Guide to Air Force Installations ■ 2003 USAF Almanac Worldwide Major Active Duty Installations Altus AFB, Okla. 73523-5000; 120 mi. SW of and WWII commander of the European The- party military, 3,900; DOD civilians, 200. Hous- Oklahoma City. Phone: 580-482-8100; DSN ater, killed in aircraft accident May 3, 1943, in ing: single family, officer, 206 (including 184 866-1110. Majcom: AETC. Host: 97th Air Mo- Iceland. Area: 6,853 acres. Runways: 9,755 govt.-leased), enlisted, 888 (including 380 govt.- bility Wing. Mission: trains aircrew members ft. and 9,300 ft. Altitude: 281 ft. Personnel: leased); unaccompanied, UAQ/UEQ, 680; visit- for C-5, C-17, and KC-135 aircraft. History: permanent party military, 4,444; DOD civil- ing, VOQ, 8, VAQ/VEQ, 12. Clinic (contracted activated January 1943; inactivated May 1945; ians, 2,872. Housing: single family, officer, with local hospital). reactivated January 1953. Area: 6,593 acres. 479 (including 96 govt.-leased), enlisted, 1,997 Runways: 13,440 ft., 9,000-ft. parallel runway, (including 318 govt.-leased); unaccompanied, Barksdale AFB, La. 71110-5000; in Bossier and 3,500-ft. assault strip. Altitude: 1,381 ft. UAQ/UEQ, 927; TLF, 68. Hospital. City. Phone: 318-456-1110; DSN 781-1110. Personnel: permanent party military, 1,886; Majcom: ACC. Host: 2nd Bomb Wing. Mis- DOD civilians, 1,566. Housing: single family, Arnold AFB, Tenn. 37389; approx. 7 mi. SE of sion: B-52H operations and training. Major ten- officer, 212, enlisted, 758; unaccompanied, Manchester. Phone: 931-454-3000; DSN 340- ants: 8th Air Force (ACC); 917th Wing (AFRC), UAQ/UEQ, 478; visiting, VOQ, 320, VAQ/VEQ, 3000. Majcom: AFMC. Host: Arnold Engineer- A-10, B-52H; 8th Air Force Museum. History: 272, TLF, 50. Clinic. ing Development Center. Mission: supports activated Feb. 3, 1933. Named for Lt. Eugene H. acquisition of new aerospace systems by con- Barksdale, WWI airman killed in an August 1926 Andersen AFB, Guam, APO AP 96543-5000; 2 ducting research, development, and evalua- crash. Area: 22,000 acres (18,000 acres re- mi. N of Yigo. Phone: (cmcl, from CONUS) tion testing for DOD, other government agen- served for recreation). Runway: 11,300 ft. Alti- 671-366-1110; DSN 315-366-1110. Majcom: cies, and commercial aerospace firms with the tude: 166 ft. Personnel: permanent party mili- PACAF. Host: 36th Air Base Wing. Mission: world’s largest complex of wind tunnels, jet tary, 6,935; DOD civilians, 1,850. Housing: Pacific center for power projection, regional and rocket engine test cells, space simulation single family, officer, 186, enlisted, 647; unac- cooperation, and multinational training; serves chambers, and hyperballistic ranges. History: companied, 876; visiting, VOQ, 140, VAQ/VEQ, as a logistic support and staging base for air- base dedicated June 25, 1951. Named for 100, TLF, 24. Superclinic. craft operating in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Gen. of the Army H.H. “Hap” Arnold, wartime Major tenants: 13th Air Force (PACAF); Det. Chief of the Army Air Forces. Area: 39,081 Beale AFB, Calif. 95903-5000; 13 mi. E of 5, 22nd Space Operations Sq. (AFSPC); 613th acres. Runway: 6,000 ft. Altitude: 1,100 ft. Marysville. Phone: 530-634-1110; DSN 368- Contingency Response Sq. (AMC); 734th Air Personnel: permanent party military, 103; DOD 1110. Majcom: ACC. Host: 9th Reconnaissance Mobility Sq. (AMC); Helicopter Combat Sup- civilians, 179; Housing: single family, officer, Wing. Mission: RC-135 and U-2 operations. port Sq. 5 (US Navy). History: activated 1945. 14, enlisted, 25; unaccompanied, UAQ/UEQ. Major tenants: 940th ARW (AFRC), KC-135; Named for Gen. James Roy Andersen, who 974; visiting, VQ, 38. Medical aid station and 7th Space Warning Sq. (AFSPC), Pave Paws; was chief of staff, Hq. AAF, Pacific Ocean small VA clinic. 13th and 48th Intelligence Sqs. (ACC). History: Areas, and lost at sea in February 1945. Area: originally US Army’s Camp Beale; transferred to 20,270 acres. Runways: 11,182 ft. and 10,555 Aviano AB, Italy, APO AE 09604; adjacent to Air Force April 1948; became Air Force base in ft. Altitude: 612 ft. Personnel: permanent party Aviano, 50 mi. N of Venice. Phone: (cmcl, from November 1951. Named for Brig. Gen. E.F. military, 2,108; DOD civilians, 1,561. Housing: CONUS) 011-39-0434-66-7111; DSN 632- Beale, Indian agent in California prior to Civil single family, officer, 236, enlisted, 1,153; un- 1110. Majcom: USAFE. Host: 31st Fighter War. Area: 22,944 acres. Runway: 12,000 ft. accompanied, UOQ, 74, UAQ/UEQ, 1,018; vis- Wing. Mission: maintains two LANTIRN– Altitude: 113 ft. Personnel: permanent party iting, VOQ, 74, VAQ/VEQ, 204, TLF, 18. Clinic. equipped F-16 fighter squadrons, the 510th military, 3,782; DOD civilians, 923. Housing: and the 555th. Major tenants: 16th Air Force single family, officer, 159, enlisted, 1,285; un- Andrews AFB, Md. 20762-5000; 10 mi. SE of (USAFE); Hq. 16th Aerospace Expeditionary accompanied, 449; visiting, VOQ, 53, VAQ/VEQ, Washington, D.C. Phone: 301-981-1110; DSN Wing. Geographically Separated Units: 2nd 125, TLF, 29. Clinic. 858-1110. Majcom: AMC. Host: 89th Airlift Expeditionary Air Support Operations Sq., Wing. Mission: gateway to nation’s capital and Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo; 16th Ex. Air Support Bolling AFB, D.C. 20332-5000; 3 mi. S of US home of Air Force One. Provides worldwide Ops Gp., Sarajevo, Bosnia; 16th Ex. Ops Gp., Capitol. Phone: 703-545-6700; DSN 227-0101. airlift for the President, vice president, top US Istres AB, France; 16th Ex. Support Sq., Rhein– Host: 11th Wing, which includes the USAF Band officials, and foreign heads of state. Also re- Main AB, Germany; 31st RED HORSE Flt. and and USAF Honor Guard. Mission: Hq. USAF sponsible for Presidential support and base 31st Munitions Sq., Camp Darby, Italy; 31st direct reporting unit with support responsibili- operations; supports all branches of the armed Munitions Support Sq., Ghedi AB, Italy; 99th ties for 40,000 USAF members worldwide. Ma- services, several major commands, and fed- Ex. Recon. Sq., NAS Sigonella, Italy; 401st Ex. jor tenants: Air Force Chief of Chaplains; Air eral agencies. Major tenants: Air Force Flight Air Base Gp., Tuzla, Bosnia; 406th Ex. ABG, Force Surgeon General; Air Force History Sup- Standards Agency; Hq. AFOSI; AFOSI Acad- Taszar AB, Hungary; 496th Air Base Sq., Morón port Office; Air Force Medical Operations Agency; emy; Air National Guard Readiness Center; AB, Spain; 620th Ex. ABG, Camp Able Sentry, Defense Intelligence Agency; Air Force Legal 113th Wing (ANG), F-16; 459th AW (AFRC), Macedonia; Det. 1, Ex. Air Control Sq., Jaco- Services Agency; 497th Intelligence Gp. (ACC). C-141; Naval Air Facility; Marine Aircraft Gp. tenente, Italy. History: one of the oldest Italian History: activated October 1917. Named for 49, Det. A; Air Force Review Boards Agency. air bases, dating to 1911. USAF began opera- Col. Raynal C. Bolling, first high-ranking Army History: activated May 1943. Named for Lt. tions 1954. Area: 1,467 acres. Runway: 8,596 Air Service officer killed in WWI. Area: 607 Gen. Frank M. Andrews, military air pioneer ft. Altitude: 413 ft. Personnel: permanent acres. Runway: Helipad only. Altitude: 20 ft. AIR FORCE Magazine / May 2003 141 Personnel: permanent party military, 2,002; civilians, 1,344. Housing: single family, of- site for space shuttle missions. Major tenants: DOD civilians, 1,002. Housing: single family, ficer, 148, enlisted, 1,226; unaccompanied, AFRL’s Propulsion Directorate (AFMC); Dryden officer, 285, enlisted, 1,090; unaccompanied, UAQ/UEQ, 587; visiting, VOQ, 108, VAQ/VEQ, Flight Research Center (NASA); USMC Air Sqs. UAQ/UEQ, 331; visiting, VOQ, 56, VAQ/VEQ, 44, TLF, 40. Clinic. HMM 764 and HMM 769. History: activities 67, TLF, 100. Clinic. began September 1933. Originally Muroc AAF; Columbus AFB, Miss. 39710-1000; 7.5 mi. renamed in 1949 for Capt. Glen W. Edwards, Brooks City–Base, Tex. 78235; in SE San NW of Columbus. Phone: 662-434-7322; DSN killed June 5, 1948, in crash of a YB-49 “Flying Antonio. Phone: 210-536-1110; DSN 240-1110. 742-1110. Majcom: AETC. Host: 14th Flying Wing.” Area: 301,000 acres. Runways: 21, Majcom: AFMC. Host: 311th Human Systems Training Wing. Mission: Specialized Under- from 4,000 to 39,000 ft. Altitude: 2,302 ft. Wing. Mission: force protection, centered graduate Pilot Training. History: activated 1941 Personnel: permanent party military, 3,544; around aerospace medicine and the human in for pilot training. Area: 6,017 acres. Runways: DOD civilians, 2,796. Housing: single family, the system; assesses and manages health, 12,000 ft., 8,000 ft., and 6,300 ft. Altitude: 219 officer, 310, enlisted, 1,360; unaccompanied, safety, and environmental risks for USAF and ft. Personnel: permanent party military, 923; UOQ, 60, UAQ/UEQ, 86; visiting, VOQ, 67, DOD; trains 6,000+ aeromedical personnel DOD civilians, 1,324. Housing: single family, VAQ/VEQ, 82, TLF, 50. Clinic. annually; manages more than 140 technical officer, 276, enlisted, 228; unaccompanied, acquisition and sustainment programs. Major UOQ, 180, UAQ/UEQ, 166; visiting, VOQ, 17, Eglin AFB, Fla. 32542; 2 mi. SW of the twin tenants: USAF School of Aerospace Medicine; VAQ/VEQ, 28, TLF, 20. Clinic. cities of Niceville and Valparaiso; 7 mi. NE of Human Effectiveness Directorate (Armstrong Fort Walton Beach. Phone: 850-882-1110; DSN Research site) of the Air Force Research Labo- Davis–Monthan AFB, Ariz. 85707-5000; within 872-1110. Majcom: AFMC. Host: Air Arma- ratory; Air Force Institute for Environment, Tucson. Phone: 520-228-1110; DSN 228-1110. ment Center. Mission: responsible for devel- Safety, and Occupational Health Risk Analysis; Majcom: ACC. Host: 355th Wing. Mission: A-10 opment, acquisition, testing, deployment, and Air Force Medical Support Agency; Air Force combat crew training; OA-10 and FAC training sustainment of all air-delivered weapons.