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List of United States Air Force installations
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The following is a partial list of U.S. Air Force bases and airfields, past and present.
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Current operational "major" active duty air bases and facilities, some with IATA Airport Codes:
| Installation | IATA airport code | Country or territory |
|---|---|---|
| Aviano Air Base | AVB | Italy |
| Bagram Air Base | none | Afghanistan |
| Incirlik Air Base | ADA | Turkey |
| NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen | GKE | Germany |
| Joint Force Command Brunssum | Netherlands | |
| Kadena Air Base | DNA | Japan |
| Kunsan Air Base | KUN | South Korea |
| Lajes Field | TER | Portugal |
| Manas Air Base | FRU | Kyrgyzstan |
| Misawa Air Base | MSJ | Japan |
| Morón Air Base | OZP | Spain |
| Osan Air Base | OSN | South Korea |
| RAF Lakenheath | LKH | United Kingdom |
| RAF Mildenhall | MLD | United Kingdom |
| Ramstein Air Base | RMS | Germany |
| Spangdahlem Air Base | SMP | Germany |
| Yokota Air Base | OKO | Japan |
- Air Force Combat Climatology Center, North Carolina
- Arbuckle Airfield, Florida
- Avon Park Air Force Range, (AVO), Florida
- Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Arizona
- Barter Island Dew Station, Alaska
- Belle Fourche Electronic Scoring Site, South Dakota
- Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii
- Big Mountain Radio Relay Station, Alaska
- Bitburg Air Base, Germany
- Blair Lake Air Force Range, Alaska
- Camp Bullis Training Annex, Texas
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
- Cape Cod Air Force Station, Massachusetts
- Cape Lisburne Long Range Radar Site, Alaska
- Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site, Alaska
- Cape Romanzof Long Range Radar Site, Alaska
- Cape San Blas Missile Tracking Annex, Florida
- Cavalier Air Force Station, North Dakota
- Centennial Air Force Range, New Mexico
- Chena River Research Site, Alaska
- Clear Air Force Station, Alaska
- Charleston Defense Fuel Support Point, South Carolina
- Christmas Valley Radar Site, Oregon
- Cincinnati Defense Fuel Support Point, Ohio
- Cold Bay Long Range Radar Site, Alaska
- Columbia Falls Radar Site, Maine
- Cudjoe Key Air Force Station, Florida
- Dare County Air Force Range, North Carolina
- Eareckson Air Force Station, Alaska
- Everton Electronic Scoring Site, Arkansas
- Flaxman Island Long Range Radar Site, Alaska
- Fort Huachuca Range Radar Site, Arizona
- Fort Yukon Long Range Radar Site, Alaska
- Galena Airport, Alaska
- Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field, Arizona
- Grand Bay Air Force Range, Georgia
- Grand Forks Defense Fuel Support Point, North Dakota
- Granite Peak Air Force Range, Utah
- Ground–Based Electro–Optical Deep Space Surveillance Site Detachment 1, Socorro, New Mexico
- Gunter Annex, Alabama
- Haarp Research Station, Alaska
- Utah Test and Training Range, Utah
- Hondo Municipal Airport, Texas
- Jonathan Dickinson Missile Tracking Annex, Florida
- Juniper Butte Air Force Range, Idaho
- Kaena Point Satellite Tracking Station, Oahu, Hawaii
- Indian Mountain Long Range Radar Site, Alaska
- Kegelman Air Force Auxiliary Field, Oklahoma
- Kelly Field Annex, Texas
- King Salmon Airport, Alaska
- Kokee Air Force Station, Kauai, Hawaii
- Lackland Training Annex, Texas
- La Junta Electronic Scoring Site, Colorado
- Little Mountain Test Annex, Utah
- Lonely Short Range Radar Site, Alaska
- Lone Star Electronic Scoring Site, Texas
- Lynn Haven Defense Fuel Support Point, Florida
- Malabar Transmitter Annex, Florida
- Maui Space Surveillance Complex, Maui, Hawaii
- Melrose Air Force Range, New Mexico
- Mesa Research Site, Arizona
- Molokai HF Receiver Site, Molokai, Hawaii
- Mount Kaala Air Force Station, Oahu, Hawaii
- Mukilteo Defense Fuel Support Point, Washington
- Nellis Air Force Range, Nevada
- New Boston Air Force Station, New Hampshire
- Newport Test Annex, New York
- North Air Force Auxiliary Field, South Carolina
- Oklahoma Air Force Range, Alaska
- Oliktok Long Range Radar Site, Alaska
- Onizuka Air Force Station, California
- Oscura Air Force Range, New Mexico
- Ozol Defense Fuel Support Point, California
- Palehua Air Force Solar Observatory Research Site, Oahu, Hawaii
- Pillar Point Air Force Station, California
- Poinsett Air Force Range, South Carolina
- Point Barrow Long Range Radar Site, Alaska
- Point Lay Long Range Radar Site, Alaska
- R-2508 Special Use Airspace Complex, California
- Red Rio Air Force Range, New Mexico
- Rome Laboratory, New York
- Saint Louis Air Force Station, Missouri
- Saylor Creek Air Force Range, Idaho
- Searsport Defense Fuell Support Point, Maine
- Seguin Air Force Auxiliary Field, Texas
- Snyder Electronic Scoring Site, Texas
- Sparrevohn Long Range Radar Site, Alaska
- Tatalina Long Range Radar Site, Alaska
- Tin City Long Range Radar Site, Alaska
- Tonopah Test Range Airport, (TNX), Nevada
- Tulelake Radar Site, California
- Verona Test Annex, New York
- Wainwright Long Range Radar Site, Alaska
- Wendover Air Force Range, Utah
- White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
- Yukon Air Force Range, Alaska
- Yuma Radar Site, Arizona
- Ankara Support Element, Turkey
- Antigua Air Station, Antigua and Barbuda
- Ascension Island Base, Ascension Island, United Kingdom
- Bann Communications Station, Germany
- Batman Air Base, Turkey
- Bitburg Annex, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany
- Buechel Air Base, Germany
- Camp Humphreys Communications Site, Korea
- Camp Lemonier, Djibouti
- Camp Red Cloud Communications Site, Korea
- Camp Zama Communications Station, Japan
- Canadian Forces Base North Bay, Ontario, Canada
- Chieves Air Base, Belgium
- Chik-do Range, South Korea
- Cigli Air Base, Turkey
- Compala Air Base, El Salvador
- Curaçao Airfield, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, The Netherlands
- Danish Air Station Karup, Denmark
- Eloy Alfaro Air Base, Manta, Ecuador
- Einsiedlerhof Annex, Germany
- Feidberg Radio Relay Site, Germany
- Florennes Air Base, Belgium
- Fuchu Communications Station, Japan
- Ghedi Air Base, Italy
- Ground–Based Electro–Optical Deep Space Surveillance Site Detachment 2, Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory
- Gut Husum Annex, Germany
- Gwang Ju Air base, South Korea
- Hochspeyer Annex, Germany
- Husterhoeh Communications Site, Germany
- Idesuna Jima Air Range, Japan
- Itazuke Auxiliary Airfield, Japan
- Izmir Air Station, Turkey
- Jever Air Base, Germany
- Johnston Atoll Airfield, Johnston Atoll
- Kaiserslautern Annex, Germany
- Kalkar Air Base, Germany
- Kapaun Air Station, Germany
- Kimhae Air Base, South Korea
- Kleine Brogel Air Base, Limburg, Belgium
- Konya Air Base, Turkey
- Ko-on-ni Air Range, South Korea
- Kuchyna Bombing Range, Malacky Air Base, Slovakia
- Kume Jima Range, Japan
- Lajas Radar Site, Puerto Rico
- Landstuhl Annex, Germany
- Langerkopf Radio Relay Site, Germany
- Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Makiminato Annex, Japan
- Idesuna Jima Air Range, Japan
- Masirah Island MPT, Oman
- Morón Air Base, Spain
- Momote Annex, Japan
- Mount Fuji Air Station, Japan
- Mus Air Base, Turkey
- NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany
- Oberweis Annex, Germany
- Okuma Annex, Japan
- Owada Communication Site, Japan
- Pil-Sung Air Range, South Korea
- Polygone Range, France and Germany
- Pruem Air Station, Germany
- Ramey Air Force Solar Observatory Research Site, Puerto Rico
- Ripsaw Range, Japan
- Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
- San Vito dei Normanni Air Station, Italy
- Seeb MPT, Oman
- Sembach Annex, Germany
- Siegenberg Range, Germany
- Sola Air Station, Norway
- Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras
- Suwon Air Base, South Korea
- Taegu Air Base, South Korea
- Tama Annex, Japan
- Thule Air Base, Greenland, Denmark
- Thumrait MPT, Oman
- Tokorozawa Transmitter Site, Japan
- Tori Shima Range, Japan
- Tres Esquinas Air Base, Caquetá, Colombia
- Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Volkel Air Base, The Netherlands
- Von-Seydlitz Kaserne (Air Base), Germany
- Wake Island Airfield, Wake Island
- Wonju Air Station, Korea
- Yugi Communication Site, Japan
- Yumurtalik Annex, Turkey
Current operational Reserve bases and facilities (with IATA Airport Code if known):
- Claiborne Bombing and Gunnery Range, Louisiana
- Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia
- Duke Field, Florida
- Falcon Range, Oklahoma
- General Mitchell Air Reserve Base, Wisconsin
- Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana
- Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida
- March Air Reserve Base, California
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport Air Reserve Station, (MSP), Minnesota
- Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas
- Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana
- Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York
- Norwalk Defense Fuel Support Point, California
- Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania
- Shoal Creek Bombing Range, Texas
- Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts
- Willow Grove Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania
- Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio
Current operational Air National Guard bases and facilities (with IATA Airport Code if known):
- Abston Air National Guard Station, Montgomery, Alabama
- Airburst Bombing Range, Fort Carson, Colorado
- Alexandria International Airport, Alexandria, Louisiana
- Alcoa Air National Guard Station, Alcoa, Tennessee
- Allen C. Thompson Field, Jackson, Mississippi
- Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Michigan
- Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska
- Adirondack Bombing Range, Fort Drum, New York
- Atlantic City International Airport, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey
- Bangor International Airport, Bangor, Maine
- Barnes Municipal Airport, Westfield, Massachusetts
- Barking Sands Communications Station, Kauai, Hawaii
- Bollen Air-to-Ground Weapons Range, Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania
- Birmingham International Airport, Birmingham, Alabama
- Blue Ash Air National Guard Station, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut
- Burlington International Airport, Burlington, Vermont
- Camp Atterbury Range, Camp Atterbury, Indiana
- Camp Blanding Military Reservation, Starke, Florida
- Camp Murray Air National Guard Station, Tacoma, Washington
- Camp Perry Air National Guard Station, Port Clinton, Ohio
- Camp Pendleton Military Reservation, Virginia Beach, Virginia
- Camp Santiago Range, Salinas, Puerto Rico
- Cannon Air National Guard Range, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
- Capital Municipal Airport, Springfield, Illinois
- Catoosa Training Center, Dalton, Georgia
- Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Point Mugu, California
- Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Cheyenne Municipal Airport, Cheyenne, Wyoming
- Coos Head Air National Guard Station, Charleston, Oregon
- Costa Mesa Air National Guard Station, Costa Mesa, California
- Coventry Air National Guard Station, Coventry, Rhode Island
- Dannelly Field, Montgomery, Alabama
- Des Moines International Airport, Des Moines, Iowa
- Dothan Regional Airport Air National Guard Station, Dothan, Alabama
- Duluth International Airport, Duluth, Minnesota
- Ellington Field, Houston, Texas
- Forbes Field, Topeka, Kansas
- Fort Carson Weapons Range, Pueblo, Colorado
- Fort Indiantown Gap Air National Guard Station, Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania
- Fort Leonard Wood Range, Palace, Missouri
- Fort Smith Regional Airport, Fort Smith, Arkansas
- Fort Wayne International Airport, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Four Lakes Communications Station, Four Lakes, Washington
- Francis S. Gabreski Airport, Westhampton Beach, New York
- Fresno Air Terminal, Fresno, California
- Garland Air National Guard Station, Garland, Texas
- Geiger Field, Spokane, Washington
- Glynco Air National Guard Station, Marietta, Georgia
- Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho
- Grayling Air-to-Ground Weapons Range, Camp Grayling, Michigan
- Greater Peoria Regional Airport, Peoria, Illinois
- Great Falls International Airport, Great Falls, Montana
- Greely Air National Guard Station, Greely, Colorado
- Griffiss Air National Guard Base, Rome, New York
- Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport, Gulfport, Mississippi
- Hancock Field, North Syracuse, New York
- Hardwood Air-to-Ground Weapons Range, Finley, Wisconsin
- Harrisburg International Airport, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Hayward Air National Guard Station, Hayward, California
- Hector International Airport, Fargo, North Dakota
- Hensley Field Air National Guard Station, Grand Prairie, Texas
- Hunter Air National Guard Station, Savannah, Georgia
- Jackson Barracks, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Jackson International Airport, Flowood, Mississippi
- Jacksonville International Airport, Jacksonville, Florida
- Jefferson Barracks Air National Guard Station, St. Louis, Missouri
- Jefferson Proving Ground, Madison, Indiana
- Joe Foss Field, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- John P. Murtha Cambria County Airport, Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- Key Field, Meridian, Mississippi
- Kingsley Field, Klamath Falls, Oregon, (website)
- Kulis Air National Guard Base, Anchorage, Alaska
- Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport, Bridgeton, Missouri
- Lincoln Municipal Airport, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Luis Muñoz Marín Air National Guard Base, Carolina, Puerto Rico
- Mansfield-Lahm Airport, Mansfield, Ohio
- Martin Air National Guard Station, Gadsden, Alabama
- McEntire Joint National Guard Station, Columbia, South Carolina
- McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Knoxville, Tennessee, (website)
- McMullen County Range, Corpus Christi, Texas
- Memphis International Airport, Memphis, Tennessee
- Moffett Federal Airfield, Mountain View, California
- Nashville International Airport/Berry Field Air National Guard Base, Nashville, Tennessee
- New Castle County Airport, Wilmington, Delaware
- North Highlands Air National Guard Station, North Highlands, California
- North Smithfield Air National Guard Station, Slatersville, Rhode Island
- Orange Air National Guard Base, Orange, Connecticut
- Otis Air National Guard Base, Falmouth, Massachusetts
- Paine Field Air National Guard Station, Everett, Washington
- Pease Air National Guard Base, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- Portland International Airport,(PDX), Oregon, (website)
- Punta Boringuen Radar Site, Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen, Puerto Rico, (website)
- Punta Salinas Radar Site, Cantano, Puerto Rico
- Quonset State Airport, Providence, Rhode Island
- Razorback Range, Fort Smith, Arkansas
- Reno-Tahoe International Airport, Reno, Nevada
- Richmond International Airport, Richmond, Virginia
- Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Columbus, Ohio
- Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, Rosecrans Memorial Airport, Saint Joseph, Missouri
- Saint Croix Air National Guard Station, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands
- Salt Lake City International Airport, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, Savannah, Georgia
- Schenectady County Airport, Schenectady, New York
- Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mount Clemens, Michigan
- Sepulveda Air National Guard Station, Los Angeles, California
- Shelby Ranges, Camp Shelby, Mississippi
- Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, West Virginia
- Sioux Gateway Airport, Sioux City, Iowa
- Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, Arizona
- Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range, Brookville, Kansas
- South Portland Air National Guard Station, South Portland, Maine
- Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, Springfield, Ohio
- Standiford Field, Louisville, Kentucky
- Stanly County Airport, Albemarle, North Carolina
- State College Air National Guard Station, State College, Pennsylvania
- Stewart International Airport, New Windsor, New York
- Terre Haute International Airport/Hulman Field, Terre Haute, Indiana
- Toledo Express Airport, Swanton, Ohio
- Townsend Range, Savannah, Georgia
- Truax Field, Madison, Wisconsin
- Tucson International Airport, Tucson, Arizona
- Tulsa International Airport, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Camp Douglas, Wisconsin
- Warfield Air National Guard Base, Baltimore, Maryland
- Warren Grove Range, Atlantic City, New Jersey
- W.K. Kellogg Airport, Battle Creek, Michigan
- Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Yeager Airport, Charleston, West Virginia
- Zanesville Municipal Airport, Zanesville, Ohio
Closed facilities and their IATA Airport Code (where known):
- Albrook Air Force Base, Balboa, Panama
- Almaden Air Force Station, Mount Umunhum, California. Closed in 1980
- Bergstrom Air Force Base - AUS, near Austin, Texas (now Austin-Bergstrom International Airport)
- Biggs Air Force Base - BIF, Texas (closed, now Biggs Field in Fort Bliss)
- Blytheville Air Force Base - Arkansas (renamed Eaker Air Force Base in 1988, closed in 1992 now Arkansas Int'l Airport)
- Cambria Air Force Station, Cambria, Calif
- Cape Romanzof Air Force Station, Alaska
- Carswell Air Force Base, Texas (closed, now Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth)
- Castle Air Force Base, California (closed 1995)
- Clark Air Base, The Philippines - CRK (closed 1991)
- Clinton County Air Force Base, Wilmington, Ohio (closed 1971) (Now the main hub for DHL's US freight operations, DHL Airpark)
- Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base, Burns Flat, Oklahoma (closed 1970?)
- Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, Illinois (closed 1993)
- Cheyenne Mountain Directorate, Colorado
- Connally Air Force Base, Waco, Texas (closed 1965?)
- Craig Air Force Base, Selma, Alabama (closed 1977)
- Donaldson Air Force Base, near Greenville, South Carolina (closed 1963)
- Eaker Air Force Base - Arkansas (formerly Blytheville Air Force Base, closed in 1992 now Arkansas International Airport)
- England Air Force Base, Alexandria, Louisiana (closed 1992 Dec 15)
- Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado (closed)
- Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York
- Foster Air Force Base, Victoria, Texas (closed 1958)
- Fuchu Air Station, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan (closed and returned to Japanese government in 1974)
- Funabashi Transmitter Site, Japan
- Gentile Air Force Station, Dayton, Ohio (closed 1996)
- George Air Force Base, California
- Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama (merged into Maxwell Air Force Base in 1992)
- Hahn Air Base, Germany (closed 1993, retaining only small site for communications)
- Hamilton Air Force Base, California
- Harlingen Air Force Base, Texas
- Horham Air Force Base, Horham England (closed 1948)
- Howard Air Force Base, Panama (closed)
- Iraklion Air Station, Gouves, Crete Greece (closed 1993)
- Johnson Air Base (Housing Annex), Japan
- Kashiwa Communications Station (Camp Tomlinson), Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan (closed 1975 and returned to Japanese government 1979)
- Kelly Air Force Base - SKF, Texas
- K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base - Michigan (closed 1995 Oct 1)
- Kwanju Air Base, Kwanju, Korea (used by USAF in 1968 for USS Pueblo crisis response)
- Lindsey Air Station, Wiesbaden Germany (closed 1993)
- Lookout Mountain Air Force Station, Hollywood, California (closed 1969)
- Loring Air Force Base, Aroostook County, Maine (closed 1994 September 30)
- Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado (closed 1994 Oct 1)
- Mactan Air Base, Cebu, The Philippines
- Mather Air Force Base - MHR, California (closed 1993 Sep 30)
- McClellan Air Force Base - MCC, California (closed 2001 Jul 13)
- Minot Air Force Station[1] - (Approximately 18 miles south of Minot, North Dakota, home of the 786th AC&W Squadron, shut down September 1979. Not to be confused with Minot Air Force Base, which is still operational.)
- Mitchel Air Force Base (a/k/a Mitchel Field), Garden City, NY Closed 1961
- Montauk Air Force Base - Montauk, New York
- Myrtle Beach Air Force Base - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (Closed 1993)
- Newark Air Force Base, Ohio
- Norton Air Force Base, San Bernardino, California (closed in 1995, now the San Bernardino International Airport)
- Olmsted Air Force Base, Pennsylvania (closed 1969, presently Harrisburg International Airport and Air Reserve Base for PA Air Guard)
- Ota-Koizumi Auxiliary Airfield, Japan
- Perrin Air Force Base, Denison, Texas (closed 1970's
- Pittsburgh Air Force Base, Pennsylvania (closed 1990's, presently the Air Reserve Base for PA Air Guard)
- Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York (closed 1995)
- Point Arena Air Force Station Point Arena, California NORAD Closed
- Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, (closed 2003)
- RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Closed 1992.
- Reese Air Force Base, Texas (closed 1997 Jan 24)
- Rhein Main Air Base, Germany (closed 2005 Dec 30)
- Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Belton, Missouri
- Sault Sainte Marie Air Force Station, Michigan (closed 1981)
- Schilling (Smokey Hill) AFB, Kansas
- Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee (closed 1971)
- Spence Air Base, Georgia (closed, 1961)
- Slocum Air Force Base, New York (closed)
- Soesterberg Air Base, The Netherlands (closed)
- Tachikawa Air Force Base, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan (closed and returned to Japanese government, who converted much of the former base into Showa Memorial Park)
- Torrejon Air Force Base, Madrid, Spain - TOJ (turned over to Spanish Government about 1993)
- Webb Air Force Base, Texas (closed 1977)
- Williams Air Force Base - IWA, Arizona (closed 1993 Sep 30)
- Wurtsmith Air Force Base - OSC, Michigan (closed 1993 Jun 30)
- Vincent Air Force Base, Arizona (closed, now MCAS Yuma)
- Zaragoza Air Base, Zaragoza, Spain - ZAB (turned over to Spanish Government October 1992)
- Zweibrücken Air Base, Germany (closed September 1991)
Laredo AFB Closed 1973
Cambria AFS California (775th Radar Squadron or 775th AC&W Squadron