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Usaf & Ussf Installations 2020 ALMANAC USAF & USSF INSTALLATIONS Tech. Sgt. Joe Harwood Tech. C-130s at Mansfield Lahm Air National Guard Base, Mansfield, Ohio. Domestic Installations Owning command: AETC. Unit/mission: missile warning. History: Dates from 1961. 42nd ABW (AETC), support; 908th AW Bases owned, operated by, or hosting substantial (AFRC), air mobility operations; Air Force Eielson AFB, Alaska 99702. Nearest city: Department of the Air Force activities. Bases marked Historical Research Agency (USAF), histori- Fairbanks. Phone: 907-377-1110. Acres: 24,919. “USSF” were part of the former Air Force Space com- cal documentation, research; Air University Total Force: 3,257. Active-duty Air Force: 1,993. mand and may not ultimately transfer to the Space (AETC); Hq. Civil Air Patrol (USAF), manage- Owning command: PACAF. Unit/mission: 168th Force. For sources and definitions, see p. 109. ment; Hq. Air Force Judge Advocate General ARW (ANG), air mobility operations; 354th FW Active Reserve Guard Range USSF States Corps (USAF), management; PEO-Business (PACAF), aggressor force, fighter, Red Flag- and Enterprise Systems (AFMC), acquisi- Alaska operations, Joint Pacific Alaska Range UNITEDUnited STATES States tion. History: Activated 1918 at the site of Complex support; Arctic Survival School (AETC), the Wright brothers’ flight school. Named training. History: Activated October 1944. Named AlabamaALABAMA for 2nd Lt. William C. Maxwell, killed in air for Carl Ben Eielson, Arctic aviation pioneer who accident Aug. 12, 1920. Museum: Air Park. died in Arctic rescue mission in November 1929. Dannelly Field, Montgomery Regional Inn: 334-953-3931. (Maxwell); 334-416-2501 Museum: Heritage Park. Inn: 907-377-1844. Airport, Ala. 36108. Nearest city: Mont- (Gunter). Golf: Cypress Tree. gomery. Phone: 334-394-7200. Acres: 70. JB Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska 99506. Total Force: 1,236. Component: ANG. Unit/ Sumpter Smith ANGB, Birmingham-Shut- Nearest city: Anchorage. Phone: 907-552-1110. mission: 187th FW, fighter, ISR operations. tlesworth Intl. Airport, Ala. 35217. Nearest Acres: 13,455 (Elmendorf), 60,027 (Richardson). History: Originally named for Ens. Clarence city: Birmingham. Phone: 205-714-2855. Total Force: 14,485. Active-duty Air Force: 5,447. Dannelly, Navy pilot killed in WWII. Acres: 140. Total Force: 1,624. Component: Owning command: PACAF. Unit/mission: 3rd ANG. Unit/mission: 99th ARS (AMC) (active Wing (PACAF), air mobility, C2, fighter opera- Hall ANGS, Dothan Regional Airport, associate), air mobility operations; 117th ARW, tions; 176th Wing (ANG), air mobility, personnel Ala. 36303. Nearest city: Dothan. Phone: air mobility, intelligence operations. History: recovery operations; 477th FG (AFRC), fighter 334-667-0625. Acres: 21. Total Force: 287. Named for Col. Walter Sumpter Smith, electri- operations; 673rd ABW (PACAF), support; 715th Component: ANG. Unit/mission: 280th Spe- cal engineer and pilot. AMOG (AMC), air mobility operations; Alaskan cial Operations Communications Squadron, NORAD Region, operational leadership; Hq. 11th strategic air defense. Alaska ALASKA Air Force (PACAF), operational leadership; Hq. Alaskan Command (PACOM), management. His- Maxwell AFB, Ala. 36112. Nearest city: Clear AFS, Alaska 99704. Nearest city: Fair- tory: Activated July 1940. Formed as joint base Montgomery. Phone: 334-953-1110. Acres: banks. Phone: 907-585-6110. Acres: 11,438. Total under Air Force lead 2010. Elmendorf named 3,530 (Maxwell), 355 (Gunter annex). Total Force: 122. Owning command: USSF. Unit/ for Capt. Hugh M. Elmendorf, killed Jan. 13, Force: 6,828. Active-duty Air Force: 3,118. mission: 13th SWS (USSF), 213th SWS (ANG), 1933, flying an experimental fighter. Richardson JUNE 2020 AIRFORCEMAG.COM 95 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE BASES IN THE U.S. Active Reserve Guard Range USSF States JB Lewis-McChord (AMC) Cavalier AFS (USSF) Fairchild AFB (AMC) Minot AFB (AFGSC) Malmstrom AFB (AFGSC) Wash. Montana ANGB Grand Forks AFB (AMC) Portland ANGB Bangor Arpt. (ANG) N.D. Maine Duluth Arpt. (ANG) Mont. Hector Arpt. (ANG) Burlington ANGB Mich. New Boston AFS South Portland AGS Ore. Idaho Alpena CRTC (ANG) Vt. Pease ANGB Minn. N.H. Mountain Home AFB (ACC) Hanscom AFB (AMC) Kingsley Field ANGB Minn.-St. Paul Arpt. (AFRC) Westover ARB (AFRC) Mountain Home Range Complex Hancock Field (ANG) Barnes ANGB S.D. North Smithfield ANGS Wyo. Wis. Niagara Falls ARS (ANG/AFRC) N.Y. Mass. JBCC-Otis ANGB Ellsworth AFB (AFGSC) Stratton ANGB R.I. Gowen Field (ANG) General Mitchell Arpt. (ANG) Mich. Selfridge ANGB JBCC-Cape Cod AFS (USSF) Joe Foss Field Stewart ANGB (ANG) Conn. Sioux Gateway Arpt. Brigadier Truax Field ANGB Battle Creek ANGB/W. K. Quonset State Arpt. (ANG) General “Bud” Day Field (ANG) Kellogg Arpt. (ANG) Bradley (ANGB ) Youngstown ARS (AFRC) Gabreski Arpt. (ANG) Toledo ANGB Pa. Wyoming ANGB Fort Dodge ANGS Atlantic City Arpt. (ANG) Beale AFB (ACC) Wright ANGB Fort Wayne Arpt. (ANG) Mansfield Lahm ANGB Harrisburg ANGB N.J. Nevada ANGB F.E. Warren AFB (AFGSC) Johnstown ANGS JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (AMC) Neb. Des Moines Arpt. (ANG) Grissom ARB (AFRC) Springfield-Beckley ANGB Hill AFB (AFMC) New Castle Arpt. (ANG) Warren Grove Offutt AFB (ACC) Iowa Peoria Intl. Arpt. (ANG) Zanesville ANGB Range (ANG) Nev. Utah Test and Train- Greeley ANGS Pittsburgh ARS (AFRC/ANG) Dover AFB (AMC) Pillar Point AFS (USSF) Wright-Patterson AFB (AFMC) Md. Del. Travis AFB (AMC) ing Range (AMC) Nebraska ANGB JB Anacostia-Bolling (AFDW) Schriever AFB (USSF) Rosecrans ANGB/Memorial Arpt. Ill. Ind. Rickenbacker ANGB Shepherd Field (ANG) Utah Warfield ANGB/Martin State Arpt. (ANG) Buckley AFB (USSF) Blue Ash ANGS Eastern W. Va. Arpt. (ANG) Moffett Federal Airfield Abraham Lincoln Capital JB Andrews (AFDW) USAF Academy Smoky Hill ANG Range Arpt. (ANG) Hulman Field Arpt. (ANG) W. Va. Hq. USAF Va. Calif. Peterson AFB (USSF) Whiteman AFB (AFGSC) Scott AFB (AMC) McLaughlin ANGB Cheyenne Mtn. AFS (USSF) Mo. JB Langley-Eustis (ACC) Creech AFB (ACC) Kan. Louisville Arpt. ANGB Colo. Forbes Field (ANG) Jefferson Barracks (ANG) Ky. Vandenberg AFB (USSF) McConnell AFB (AMC) Nellis AFB (ACC) McGhee-Tyson ANGB Seymour Johnson AFB (ACC) Channel Islands ANGS Tulsa ANGB Berry Field ANGB/ N.C. Nashville Intl. Arpt. (ANG) Tenn. Kirtland AFB (AFGSC) Vance AFB (AETC) New London ANGB Pope Field Dare County Bombing Range (ACC) Edwards AFB (AFMC) Ariz. Will Rogers ANGB Charlotte ANGB at Arnold AFB (AFMC) Charlotte Douglas Arpt. Sepulveda ANGS Goldwater ANGB Okla. Little Rock AFB (AMC) S.C. N.M. Tinker AFB (AFMC) Memphis ANGB Shaw AFB (ACC) Los Angeles AFB (USSF) Dobbins ARB (AFRC) Luke AFB (AETC) Melrose Air Force Range (AFSOC) Altus AFB (AETC) Ebbing ANGB McEntire JNGB Cannon AFB (AFSOC) Ark. Sumpter Smith ANGB Poinsett Electronic March ARB (ANG/AFRC) Barry M. Goldwater Range Columbus AFB (AETC) Ga. Combat Range (ACC) (AETC) Sheppard AFB (AETC) JB Charleston (AMC) Davis-Monthan AFB (ACC) Allen C. Thompson Field- Ala. Holloman AFB (ACC) Dyess AFB (AFGSC) Jackson Evers Arpt. (ANG) Hensley Field (ANG) Maxwell AFB (AETC) Robins AFB (AFMC) Savannah/Hilton Head Arpt./ANGB Barksdale AFB (AFGSC) Key Field ANGB/ Meridian Arpt. Dannelly Field (ANG) Texas Claiborne Range (AFRC) Miss. Hall ANGB Moody AFB (ACC) Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range (ANG) NAS JRB Fort Worth Gulfport CRTC Jacksonville Arpt. (ANG) (AFRC/ANG) La. Duke Field (AFRC) Goodfellow AFB (AETC) NAS JRB New Orleans (ANG) Laughlin AFB (AETC) Ellington Field (ANG) Keesler AFB (AETC) Fla. Cape Canaveral AFS (USSF) Hurlburt Field (AFSOC) JBSA-Randolph (AETC) Patrick AFB (USSF) EglinElgin AFB (AFMC) JBSA-Lackland (AETC) MacDill AFB (AMC) Tyndall AFB (ACC) Avon Park Air Force Range (ACC) Homestead ARB (AFRC) Eielson AFB (PACAF) JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam (PACAF) Clear AFS (USSF) Andersen AFB Luis Muñoz Marin Arpt./MuñIz ANGB Alaska Oahu (PACAF) Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (ALCOM) Puerto Rico JB Elmendorf-Richardson (PACAF) Guam Hawaii 96 JUNE 2020 AIRFORCEMAG.COM JUNE 2020 AIRFORCEMAG.COM 97 named for Army Brig. Gen. Wilds P. Richardson, Total Force: 5,602. Active-duty Air Force: 3,363. General Old. grated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment DistrictDISTRICT of Columbia OF COLUMBIA bat Weather Systems Squadron (ACC), OT&E, who served in Alaska territory from 1897 to 1917. Owning command: AMC. Unit/mission: 19th operations, training. History: operational April training; Hq. AFSOC, management. History: Museum: Kulis ANGB Museum. Inn: 907-552- AW (AMC), air mobility operations; 913th AG Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif. 94035. Near- 20, 1966. JB Anacostia-Bolling, D.C. 20032. Nearest Activated 1943. Named for Lt. Donald W. Hurlburt, 2454. Golf: Moose Run. (AFRC), 189th AW (ANG), air mobility operations, est city: Mountain View. Phone: 650-603-9129. city: Washington, D.C. Phone: 703-545-6700. WWII pilot killed Oct. 1, 1943. Museum: Memorial training; 314th AMW (AETC), training. History: Acres: 112. Total Force: 1,579. Component: ANG. Greeley ANGS, Colo. 80631. Nearest city: Acres: 1,027. Total Force: 5,168. Active-duty Air Air Park. Inn: 850-884-7115. Golf: Gator Lakes. Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, Base opened Oct. 9, 1955. Inn: 501-988-1141. Unit/mission: 129th RQW, personnel recovery Greeley. Phone: 720-259-5001. Acres: 17. Total Force: 2,246. Bolling owning command: AFDW. Alaska. Nearest city: Fairbanks. Phone: 907- Golf: Deer Run. operations. History: Activated as NAS Sunnyvale Force: 380. Component: ANG. Unit/mission: Unit/mission: 11th Operations Group (AFDW), Jacksonville ANGB, Jacksonville Intl. Air- 552-2341. Owning command: ALCOM. Avail- April 1933. Renamed Moffett Field June 1933 for 137th SWS, mobile missile warning. History: support; 579th MDG (AFDW), clinic operations; port, Fla. 32218. Nearest city: Jacksonville. able airspace: 65,000 square miles. Acres of CALIFORNIA Rear Adm. William A. Moffett, killed in crash of Activated January 1996. Hq. Surgeon General (USAF). History: Activated Phone: 904-741-7030. Acres: 342. Total Force: maneuver land: 1.5 million. Unit/mission: Unit USS Akron airship April 4, 1933. Later renamed October 1917 with Army air and Navy elements. 1,055. Component: ANG. Unit/mission: 125th training, joint training exercises.
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