Usafalmanac ■ Guide to Air Force Installations Worldwide
USAFAlmanac ■ Guide to Air Force Installations Worldwide Major Installations Altus AFB, Okla. 73523-5000; within Altus heads of state. Also responsible for Presidential Sq., Pisa, Italy; 31st Munitions Support Sq., city limits, 120 miles SW of Oklahoma City support and base operations; supports all Ghedi AB, Italy; 496th Air Base Sq., Morón AB, and 54 miles W of Lawton. Phone: 580-482- branches of the armed services, several major Spain; 731st Munitions Support Sq., Araxos AB, 8100; DSN 866-1110. Majcom: AETC. Host: commands, and federal agencies. Major ten- Greece; Det. 1, Expeditionary Air Control Sq., 97th Air Mobility Wing. Mission: trains aircrew ants: Air Force Flight Standards Agency; Hq. Jacotenente, Italy. History: one of the oldest members for C-5, C-17, C-141, and KC-135 AFOSI; AFOSI Academy; Air National Guard Italian air bases, dating to 1911. USAF began aircraft by operating AETC’s strategic airlift and Readiness Center; 113th Wing (D.C. ANG); operations 1954. Area: 1,467 acres. Runway: aerial refueling flying training schools. History: 459th Airlift Wing (AFRC); Naval Air Facility; 8,596 ft. Altitude: 413 ft. Personnel: permanent activated January 1943; inactivated May 1945; Marine Aircraft Gp. 49, Det. A; Air Force Review party military, 3,881; DoD civilians, 246; local reactivated January 1953. Area: 6,981 acres. Boards Agency. History: activated May 1943. nationals, 702. Housing: single family, officer, Runways: 13,440 ft., an additional 9,000-ft. Named for Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews, military 81, enlisted, 454; unaccompanied, UAQ/UEQ, parallel runway and 3,500-ft. assault strip. Al- air pioneer and WWII commander of the Euro- 558; visiting, VOQ, 17, VAQ/VEQ, 12, DV suites, titude: 1,381 ft.
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