th Air Force. Primary USAF unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations base. Conducts global reconnaissance worldwide. HQ Joint UAS Center of Excellence. Creech is home to the unmanned Predator missions conducted regularly in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan. | |
| Davis–Monthan Air Force Base | Tucson, AZ | 32°09′59″N 110°52′59″W / 32.16639°N 110.88306°W / 32.16639; -110.88306 (Davis–Monthan AFB) | ACC | 355th Fighter Wing 55th Electronic Combat Group 214th Reconnaissance Group (AZ ANG) |
12th Air Force. 355th Fighter Wing composed mostly of A-10s and is tasked to train A-10 pilots and provide close support to ground forces around the world. EC-130H Compass Call aircraft. Arizona ANG operates MQ-1 Predator UAV. Also HQ Twelfth Air Force The air base is also popular because of AMARC, or the Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Center, where hundreds of retired aircraft are stored. | |
| Dover Air Force Base | Dover, Delaware | 39°07′42″N 075°27′53″W / 39.12833°N 75.46472°W / 39.12833; -75.46472 (Dover AFB) | AMC | 436th Airlift Wing 512th Airlift Wing (AFRES) |
Operates C-5 Galaxy heavy strategic airlift globally. Also the home for the largest military mortuary in the Department of Defense, and has been used for processing military personnel killed in both war and peacetime. | |
| Dyess Air Force Base | Abilene, Texas | 32°25′15″N 099°51′17″W / 32.42083°N 99.85472°W / 32.42083; -99.85472 (Dyess AFB) | ACC | 7th Bomb Wing 317th Airlift Group (AMC) |
12th Air Force. One of two B-1 Lancer bomber bases in USAF. 317th AG operates C-130 Hercules theater transports. | |
| Edwards Air Force Base | Edwards, California | 34°54′20″N 117°53′01″W / 34.90556°N 117.88361°W / 34.90556; -117.88361 (Edwards AFB) | AFMC | 95th Air Base Wing 412th Test Wing |
Air Force Flight Test Center. Almost every United States military aircraft since the 1950s has been at least partially tested at Edwards, and it has been the site of many aviation breakthroughs with experimental aircraft being tested at Edwards. Edwards also appears to have jurisdiction over Air Force Flight Test Center (Detachment 3), Nevada (AKA "Area 51") | |
| Eglin Air Force Base | Valparaiso, Florida | 30°29′N 086°32′W / 30.483°N 86.533°W / 30.483; -86.533 (McConnell AFB) | AFMC | 96th Air Base Wing 46th Test Wing 53d Wing (ACC) |
Air Armament Center. AAC is the center responsible for the development, acquisition, testing, deployment and sustainment of all air-delivered weapons by the USAF. ACC 53d Wing serves as the focal point for ACC in electronic warfare, armament and avionics, chemical defense, reconnaissance, and aircrew training. | |
| Ellsworth Air Force Base | Box Elder, South Dakota | 44°08′42″N 103°06′13″W / 44.145°N 103.10361°W / 44.145; -103.10361 (Ellsworth AFB) | ACC | 28th Bomb Wing | 12th Air Force. One of two B-1 Lancer bomber bases in USAF. | |
| Francis E. Warren Air Force Base | Cheyenne, Wyoming | 41°07′59″N 104°52′01″W / 41.13306°N 104.86694°W / 41.13306; -104.86694 (Francis E. Warren AFB) | AFGSC | 90th Missile Wing | LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM base with launch facilities in Southeast Wyoming, Western Nebraska, and Northern Colorado. It is also the home of Twentieth Air Force, which commands all United States Air Force ICBMs. | |
| Fairchild Air Force Base | Spokane, Washington | 47°36′54″N 117°39′20″W / 47.615°N 117.65556°W / 47.615; -117.65556 (Fairchild AFB) | AMC | 92nd Air Refueling Wing 141st Air Refueling Wing (WA ANG) |
Operates KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force. Provides air refueling, as well as passenger and cargo airlift and aero-medical evacuation missions globally. | |
| Fort Jackson | Columbia, South Carolina | HQ Air Force Chaplain Corps | Tenant unit on United States Army installation. | |||
| Fort Meade | Odenton, Maryland | 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing | Tenant unit on United States Army installation. Part of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency | |||
| Goodfellow Air Force Base | San Angelo, Texas | 31°25′46.6716″N 100°23′56.5434″W / 31.429631°N 100.399039833°W / 31.429631; -100.399039833 (Goodfellow AFB) | AETC | 17th Training Wing | 2d Air Force. Non-flying training base. Goodfellow's main mission is cryptologic and intelligence training for the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps. | |
| Grand Forks Air Force Base | Grand Forks, North Dakota | 47°57′40″N 097°24′04″W / 47.96111°N 97.40111°W / 47.96111; -97.40111 (Grand Forks AFB) | AMC | 319th Air Refueling Wing | Part of AMC Worldwide Tanker Force. KC-135 Stratotanker provides global air refueling. | |
| Hanscom Air Force Base | Lincoln, Massachusetts | 42°28′12″N 071°17′21″W / 42.47°N 71.28917°W / 42.47; -71.28917 (Hanscom AFB) | AFMC | 66th Air Base Wing | Electronic Systems Center (ESC). Established during World War II for RADAR and electronic warfare research. Today the ESC supports research, acquisitions, and electronic systems. | |
| Hill Air Force Base | Ogden, Utah | 41°07′26″N 111°58′22″W / 41.12389°N 111.97278°W / 41.12389; -111.97278 (Hill AFB) | AFMC | 75th Air Base Wing 388th Fighter Wing (ACC) 419th Fighter Wing (AFRES) |
One of three AFMC logistics centers. Ogden Air Logistics Center is primary support depot for A-10, B-2, F-16 aircraft and Minuteman III ICBMs and provides depot-level maintenance on those weapons systems. ACC/AFRES operates F-16 Fighting Falcon, The 388th TFW at Hill was the first operational F-16 wing in 1978. | |
| Holloman Air Force Base | Alamogordo, New Mexico | 32°51′09″N 106°06′23″W / 32.8525°N 106.10639°W / 32.8525; -106.10639 (Holloman AFB) | ACC | 49th Fighter Wing 46th Test Wing (AFMC) |
12th Air Force. Operates F-22 Raptor. Trains MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper pilots and sensor operators. German Air Force training unit. 46th TW performs high speed sled track testing, navigation and guidance system testing, radar signature measurements, weapon systems flight testing, and Air Force Liaison for all AF programs tested at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR). German Air Force Tactical Training Center. Hundreds of German military personnel and 12 Panavia Tornados are assigned to the base to conduct advanced tactical training before returning to Germany. | |
| Hurlburt Field | Mary Esther, Florida | 30°25′40″N 086°41′22″W / 30.42778°N 86.68944°W / 30.42778; -86.68944 (Hurlburt Field) | AFSOC | 1st Special Operations Wing 24th Special Operations Wing 505th Command and Control Wing (ACC) |
HQ Air Force Special Operations Command, Special Operations base; Both SOWs plan and execute specialized and contingency operations globally. Aircraft include MC-130 Combat Spear; MQ-1 Predator; AC-130 Gunship; CV-22 Osprey. ACC 505th CCW is to improve warfighter capability through command and control testing, tactics development and training; part of Nellis USAF Weapons School. | |
| Keesler Air Force Base | Biloxi, Mississippi | 30°24′41″N 088°55′25″W / 30.41139°N 88.92361°W / 30.41139; -88.92361 (Keesler AFB) | AETC | 81st Training Wing 403d Wing (AFRC) |
2d Air Force. Primary AETC Technical Training school for electronics, such as wideband maintenance, ground radio, information technology, avionics, cryptography. Air Force Reserve Command operates WC-130 Hercules Hurricane Hunter aircraft. HQ Second Air Force. | |
| Kirtland Air Force Base | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 35°02′25″N 106°36′33″W / 35.04028°N 106.60917°W / 35.04028; -106.60917 (Kirtland AFB) | AFMC | 377th Air Base Wing 498th Nuclear Systems Wing 58th Special Operations Wing (AFSOC) |
USAF Nuclear Weapons Center (NWC). The NWC is the center of expertise for nuclear weapon systems, ensuring safe, secure and reliable nuclear weapons are available to support the National Command Structure. Also AETC 19th Air Force Special Operations Command training base and training facility for ACC combat search and rescue (CSAR) communities. The 58 SOW operates the MC-130H Combat Talon II and MC-130P Combat Shadow, HC-130 King, UH-1N Huey, HH-60G Pave Hawk and CV-22 Osprey aircraft. | |
| Laughlin Air Force Base | Del Rio, Texas | 29°21′34″N 100°46′41″W / 29.35944°N 100.77806°W / 29.35944; -100.77806 (Laughlin AFB) | AETC | 47th Flying Training Wing | 19th Air Force. Specialized undergraduate pilot training (UPT) and is the largest pilot training base in the Air Force. The airfield handles the most takeoffs and landings among all airports in the United States. Aircraft include T-6 Texan II, T-1 Jayhawk, T-38 Talon | |
| Little Rock Air Force Base | Jacksonville, Pulaski County, Arkansas | 34°55′01″N 092°08′47″W / 34.91694°N 92.14639°W / 34.91694; -92.14639 (Little Rock AFB) | AMC | 19th Airlift Wing 314th Airlift Wing (AETC) |
C-130 Airlift base for Air Mobility Command. Also only C-130 Hercules training base for the Department of Defense, training C-130 pilots, navigators, flight engineers, and loadmasters from all branches of the US military as well as 28 allied nations, in tactical airlift and aerial delivery. | |
| Los Angeles Air Force Base | El Segundo, California | 33°55′08.79″N 118°22′50.23″W / 33.9191083°N 118.3806194°W / 33.9191083; -118.3806194 (Los Angeles AFB) | AFSC | 61st Air Base Group | Non-flying facility. Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC). The center manages research, development and acquisition of military space systems. | |
| Air Force Entertainment Liaison Office | Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, California | Air Force Office of Public Affairs | Provides assistance to the entertainment industry as a single point of contact for information and assistance with entertainment productions having Air Force themes or segments. | |||
| Luke Air Force Base | Phoenix, Arizona | 33°32′06″N 112°22′59″W / 33.535°N 112.38306°W / 33.535; -112.38306 (Luke AFB) | AETC | 56th Fighter Wing 944th Fighter Wing |
19th Air Force. F-16 Fighting Falcon training base. | |
| MacDill Air Force Base | Tampa, Florida | 27°50′58″N 082°31′16″W / 27.84944°N 82.52111°W / 27.84944; -82.52111 (MacDill AFB) | AMC | 6th Air Mobility Wing 927th Air Refueling Wing (AFRES) |
HQ United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) and United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The 6 AMW is a 3,000-person force capable of rapidly projecting air refueling power anywhere in the world. Also operates KC-135 Stratotanker air refueling operations. | |
| Malmstrom Air Force Base | Great Falls, Montana | 47°30′17″N 111°11′14″W / 47.50472°N 111.18722°W / 47.50472; -111.18722 (Malmstrom AFB) | AFGSC | 341st Missile Wing | LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM base with launch facilities in central Montana. | |
| Maxwell Air Force Base | Montgomery, Alabama | 32°22′45″N 086°21′45″W / 32.37917°N 86.3625°W / 32.37917; -86.3625 (Maxwell AFB) | AETC | 42nd Air Base Wing Air University 908th Airlift Wing (AFRES) |
HQ Air Education and Training Command and Air University. Is the U.S. Air Force's center for Joint Professional Military Education (PME). The 908th Airlift Wing (908 AW) is a tenant C-130 Hercules Air Force Reserve unit and the only operational flying wing at Maxwell. Civil Air Patrol HQ (CAP/USAF) |
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| McConnell Air Force Base | Wichita, Kansas | 37°37′23″N 097°16′02″W / 37.62306°N 97.26722°W / 37.62306; -97.26722 (McConnell AFB) | AMC | 22d Air Refueling Wing 931st Air Refueling Group (AFRES) |
KC-135 Stratotanker. Primary mission is to provide global reach by conducting air refueling and airlift where and when needed. | |
| Minot Air Force Base | Minot, North Dakota | 48°24′57″N 101°21′29″W / 48.41583°N 101.35806°W / 48.41583; -101.35806 (Minot AFB) | AFGSC | 5th Bomb Wing 91st Missile Wing |
One of two B-52 Stratofortress wings in USAF. 91st Missile Wing operates LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM launch facilities in northern South Dakota. | |
| Moody Air Force Base | Valdosta, Georgia | 30°58′4″N 83°11′34″W / 30.96778°N 83.19278°W / 30.96778; -83.19278 (Moody AFB) | ACC | 23d Wing | 9th Air Force. A-10 Thunderbolt II. Moody executes worldwide close air support, force protection, and combat search and rescue operations (CSAR) in support of humanitarian interests, United States national security and the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). | |
| Mountain Home Air Force Base | Mountain Home, Idaho | 43°02′37″N 115°52′21″W / 43.04361°N 115.8725°W / 43.04361; -115.8725 (Mountain Home AFB) | ACC | 366th Fighter Wing | 12th Air Force. F-15E Strike Eagle Mountain Home's primary mission is to provide combat airpower and combat support capabilities to respond to and sustain worldwide contingency operations. | |
| Nellis Air Force Base | Las Vegas, Nevada | 36°14′10″N 115°02′03″W / 36.23611°N 115.03417°W / 36.23611; -115.03417 (Nellis AFB) | ACC | 57th Wing 926th Group (AFRES) |
USAF Weapons School. Nellis is home of the largest and most demanding advanced combat air-training mission in the world. The base's all-encompassing mission is accomplished through a wide array of aircraft. Also home base of the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron (Thunderbirds) | |
| Offutt Air Force Base | Omaha, Nebraska | 41°07′10″N 095°54′31″W / 41.11944°N 95.90861°W / 41.11944; -95.90861 (Offutt AFB) | ACC | 55th Wing | 12th Air Force. Headquarters of the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), the Air Force Weather Agency and the ACC 55th Wing. 55th Wing responsible for global worldwide strategic intelligence gathering using Boeing RC-135. Former Cold War Headquarters of Strategic Air Command (SAC). | |
| Patrick Air Force Base | Brevard County, Florida | 28°14′06″N 080°36′36″W / 28.235°N 80.61°W / 28.235; -80.61 (Patrick AFB) | AFSC | 45th Space Wing 920th Rescue Wing (AFRES) |
Ballistic missile testing; Manage all launches of unmanned rockets at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS). These rockets include satellites for the US military, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the National Security Agency, as well as scientific payload launches in support of NASA and foreign governments. | |
| Peterson Air Force Base | Colorado Springs, Colorado | 38°49′25″N 104°41′42″W / 38.82361°N 104.695°W / 38.82361; -104.695 (Peterson AFB) | AFSC | 21st Space Wing 302d Airlift Wing (AFRES) |
HQ Air Force Space Command. 21st SW provides missile warning and space control to NORAD and U.S. Strategic Command through a network of command and control units and ground and space-based sensors operated by geographically separated units around the world. | |
| Pope Army Airfield | Fayetteville, North Carolina | 35°10′15″N 079°00′52″W / 35.17083°N 79.01444°W / 35.17083; -79.01444 (Pope AAF) | AMC | 43d Airlift Group 440th Airlift Wing (AFRES) |
Under United States Army jurisdiction due to BRAC 2005 closure of USAF Pope AFB and transfer to Army control.
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| Robins Air Force Base | Warner Robins, Georgia | 32°38′24″N 083°35′30″W / 32.64°N 83.59167°W / 32.64; -83.59167 (Robins AFB) | AFMC | 78th Air Base Wing 116th Air Control Wing (GA ANG) |
One of three AFMC logistics centers. Warner Robins Air Logistics Center is primary logistics support depot for AC-130/C-130 (and variants), C-17, E-8, F-15,HH-60, RQ-4 (UAV), US and UH-1 aircraft and helicopters and provides depot-level maintenance on those weapons systems. HQ Air Force Reserve Command. Supports Georgia ANG E-8C Joint STARS reconnaissance aircraft global operations. | |
| Schriever Air Force Base | Colorado Springs, Colorado | 38°48′12″N 104°31′32″W / 38.80333°N 104.52556°W / 38.80333; -104.52556 (Schriever AFB) | AFSC | 50th Space Wing 310th Space Wing (AFRES) |
Orbital satellite operations. Provides command and control for more than 170 Department of Defense warning, navigational, and communications satellite. Schriever is also the operations center for the Global Positioning System, the world’s largest military satellite constellation. | |
| Scott Air Force Base | Mascoutah, Illinois | 38°32′43″N 089°50′07″W / 38.54528°N 89.83528°W / 38.54528; -89.83528 (Scott AFB) | AMC | 375th Air Mobility Wing 932d Airlift Wing (AFRES) 126th Air Refueling Wing (IL ANG) |
HQ Air Mobility Command; Aeromedial evacuations; AMC Special Air Mission KC-135 Stratotanker (ANG). Also Headquarters for the Air Force Network Integration Center (AFNIC), United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) and United States Army Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC). |
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| Seymour Johnson Air Force Base | Goldsboro, North Carolina | 35°20′22″N 077°57′38″W / 35.33944°N 77.96056°W / 35.33944; -77.96056 (Seymour Johnson AFB) | ACC | 4th Fighter Wing 916th Air Refueling Wing (AFRES) |
9th Air Force. Provides worldwide deployable F-15E Strike Eagle and personnel capable of executing combat missions in support of the Aerospace Expeditionary Force. The wing also provides logistical support to an Air Force Reserve KC-135 Stratotanker unit. | |
| Shaw Air Force Base | Sumter, South Carolina | 33°58′23″N 080°28′22″W / 33.97306°N 80.47278°W / 33.97306; -80.47278 (Shaw Air Force Base) | ACC | 20th Fighter Wing | 9th Air Force. Operates F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft to provide, project and sustain combat-ready aircraft in conventional and anti-radiation suppression of enemy air defenses, strategic attack, counter-air, air interdiction, joint maritime operations and combat search-and-rescue missions. HQ ACC Ninth Air Force; United States Air Forces Central (USCENTAF) and United States Army Central (USARCENT) | |
| Sheppard Air Force Base | Wichita Falls, Texas | 33°59′20″N 098°29′31″W / 33.98889°N 98.49194°W / 33.98889; -98.49194 (Sheppard AFB) | AETC | 82d Training Wing 80th Flying Training Wing |
2d Air Force. AETC technical training wing; 19th Air Force 80th FTW conducts the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) program, the world's only multi-nationally manned and managed flying training program chartered to produce combat pilots for both USAF and NATO. | |
| Thule Air Base | Greenland | 76°31′52″N 068°42′12″W / 76.53111°N 68.70333°W / 76.53111; -68.70333 (Thule AB) | AFSC | 821st Air Base Group | Most northern USAF facility. Under operational control of 21st Space Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Provides missile warning, space surveillance and space control to NORAD and Air Force Space Command. | |
| Tinker Air Force Base | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 35°24′53″N 097°23′12″W / 35.41472°N 97.38667°W / 35.41472; -97.38667 (Tinker AFB) | AFMC | 72d Air Base Wing 552d Air Control Wing 507th Air Refueling Wing (AFRES) |
One of three AFMC logistics centers. Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center is primary logistics support depot for B-1, B-2, B-52, KC-135 and E-3 aircraft and provides depot-level maintenance on those weapons systems. 552d Air Control Wing flies Air Combat Command's E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft. The E-3's radar and other sensors provide deep-look surveillance, warning, interception control and airborne battle management. | |
| Travis Air Force Base | Fairfield, California | 38°15′46″N 121°55′39″W / 38.26278°N 121.9275°W / 38.26278; -121.9275 (Travis AFB) | AMC | 60th Air Mobility Wing 349th Air Mobility Wing (AFRES) |
The 60th AMW is the largest wing in the Air Force's Air Mobility Command, with a fleet of C-5 Galaxies, KC-10 Extenders, and C-17 Globemaster III aircraft providing global airlift around the world. | |
| Tyndall Air Force Base | Panama City, Florida | 30°4′43″N 85°34′35″W / 30.07861°N 85.57639°W / 30.07861; -85.57639 (Tyndall AFB) | AETC | 325th Fighter Wing CONR-AFNORTH (ACC) |
19th Air Force. 325th FW provide air dominance training for F-22A Raptor and F-35A Lightning II pilots and maintenance personnel and air battle managers. The 1st Air Force ACC NORAD CONR-AFNORTH provides airspace surveillance and control and directs all Air Defense activities for the continental United States. | |
| United States Air Force Academy | Colorado Springs, Colorado | 38°59′25″N 104°51′30″W / 38.99028°N 104.85833°W / 38.99028; -104.85833 (USAF Academy) | 10th Air Base Wing 306th Flying Training Group |
USAF Federal military academy. The academy offers a four-year program with a Bachelor of Science degree with graduates commissioned as second lieutenants in the Air Force. 10th ABW provides academy support services; 306th FTG is the AETC airmanship training unit. | ||
| Vance Air Force Base | Enid, Oklahoma | 36°20′22″N 097°55′02″W / 36.33944°N 97.91722°W / 36.33944; -97.91722 (Vance ANGB) | AETC | 71st Flying Training Wing | 19th Air Force. Specialized undergraduate pilot training (UPT). Aircraft include T-6 Texan II, T-1 Jayhawk, T-38 Talon | |
| Vandenberg Air Force Base | Lompoc, California | 34°43′57″N 120°34′05″W / 34.7325°N 120.56806°W / 34.7325; -120.56806 (Vandenberg AFB) | AFSC | 30th Space Wing | Launches satellites into polar orbit from the West Coast, using expendable boosters (Pegasus, Taurus, Minotaur, Atlas V and Delta IV). Wing personnel also support the Service's LGM-30G Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Force Development Evaluation program. | |
| Whiteman Air Force Base | Knob Noster, Missouri | 38°43′49″N 093°32′53″W / 38.73028°N 93.54806°W / 38.73028; -93.54806 (Whiteman AFB) | AFGSC | 509th Bomb Wing 131st Bomb Wing (MO ANG) 442d Fighter Wing (AFRES) |
Operates B-2 Spirit stealth bomber designed to be employed to strike high-value targets that are either out of range of conventional aircraft or considered to be too heavily defended for conventional aircraft to strike without a high risk of loss. Also supports Air Force Reserve A-10 Thunderbolt II operations. | |
| Wright-Patterson Air Force Base | Dayton, Ohio | 39°49′23″N 084°02′58″W / 39.82306°N 84.04944°W / 39.82306; -84.04944 (Wright-Patterson AFB) | AFMC | 88th Air Base Wing 445th Airlift Wing(AFRES) |
HQ, Air Force Materiel Command. Wright-Patterson is the headquarters of the Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC); Air Force Global Logistics Support Center (AFGSC) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). It is also the home base of the 445th Airlift Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command, an Air Mobility Command-gained unit which flies the C-5 Galaxy heavy airlifter. Also home of the National Museum of the United States Air Force. |
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“The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from each other, obscure the reality of a common condition, and make united rebellion against the oppressor inconceivable.”
—Andrea Dworkin (b. 1946)
“Perhaps anxious politicians may prove that only seventeen white men and five negroes were concerned in the late enterprise; but their very anxiety to prove this might suggest to themselves that all is not told. Why do they still dodge the truth? They are so anxious because of a dim consciousness of the fact, which they do not distinctly face, that at least a million of the free inhabitants of the United States would have rejoiced if it had succeeded. They at most only criticise the tactics.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice—that is, until we have stopped saying “It got lost,” and say, “I lost it.””
—Sydney J. Harris (b. 1917)
“I perceived that to express those impressions, to write that essential book, which is the only true one, a great writer does not, in the current meaning of the word, invent it, but, since it exists already in each one of us, interprets it. The duty and the task of a writer are those of an interpreter.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)