Guide to Air Force Installations ■ 2009 USAF Almanac Worldwide Major Active Duty Installations Altus AFB, Okla. 73523-5000; 120 mi. SW of Okla- History: activated May 1943. Named for Lt. Gen. enlisted); unaccompanied, 825 on base; visiting, homa City. Phone: 580-482-8100; DSN 866-1110. Frank M. Andrews, military air pioneer and WWII 172, VOQ, 70, DV, 6, TLF, 96. Clinic. Majcom: AETC. Host: 97th Air Mobility Wing. Mis- commander of the European Theater, killed in aircraft sion: trains and develops aircrew members for C-17 accident May 3, 1943 in Iceland. Area: 6,853 acres. Barksdale AFB, La. 71110-5000; in Bossier City. and KC-135 aircraft. History: activated January 1943; Runways: 9,755 ft. and 9,300 ft. Altitude: 281 ft. Phone: 318-456-1110; DSN 781-1110. Majcom: inactivated May 1945; reactivated January 1953. Personnel: permanent party military 5,502; DOD ACC. Host: 2nd Bomb Wing. Mission: B-52H op- Area: 7,746 acres. Runways: 13,440 ft., 9,000-ft. civilians, 3,247. Housing: single family, govt.-leased, erations and training. Major tenants: 8th Air Force parallel runway, and 3,501-ft. assault strip. Altitude: officer, 138, enlisted, 1,342; visiting, VOQ 64, VAQ/ (ACC); Air Force Cyber Command (Provisional); 1,381 ft. Personnel: permanent party military, 1,429; VEQ 35, TLF, 20. Hospital. 917th Wing (AFRC), A-10, B-52H; 8th Air Force DOD civilians, 1,187. Housing: single family, 797; Museum. History: activated Feb. 2, 1933. Named visiting, VOQ/VAQ, 315; TLF, 30. Arnold AFB, Tenn. 37389; approx. 7 mi. SE of for Lt. Eugene H. Barksdale, WWI airman killed in Manchester. Phone: 931-454-3000; DSN 340- an August 1926 crash. Area: 22,000 acres (18,000 Andersen AFB, Guam, APO AP 96543-5000; 2 mi. N 3000. Majcom: AFMC. Host: Arnold Engineering acres reserved for recreation). Runway: 11,756 ft. of Yigo. Phone: (cmcl, from CONUS) 671-366-1110; Development Center. Mission: provides a national Altitude: 166 ft. Personnel: permanent party military, DSN 315-366-1110. Majcom: PACAF. Host: 36th aerospace ground test complex to conduct pre- 7,306; DOD civilians, 1,164. Housing: single family, Wing. Mission: Pacific center for power projection, flight tests, engineering analyses, and technical officer, 131, enlisted, 592; unaccompanied, 996; regional cooperation, and multinational training; evaluations for research, system development, and visiting, VOQ, 139, VAQ, 100, TLF, 24. Superclinic. serves as a logistic support and staging base for operational programs of the Air Force and Depart- aircraft operating in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. ment of Defense, other government agencies, Beale AFB, Calif. 95903-5000; 13 mi. E of Marysville. Major tenants: 44th Aerial Port Sq. (AFRC); 254th industry, and allied nations. AEDC tests propul- Phone: 530-634-3000; DSN 368-1110. Majcom: Air Base Gp. (ANG); 497th Combat Training Sq. (GSU sion, aerodynamic, re-entry, transatmospheric, ACC. Host: 9th Reconnaissance Wing. Mission: U-2 in Singapore); 554th RED HORSE (PACAF); 724th hypersonic, and space systems in environments and Global Hawk operations. Major tenants: 940th Aeromedical Staging Flt. (AFRC); 734th Air Mobil- that simulate operational flight conditions. His- ARW (AFRC); 7th Space Warning Sq. (AFSPC), ity Sq. (AMC); Det. 5, 22nd Space Operations Sq. tory: base dedicated June 25, 1951. Named for PAVE PAWS; 548th Intelligence Gp. (ACC). History: (AFSPC); Det. 602, AFOSI; Helicopter Sea Combat Gen. of the Army Henry H. “Hap” Arnold, wartime originally US Army’s Camp Beale; transferred to Air Sq.-25 (USN). History: activated 1945. Named for Chief of the Army Air Forces. Area: 39,081 acres. Force in 1948; became Air Force base in April 1951. Gen. James Roy Andersen, who was chief of staff, Runway: 6,000 ft. Altitude: 1,100 ft. Personnel: Named for Brig. Gen. E. F. Beale, Indian agent in Hq. AAF, Pacific Ocean Areas, and lost at sea in permanent party military, 54; DOD civilians, 306. California prior to Civil War. Area: 22,944 acres. February 1945. Area: 18,987 acres. Runways: Housing: single family, officer, 14, enlisted, 10; Runway: 12,000 ft. Altitude: 113 ft. Personnel: 11,182 ft. and 10,555 ft. Altitude: 612 ft. Person- visiting, 38. Medical aid station, dispensary, permanent party military, 3,742; DOD civilians, 718. nel: permanent party military, 1,762; DOD civilians, and small VA clinic. Housing: single family, officer, 159, enlisted, 1,294; 1,561. Housing: single family, officer, 235, enlisted, unaccompanied, 545; visiting, VOQ, 53, VAQ/VEQ, 1,104; unaccompanied, UOQ, 74, UAQ/UEQ, 960; Aviano AB, Italy, APO AE 09604; adjacent to Aviano, 125, TLF, 46. Clinic. visiting, VOQ, 95, VAQ/VEQ, 234, TLF, 284. Clinic. 50 mi. N of Venice. Phone: (cmcl, from CONUS) 011-39-0434-30-1110; DSN 314-632-1110. Maj- Bolling AFB, D.C. 20032-5000; 3 mi. S of US Capitol. Andrews AFB, Md. 20762-5000; 10 mi. SE of com: USAFE. Host: 31st Fighter Wing. Mission: Phone: 703-545-6700; DSN 227-0101. Host: 11th Washington, D.C. Phone: 301-981-1110; DSN F-16 and control and surveillance operations. Wing. Mission: supports Hq. USAF and 36,000 858-1110. Host: 316th Wing (AFDW). Mission: Maintains two F-16 squadrons (510th and 555th) USAF members worldwide; oversees USAF Band provides contingency response capability critical and 603rd Air Control Sq. Major tenants: 724th and USAF Honor Guard. Major tenants: Air Force to national security, including emergency reaction Air Mobility Sq. (AMC); 8th Air Support Operations Chief of Chaplains; Air Force District of Washington; rotary-wing airlift for the National Capital Region. Sq. (USAFE). Geographically Separated Units Air Force Surgeon General; Air Force Medical Op- Major tenants: 79th Medical Wing (AFDW); 89th (GSUs): 31st Aircraft Maintenance Sq., Athens, erations Agency; Defense Intelligence Agency; Air AW (AMC); 113th Wing (ANG), F-16; 459th ARW Greece; 31st Munitions Sq., Livorno, Italy. History: Force Legal Operations Agency; 497th Intelligence (AFRC), KC-135; AFOSI Hq.; Air Force Review one of the oldest Italian air bases, dating to 1911. Gp. (ACC). History: activated October 1917. Named Boards Agency; Air National Guard Readiness USAF began operations 1954. Area: 1,331 acres. for Col. Raynal C. Bolling, first high-ranking Army Center; Naval Air Facility (USNR); US Army Priority Runway: 8,596 ft. Altitude: 413 ft. Personnel: Air Service officer killed in WWI. Area: 607 acres. Air Transport Command (with Army Jet Det.); VMR permanent party military, 3,500; DOD civilians, 162. Runway: Helipad only. Altitude: 20 ft. Personnel: Det. Andrews, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (USMCR). Housing: 635 off-base, govt.-leased (70 officer, 565 permanent party military, 1,408; DOD civilians, 822. AIR FORCE Magazine / May 2009 109 Housing: single family, officer, 372, enlisted, 411; Dover AFB, Del. 19902-7209; 6 mi. SE of Dover. F-16C/D aggressor operations; oversees Pacific unaccompanied, UAQ/UEQ, 267; visiting, VOQ, 119, Phone: 302-677-3000; DSN 445-3000. Majcom: Alaska Range Complex and Red Flag-Alaska. Ma- VAQ/VEQ, 48, TLF, 100. Clinic. AMC. Host: 436th AW. Mission: C-5 and C-17 jor tenants: Arctic Survival School (AETC); 168th operations; operates largest DOD aerial port facil- Air Refueling Wing (ANG), KC-135; 353rd Combat Buckley AFB, Colo. 80011-9524; 8 mi. E of Denver. ity; houses military’s mortuary. Major tenant: 512th Training Sq. History: activated October 1944. Phone: 720-847-9011 DSN 847-9011. Majcom: AW (AFRC assoc.). History: activated December Named for Carl Ben Eielson, Arctic aviation pioneer AFSPC. Host: 460th Space Wing. Mission: provides 1941; inactivated 1946; reactivated February 1951. who died in an Arctic rescue mission in November global surveillance, space-based missile warning, Area: 3,400 acres. Runways: 12,900 ft. and 9,600 ft. 1929. Area: 19,790 acres (including 16 remote sites, and space communications operations. Major ten- Altitude: 28 ft. Personnel: permanent party military, 63,195 acres). Runway: 14,500 ft. Altitude: 534 ft. ants: 140th Wing (ANG); Aerospace Data Facility; 3,350; DOD civilians, 1,040. Housing: single family, Personnel: permanent party military, 2,930; DOD Navy/Marine Reserve Center; Army Aviation Support officer, 91, enlisted, 889; unaccompanied, UAQ/UEQ, civilians, 633. Housing: single family, officer, 181, Facility. History: activated April 1, 1942 as a gunnery 544; visiting, VQ, 221, TLF, 20. Clinic. enlisted, 1,243; unaccompanied, UOQ, 8, UAQ/ training facility. Named for 1st Lt. John H. Buckley, UEQ, 538; visiting, VOQ, 206, VAQ/VEQ, 328, TLF, a WWI flier, killed Sept. 17, 1918. ANG assumed Dyess AFB, Tex. 79607-1960; WSW border of 40. Outpatient clinic. control from US Navy in 1959. Became active duty Abilene. Phone: 325-696-1110; DSN 461-1110. Air Force base Oct. 2, 2000. Area: 3,832 acres. Maj com: ACC. Host: 7th BW. Mission: B-1 opera- Ellsworth AFB, S.D. 57706-5000; 12 mi. ENE of Runway: 11,000 ft. Altitude: 5,663 ft. Personnel: tions. Major tenant: 317th Airlift Gp. (AMC), C-130. Rapid City. Phone: 605-385-5056; DSN 675-5056. permanent party military, 3,114; DOD civilians, History: activated April 1942; deactivated December Majcom: ACC. Host: 28th BW. Mission: B-1 3,365. Housing: two dorms and 351 units. Clinic. 1945; reactivated as Abilene AFB September 1955. operations. Major tenants: Det. 21, Belle Fourche In December 1956, renamed for Lt. Col. William E. Electronic Scoring Site; Det. 8, 372nd Training Sq. Cannon AFB, N.M. 88103-5000; 7 mi. W of Clovis. Dyess, WWII fighter pilot who escaped from a Japa- (AETC); Det. 226, AFOSI; Air Force Financial Ser- Phone: 505-784-1110; DSN 681-1110. Majcom: nese prison camp, killed in P-38 crash in December vices Center. History: activated January 1942 as AFSOC. Host: 27th Special Operations Wing. Mis- 1943. Area: 7,098 acres (including off-base sites).