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Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History 1984. ISBN 0-912799-12-9. Mueller, Robert, Air Force Bases Volume I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982, Office of Air Force History, 1989
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.
Oxnard Air Force Base: Camarillo: California: 1970 Closed Paine Air Force Base: Everett: Washington: 1972 Redesignated as Paine Air National Guard Base Palm Beach Air Force Base: West Palm Beach: Florida: 1962 Closed Parks Air Force Base: Pleasanton: California: 1959 Realigned to as the US Army: Patrick Air Force Base: Cocoa Beach: Florida: 2020
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The base was transferred from the Strategic Air Command (SAC) to the Air National Guard and redesignated Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base on April 1, 1980. Current Rickenbacker Tower. The base was recommended for closure by the 1991 Base Realignment and Closure Commission, which would have moved the 121st Air Refueling Wing and the 160th ...
Pages in category "Installations of the United States Air Force in California" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ...
Military facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area (41 P) Pages in category "Military installations in California" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.