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List of United States military bases in Illinois is a listing of current and former United States military bases located in the US State of Illinois. Air Force
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Illinois (5 P) Pages in category "Military installations in Illinois" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
Active USAFE use ended 1970. Airfield removed in 1977. Remained as reserve storage and family housing base until 1992 as a satellite of RAF Alconbury. RAF Chicksands; Used by USAF Security Service until 1997. RAF Croughton; Major USAF communications base. RAF Daws Hill (Closed 1969) RAF East Kirkby (closed by SAC – 1958) RAF Greenham Common
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.
Pages in category "Installations of the United States Air Force in Illinois" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
London Biggin Hill, a former RAF station This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation. During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields: RAF ...
This list of Royal Air Force stations is an overview of all current stations of the Royal Air Force (RAF) throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. This includes front-line and training airbases , support, administrative and training stations with no flying activity, unmanned airfields used for training, intelligence gathering stations and an ...
The Democracy Index classifies many of the forty-five current non-democratic U.S. base hosts as fully "authoritarian governments". [4] Military bases in non-democratic states were often rationalized during the Cold War by the U.S. as a necessary if undesirable condition in defending against the communist threat posed by the Soviet Union.