Guide to Air Force Installations Worldwide ■ 2011 USAF Almanac Active Duty Installations Abbreviations ABW/G Air Base Wing/Group This section includes Air Force owned and operated command: ACC. Major units/missions: 9th ACW/S Air Control Wing/Squadron facilities around the world. (It also lists the former RW (ACC), ISR and UAV operations; 548th ISRG AFB Air Force Base USAF bases now under other service leadership (AFISRA), DCGS; 940th Wing (AFRC), C2, ISR, AFDW Air Force District of Washington as joint bases.) It is not a complete list of units and UAV operations. History: opened October AFGLSC Air Force Global Logistics Support Center by base. Many USAF installations host numerous 1942 as Army’s Camp Beale. Named for Edward F. AFISRA Air Force ISR Agency tenants, not just other USAF units but DOD, joint, Beale, a former Navy officer who became a hero AFNWC Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center AFOSI Air Force Office of Special Investigations other service, and federal and civil entities. of the Mexican-American War and early devel- AFRICOM US Africa Command oper of California, as well as a senior appointee/ AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory Altus AFB, Okla. 73523-5000. Nearest city: Al- diplomat for four Presidents. Transferred to USAF AFS Air Force Station tus. Phone: 580-482-8100. Owning command: 1948. Designated AFB April 1951. AFWA Air Force Weather Agency AETC. Unit/mission: 97th AMW (AETC), training. AGOW Air Ground Operations Wing History: activated January 1943. Inactivated Brooks City-Base, Tex., 78235-5115. Nearest ALC Air Logistics Center May 1945. Reactivated August 1953. city: San Antonio. Phone: 210-536-1110; Owning AMS Aircraft Maintenance Squadron command: AFMC. Units/missions: 311th ABW AMW Air Mobility Wing AOC/G Air & Space Operations Center/Group Andersen AFB, Guam, APO AP 96543-5000. (AFMC), support; USAF School of Aerospace ARW/G Air Refueling Wing/Group Nearest city: Yigo. Phone: 671-366-1110. Own- Medicine (AFMC), training. History: dates from ASOS Air Support Operations Squadron ing command: PACAF. Units/missions: 36th 1918 as Brooks Field. Designated AFB 1948. AW/S Airlift Wing/Squadron Wing (PACAF), support; 36th CRG (PACAF), Redesignated city-base 2002. Closes September BM Battle Management bare base operations. History: activated 1945 2011 under BRAC 2005. Named for San Antonio C3I Command, Control, Communications as North Field. Renamed 1949 for Brig. Gen. aviator Sidney Johnson Brooks Jr. & Intelligence James R. Andersen, lost at sea Feb. 26, 1945. CACS Command & Control Squadron Became part of Joint Region Marianas 2009. Buckley AFB, Colo. 80011-9524. Nearest city: CENTCOM US Central Command CG Communications Group Denver. Phone: 720-847-9011. Owning com- CRW/G Contingency Response Wing/Group Arnold AFB, Tenn. 37389. Nearest city: Man- mand: AFSPC. Units/missions: 140th Wing DCGS Distributed Common Ground Station chester. Phone: 931-454-3000. Owning com- (ANG), air mobility and fighter operations, mobile ECG Electronic Combat Group mand: AFMC. Unit/mission: Arnold Engineer- missile warning; 460th SW (AFSPC), space opera- FTW Flying Training Wing ing Development Center (AFMC), test. History: tions. History: activated April 1, 1942 as gunnery ICBMSG ICBM Systems Group dedicated June 25, 1951. Named for Gen. of training facility. ANG assumed control from Navy ISRW/G ISR Wing/Group the Army Henry H. “Hap” Arnold. 1959. Became active duty Air Force facility Oct. IW/S Intelligence Wing/Squadron 2, 2000. Named for 1st Lt. John H. Buckley, WWI MOH Medal of Honor MSG Mission Support Group Aviano AB, Italy, APO AE 09604. Nearest city: flier, killed Sept. 17, 1918. MW Missile Wing Aviano. Phone: 011-39-0434-30-1110. Own- NAF Naval Air Facility ing command: USAFE. Units/missions: 31st Cannon AFB, N.M. 88103-5000. Nearest city: NORTHCOM US Northern Command FW (USAFE), fighter operations; 603rd ACS Clovis. Phone: 575-784-1110. Owning com- NSA/F Naval Support Activity/Facility (USAFE), C2 operations; 724th AMS (USAFE), mand: AFSOC. Unit/mission: 27th SOW (AF- PACOM US Pacific Command air mobility operations. History: dates from 1911 SOC), special operations. History: activated ROPS Range Operations Squadron as Italian air base. USAF began operations 1954. August 1942. Named for Gen. John K. Cannon, RQW/G/S Rescue Wing/Group/Squadron WWII commander of all Allied air forces in the RW/G/S Reconnaissance Wing/Group/Squadron SCMG Supply Chain Management Group Barksdale AFB, La. 71110-5000. Nearest Mediterranean Theater and former commander, SLS Space Launch Squadron city: Bossier City. Phone: 318-456-1110. Own- Tactical Air Command. SMC Space and Missile Systems Center ing command: AFGSC. Units/missions: 2nd SOCOM US Special Operations Command BW (AFGSC), bomber operations; 917th Wing Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla. 32925-5000. Near- SOW/G Special Operations Wing/Group (AFRC), bomber operations, training; Hq. AFGSC, est city: Cocoa Beach. Phone: 321-853-1110. STRATCOM US Strategic Command management; Hq. 8th Air Force (AFGSC), op- Owning command: AFSPC. Units/missions: STS Special Tactics Squadron erational leadership; Mighty Eighth Air Force 5th SLS (AFSPC), space operations; Det. 1, SW Space Wing Museum (AFGSC). History: activated Feb. 2, 45th MSG (AFSPC), support. History: formerly SWS Space Warning Squadron TRANSCOM US Transportation Command 1933. Named for Lt. Eugene H. Barksdale, WWI NAS Banana River. Site of Joint Long Range TW Training Wing airman killed in August 1926 crash. Proving Ground 1949. USAF took sole control WEG Weapons Evaluation Group 1950. Combined with NASA to form John F. Beale AFB, Calif. 95903-5000. Nearest city: Kennedy Space Center 1973. Designated Cape Marysville. Phone: 530-634-3000. Owning Canaveral AS 1974. 66 AIR FORCE Magazine / May 2011 Cape Cod AFS, Mass. 02561-0428. Nearest December 1941. Inactivated 1946. Reactivated ing command: AETC. Unit/mission: 17th TW city: Sandwich. Phone: 508-968-3283. Owning February 1951. (AETC), training. History: established August command: AFSPC. Unit/mission: 6th SWS 1940. Officially activated January 1941. Named (AFSPC), missile warning. History: established Dyess AFB, Tex. 79607-1960. Nearest city: for 1st Lt. John J. Goodfellow Jr., WWI observa- April 4, 1980, as Cape Cod Missile Early Warn- Abilene. Phone: 325-696-1110. Owning com- tion airplane pilot killed in combat Sept. 14, 1918. ing Station. Renamed Jan. 5, 1982. mand: ACC. Unit/mission: 7th BW (ACC), bomber operations. History: activated April Grand Forks AFB, N.D. 58205-5000. Nearest Cavalier AFS, N.D. 58220-9314. Nearest city: 1942. Deactivated December 1945. Reactivated city: Grand Forks. Phone: 701-747-3000. Own- Cavalier. Phone: n/a. Owning command: as Abilene AFB September 1955. Renamed De- ing command: AMC. Unit/mission: 319th ARW AFSPC. Unit/mission: 10th SWS (AFSPC), cember 1956 for Lt. Col. William E. Dyess, WWII (AMC), air mobility operations. History: activated missile warning. History: established 1975 as pilot who escaped from a Japanese prison camp; 1956. Named after town of Grand Forks, whose Army’s Mickelsen Complex, a SAFEGUARD killed in P-38 crash in December 1943. citizens bought the property for the Air Force. anti-ballistic missile facility. All but perimeter acquisition radar inactivated 1976. USAF took Edwards AFB, Calif. 93524. Nearest city: Rosa- Hanscom AFB, Mass. 01731-5000. Nearest radar operational control 1977 and site control mond. Phone: 661-227-1110. Owning command: city: Boston. Phone: 781-377-1110. Owning Worldwide 2007. AFMC. Units/missions: 95th ABW (AFMC), command: AFMC. Units/missions: 66th ABW support; Air Force Flight Test Center (AFMC), (AFMC), support; Electronic Systems Center Cheyenne Mountain AFS, Colo. 80914-6066. test and development; Propulsion Directorate (AFMC), acquisition and R&D. History: acti- Nearest city: Colorado Springs. Phone: 719- (AFRL), R&D; US Air Force Test Pilot School vated 1941. Named for Laurence G. Hanscom, 474-1110. Owning command: AFSPC. Units/ (AFMC), training. History: Muroc Bombing and a pre-WWII advocate of private aviation, killed in missions: 721st MSG (AFSPC), support; Gunnery Range established September 1933. lightplane accident 1941. NORAD/NORTHCOM Alternate Command Designated Muroc AAB 1942. Renamed in 1949 Center, Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack for Capt. Glen W. Edwards, killed June 5, 1948, Hill AFB, Utah 84056-5990. Nearest city: Salt Lake Assessment operations and training. History: in crash of YB-49 “Flying Wing.” City. Phone: 801-777-1110. Owning command: operational April 20, 1966. AFMC. Units/missions: 75th ABW (AFMC), Eglin AFB, Fla. 32542. Nearest city: Niceville- support; 388th FW (ACC), fighter and Utah Test Clear AFS, Alaska, APO AP 99704-0013. Valparaiso. Phone: 850-882-1110. Owning com- & Training Range operations; 419th FW (AFRC), Nearest city: Fairbanks. Phone: n/a. Owning mand: AFMC. Units/missions: 33rd FW (AETC), fighter operations; 526th ICBMSG (AFNWC), ICBM command: Alaska ANG. Units/missions: 13th training; 46th Test Wing (AFMC), test; 53rd Wing acquisition and support; 748th SCMG (AFGLSC), SWS (AFSPC), missile warning; 213th SWS (ACC), test; 96th ABW (AFMC), support; Air weapons sustainment; Hill Aerospace Museum (ANG), missile warning. History: dates from Armament Center (AFMC), acquisition; Air Force (AFMC); Ogden ALC (AFMC), maintenance and 1961. Facility and mission transitioning from Armament Museum (AFMC); Munitions Directorate repair. History: activated 1940. Named for Maj. 13th SWS to 213th SWS. (AFRL), R&D. History: activated 1935. Named Ployer P. Hill, killed Oct. 30, 1935, test flying first B-17. for Lt. Col. Frederick I. Eglin, WWI flier killed in Columbus AFB, Miss. 39710-1000. Nearest aircraft accident Jan. 1, 1937. Holloman AFB, N.M. 88330. Nearest city: Ala mo- city: Columbus. Phone: 662-434-7322. Owning gordo. Phone: 575-572-1110. Owning command: command: AETC. Unit/mission: 14th FTW Eielson AFB, Alaska 99702-5000. Nearest ACC. Unit/mission: 49th Wing (ACC), fighter (AETC), training. History: activated 1942 for city: Fairbanks. Phone: 907-377-1110. Own- operations and UAV training. History: activated pilot training. ing command: PACAF. Units/missions: 168th 1941. Named for Col. George Holloman, guided- ARW (ANG), air mobility operations; 354th FW missile pioneer.