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2. George Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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   Coordinates: 1]: Type: Air Force Base: Site information; Controlled by: United States Army Air Forces United States Air Force: Condition: Civilian Airport, private ownership: Site history; Built: 1941: In use: 1941–1992: Battles/wars: World War II Korean War Vietnam War 1991 Gulf War (Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation of Kuwait): George Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base ...

3. United States federal civil service - Wikipedia

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   Federal Government executive branch civilian employment, except U.S. Postal Service, fiscal year 2016 [19] (Employment in thousands) Worldwide D.C. Combined Total 2,096 173 Executive departments: 1,923 132 Defense, total 738 16.5 Army: 251 2 Navy: 207 12 Air Force: 169 0.5 Other defense 80 2 Veterans Affairs: 373 8 Homeland Security: 192 24 ...

4. United States Army Air Forces Contract Flying School Airfields

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   In addition to the Air Corps demands for civil flying schools to train military pilots, in late 1940, President Franklin Roosevelt accepted a proposal from British Prime Minister Winston Churchill that the United States train Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots at civilian flying schools. The first RAF flight cadets began training in the United States ...

5. Hazardous Air Force base that potentially poisoned thousands ...

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   A former Air Force base responsible for potentially exposing hundreds of thousands to toxic chemicals is now a desolate wasteland that has remained abandoned in California for 32 years.

6. List of joint-use airports in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Hanscom Air Force Base: Bedford: Massachusetts: BED / KBED / BED: Operated by the Massachusetts Port Authority, with very few military flights [2] Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport: Eglin Air Force Base: Valparaiso: Florida: VPS / KVPS / VPS: Civilian airport located on United States Air Force owned land Schenectady County Airport: Stratton ...

7. Victorville Army Airfield auxiliary fields - Wikipedia

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   The Mojave Desert is ideal for the storage of airplanes, so the Victorville Army Airfield became a storage and storage care base of the 2756th Air Base Squadron. All types of aircraft were stored at the base, but most planes were Boeing B-29 Superfortress , used by the US till 1960.