Active Air Force Reserve & Guard facilities - Organization - world directory of air force bases
Airman, Jan, 2003
Major Active Facilities
Here's a list of major and minor active Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve bases facilities. It includes major commands, telephone numbers, size, location and Web site link.
Abbreviation codes: Air Force Base (AFB), Air Base (AB) Royal Air Force (RAP)
Altus AFB, Okla., AETC, DSN 86&51 10, commercial (580) 482-8100. Size: 6,593 acres. Location: Altus. www.altus.af.mil
Andersen AFB, Guam, PACAF, DSN 315-366-5678, commercial (from CONUS) (671) 366-1110. Size: 18,975 acres. Named for Gen. James Roy Andersen, lost at sea on Feb. 26, 1946. Location: 2 mi. north of Yigo. www.andersen.af.mil
Andrews AFB, Md., AMC, DSN 858-1110, commercial (301) 981-1110. Size: 6,853 acres. Named for Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews, killed in an aircraft accident May 3,1943. Location: 11 mi. southeast of Washington, D.C. www.andrews.af.mil
Arnold AFB, Tenn., AFMC, DSN 340-5011, commercial (931) 454-3000. Size: 39,081 acres. Named for Gen. H.H. "Hap" Arnold, former chief, AAF, WWII. Location: 7 mi. southeast of Manchester. www.arnold.af.mil
Aviano AB, Italy, USAFE, DSN 314-632-1110, commercial (from CONUS) 011 (39-0434) 66-7111. Size: 1,331 acres. Location: 50 mi. north of Venice. www.aviano.af.mil
Barksdale AFB, La., ACC, DSN 781-1110, commercial (318) 456-1110. Size: 22,000 acres (18,000 reserved for recreation). Named for Lt. Eugene H. Barksdale, WWI airman killed in August 1926 near Wright Field, Ohio. Location: Bossier City. www.barksdale.af.mil
Beale AFB, Calif., ACC, DSN 368-1110, commercial (530) 634-3000. Size: 22,944 acres. Named for Brig. Gen. E.F. Beale, an Indian agent in California prior to the Civil War. Location: 13 ml. east of Marysville. www.beale.af.mil
Bolting AFB, D.C., Air Force District of Washington, DSN 227-0101, commercial (703) 545-6700. Size: 604 acres. Named for Col. Raynal C. Boiling, first high-ranking Air Service officer killed during WWI. Location: 3 mi, south of U.S. Capitol. www.bolling.af.mil
Brooks City-Base, Texas, AFMC, DSN 240-1110, commercial (210) 536-1110. Size: 1,310 acres. Named for Cadet Sidney J. Brooks Jr., killed Nov. 13, 1917, while on his commissioning flight. Location: San Antonio. www.brooks.af.mil
Buckley AFB, Cola., AFSPC, DSN 877-9011, commercial (303) 677-9011. Size: 3,831 acres. Named for Lt. John H. Buckley, a National Guardsman killed in France on Sept. 27, 1918. Location: 8 mi. east of Denver. www.buckley.af.mil
Cannon MB, N.M., ACC, DSN 681-1110, commercial (505) 784-1110. Size: 87,929 acres. Named for Gen. John K. Cannon, WWII commander of all Allied air forces in the Mediterranean and former Tactical Air Command commander. Location: 7 mi. west of Clovis. www.cannon.af.mil
Charleston MB, S.C., AMC, DSN 673-1110, commercial (843) 963-1110. Size: 6,486 acres. Location: North Charleston. www.charleston.af.mil
Columbus AFB, Miss., AETC, DSN 742-1110, commercial (662) 434-7322. Size: 6,017 acres. Location: 10 mi. north-northwest of Columbus. www.columbus.af.mil
Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., ACC, DSN 228-1110, commercial (520) 228-3900. Size: 11,000 acres. Named for 1st Lt. Samuel H. Davis, killed Dec. 28, 1921, and 2nd Lt. Oscar Monthan, killed March 27, 1924. Location: Thcson. www.dm.af.mil
Dover MB, Del., AMC, DSN 445-3000, commercial (302) 677-3000. Size: 3,908 acres. Location: 3 mi. southeast of Dover. www.dover.af.mil
Dyess AFB, Texas, ACC, DSN 461-1110, commercial (915) 696-3113. Size: 6,405 acres. Named for Lt. Col. William E. Dyess, WWII fighter pilot killed in a crash December 1943. Location: Abilene. www.dyess.af.mil
Edwards AFB, Calif., AFMC, DSN 527-1110, commercial (661) 277-1110. Size: 301,114 acres. Named for Capt. Glen W. Edwards, killed during crash of a YB-49 "Flying Wing" June 5, 1948. Location: Main base 16 mi. east of Rosamond. www.edwards.af.mil
Eglin AFB, Fla., AFMC, DSN 872-1110, commercial (850) 882-1110. Size: 463,128 acres. Named for Lt. Col. Frederick I. Eglin, WWI flier killed in aircraft accident Jan. 1, 1937. Location: 7 mi. northeast of Fort Walton Beach. www.eglin.af.mil
Eielson AFB, Alaska, PACAF, DSN 317-377-1110, commercial (907) 377-1110. Size: 23,500 acres. Named for Carl Ben Eielson, arctic aviation pioneer who died in November 1929. Location: 26 mi. southeast of Fairbanks. www.eielson.af.mil
Ellsworth AFBI S.D., ACC, DSN 675-1110, commercial (605) 385-1000. Size: 10,632 acres. Named for Brig. Gen. Richard E. Ellsworth, killed March 18,1953. Location: 12 mi. eastnortheast of Rapid City. www.ellsworth.af.mil
Elmendorf MB, Alaska, PACAF, DSN 317-552-1110, commercial (907) 552-1110. Size: 13,103 acres. Named for Capt. Hugh Elmendorf, killed Jan. 13, 1933, during flight testing at Wright Field, Ohio. Location: Anchorage. www.elmendor.af.mil
Fairchild AFB, Wash., AMC, DSN 657-1110, commercial (509) 247-1212. Size: 4,551 acres. Named for Gen. Muir S, Fairchild, Air Force vice chief of staff at the time of his death in 1950. Location: 12 mi. west-southwest of Spokane. http://www.fairchild.af.mil
Francis E. Warren AFB, Wyo., AFSPC, DSN 481-1110, commercial (307) 773-1110. Size: 5,866 acres. Named for Francis Emory Warren, Wyoming senator and first state governor. Location: Cheyenne. www.warren.af.mil
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