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The number of active duty Air Force Bases within the United States rose from 115 in 1947 to peak at 162 in 1956 before declining to 69 in 2003 and 59 in 2020. This change reflects a Cold War expansion, retirement of much of the strategic bomber force, and the post–Cold War draw-down.
Anti-racist agitation in the early 2020s led to calls for changing bases to remove the names of Confederate figures who fought against the Union during the American Civil War. [6] The Naming Commission was created by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, [ 7 ] and renaming began in December 2022.
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base: Myrtle Beach: South Carolina: 1993 Closed Naknek Air Force Base: Naknek: Alaska: 1990 Transferred to civilian use as King Salmon Airport: New Boston Air Force Station: New Boston: New Hampshire: 2021 Realigned to the US Space Force as New Boston Space Force Station [15] Newark Air Force Base: Heath: Ohio: 1996 ...
17th Air Base Group (1955–1958) 4420th Combat Support Group (1962–1972) 1st Air Commando/Special Operations Wing (1962–1966, 1972–1992) Langley AFB, Virginia (1 May 1946 – 1 December 1948, 1 December 1950 – 1 June 1992) 31st Fighter Group (1947) 363d Reconnaissance Group/Wing (1947–1948, 1950–1951) 47th Bombardment Wing (1951 ...
Bases NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany - hosts NATO Airborne Early Warning Force (NAEWF) Boeing E-3 Sentry aircraft. Chièvres Air Base, Belgium - operated by U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force but "considered an installation of SHAPE."
List of American military installations; 0–9. ... Nellis Air Force Base Complex; List of military installations in Newfoundland and Labrador; O.
Second Air Force 1949–1975. Eighth Air Force 1975–1992. 4th Air Division 1952–1964. 311th Air Division 1949. 2d Bomb Wing 1963–1991. 2d Wing 1991–1992. 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1949–1951. 301st Bomb Wing 1949–1958. 311th Reconnaissance Group 1948–1949; 376th Bomb Wing 1951–1957. 4220th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing ...
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