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England Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base in Louisiana, located 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Alexandria and about 170 miles (270 km) northwest of New Orleans. Originally known as Alexandria Army Air Base, on 23 June 1955 the facility was renamed England Air Force Base in honor of Lt Col John Brooke England (1923–1954). [1]
The fort had an outer ditch and central earthen citadel with gun positions, magazine, and bombproof shelters for the garrison. It is estimated that the fort held from 4 to 8 guns. It was built in tandem with Fort Buhlow (located just to the north of Fort Randolph).
Garrison is a census-designated place (CDP) in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, adjacent to Owings Mills. It consists mainly of the McDonogh area and Valley Centre. The population was 8,823 at the 2010 census .
[2] [3] It is located 10 nautical miles (12 statute miles, 19 kilometres) northeast of the central business district of Alexandria, Louisiana, [1] The airfield is owned by the Louisiana Army National Guard [1] and is the home of Army Aviation Support Facility #2 (AASF#2).
Camp Livingston was designated as a garrison for infantry divisions. The 38th Infantry Division was known as the "Avengers of Bataan" and the 86th Infantry Division was the first American unit to cross the Danube River in Germany. Over 500,000 troops trained on the 47,000-acre (190 km 2) base during the war. On some old concrete walls in the ...
The Louisiana Air National Guard (LA ANG) (French: Garde Nationale Aérienne de Louisiane; Spanish: Guardia Nacional Aérea de Luisiana) is the aerial militia of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is a reserve of the United States Air Force and along with the Louisiana Army National Guard , an element of the Louisiana National Guard of the much ...
Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Alexandria, Louisiana" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
It is operated and owned by the Louisiana National Guard as one of their main training areas. The current base covers 12,500 acres (51 km 2) and is home to many different units and elements of the Louisiana Army National Guard. The camp was originally named for Louisiana native and Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard. [1]