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North Bay's air force base is the centre for the air defence of the entire Canada, and works in concert with the United States via NORAD for the air defence of Canada-U.S. portion of the North American continent. Cuba: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base: The military facility has over 8,500 U.S. sailors and Marines stationed there. Curaçao (Netherlands)
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."
Other U.S. bases in Australia are present and this list does not include ADF bases with U.S. access. The U.S. military has access to many ADF training areas, northern Australian RAAF airfields, port facilities in Darwin , Fremantle , Stirling naval base in Perth , and the airfield on the Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean.
The European Union (EU) has undertaken a number of overseas missions and operations, drawing on civilian and military capabilities, in several countries across three continents (Europe, Africa and Asia), as part of its Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP).
Includes bases in North Africa and the United Kingdom used by Strategic Air Command and bases used by the United States Air Forces in Europe (after 1947). Non-flying minor Air Stations not included. Non-flying minor Air Stations not included.
The RAF has a presence within Eastern European countries on a rotational basis as part of NATO's Baltic Air Policing and Southern Air Policing missions. No. 17 Test and Evaluation Squadron is located in the United States at Edwards Air Force Base in California, where test and evaluation of the F-35B Lighting II is undertaken.
Canadian Air Force (in Europe) 1918–1920 Royal Air Force Canada. 1918–1919 Royal Flying Corps Canada. 1917–1918 Canadian Aviation Corps. 1914–1915 Royal Canadian Naval Air Service: 1918-1919 Canadian Army: 1948–1965 Royal Canadian Mounted Police aviation - National police and gendarmerie service of Canada. Cape Verde: Cape Verde Air Force
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.