Strategic
Air Command
Bases
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This section contains a web page for
each air base used by the Strategic Air Command. Most of them
were assigned to the command and are thus considered "SAC Bases."
SAC units were often assigned to other bases and these are also
listed. For information regarding SAC base site selection
standards, etc,
See
Base Introduction. Also see
our new Welcome
Page
Some interesting facts. See if you
can find on this page, which air force base (1) has a tug boat, but
no airplanes; (2) was constructed on the Wright Brothers flying
field; and is (3) known as the home of space aliens
Sign at left from Schilling AFB |
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| About this Summary |
| Bases that are now active with former SAC units
are listed first. An icon represents its weapons system - B-52, B-1, B-2, Minuteman and Peacekeepers. This is
followed by the bases that were once used by SAC. (You can't look at
this list without realizing how little is left). The bases in each
section are listed in alphabetical order. The
base name provides a link to the page for that base. Many bases have
undergone name changes. Earlier names are shown in italics
followed by the newer name. The summary provide location, SAC wings
that served at the base, current status and applicable links. |
About the Individual base pages
There is one at least one page for each base.
The goal is to provide a comprehensive
overview of the base, with emphasis on its role in SAC. In most
cases, these pages contain all of the information that we have been able
to obtain. It is sometimes sparse. This is generally true when the
base closed many years ago. We've been adding photos as we have been
able to find them.
Contributions Solicited.
We really need help on
this section. If you have any information on a base it would be
appreciated. We especially want more photographs.
SAC didn't allow cameras on its bases, so individual photos are scare. Many bases
and wings published year books and many companies produced post cards of
bases. If you have any of these, please send us a scan.
Be sure to include a caption and the approximate year of the photo. |
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What's New |
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Great Photos of the 4123 Strategic Wing Days
at Clinton-Sherman AFB |
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What's Left |
Summary
Information |
Barksdale
AFB - ACTIVE
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Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Now home of
2nd
Bomb Wing. - One of the two
remaining B-52 Wings. Many prior
units at the base.
See the page for details.
Link: Barksdale AFB |
Dyess
AFB - ACTIVE
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Location: Abilene, Texas.
- Formerly Abilene AFB
Former home of 96th
Bomb Wing,
341st Bomb / Missile Wing
Now home of
7th Bomb Wing - Flies B-1Bs
Links: Dyess AFB,
Unofficial Dyess AFB |
Ellsworth
AFB - ACTIVE
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Location: 12 mi. east-northeast of Rapid City,
South Dakota.
Former home of
44th
Bomb / Missile Wing, 99th
Bomb Wing .
Now home of the
28th
Bomb Wing. Flies the B-1
Ellsworth AFB,
Black Hills Bandit - online newspaper,
South Dakota Air & Space Museum |
Francis
E. Warren AFB
ACTIVE -
Need photos
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Location: Cheyenne,
Wyoming
Former home of 389th
Bomb Wing,
706th Strategic Missile Wing,
90th Strategic Missile Wing
Home of the 90th Space Wing.
Nation's largest and most modern strategic missile unit.
Today, the wing
maintains 150 Minuteman III missiles and 50 Peacekeeper missiles
Link: Francis E. Warren
AFB |
Grand
Forks AFB- ACTIVE
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Location: 16 mi. west of Grand
Forks, North Dakota.
Former home of
319th Bomb Wing, 321st
Bomb Wing, 4133rd
Strategic Wing,
Now home of
319th Air Refueling Wing and
321st Strategic
Missile Wing.
Link:
Grand Forks AFB
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Malmstrom
AFB- ACTIVE
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Location: 1.5 miles east of Great Falls.
- Formerly Great Falls AFB
Home of
341st Strategic Missile Wing
Link: Malmstrom AFB - Good image library. Many planes and missiles. |
McConnell
AFB - ACTIVE
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Location: 5 mi. southeast of Wichita,
Kansas
Former home of 384 BW. Now
home of 22nd ARW and B-2s flown by 184th BW, National Guard.
NEED PICTURES
Link:
McConnell AFB
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Minot AFB - ACTIVE
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Location: 13 miles north of Minot, N.D.
America's "double punch" base - B-52 bombers and Minuteman Missiles.
Former home of
450th Missile Wing, 455th
Missile Wing, 4136th
Strategic Wing
Now home of
5th Bomb Wing
and
91st Missile Wing,
Link: Minot AFB,
Missile Locations |
Robins
AFB - ACTIVE
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Location: 15 miles southeast
of Macon Georgia
Former home of
4137th Strategic Wing, 465th
Bomb Wing,
19th Bomb Wing,
Now home of 116th BW, Air National Guard - B1-B bombers
Link: Robins AFB,
Robins
Aviation Museum |
Whiteman
AFB - ACTIVE
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Location: 2 mi. south of Knob Noster,
Missouri
Former home of
100th Bomb Wing,
340th Bomb / Missile Wing, 351st
Missile Wing
Now home of
509th Bomb Wing, which
flies the B-2
Link: Whiteman AFB
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What's Gone |
Summary
Information |
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12 Mile Post |
See Eielson,
AFB, Alaska |
Altus
AFB
ACTIVE
Need photos |
Location:
Altus, Oklahoma.
Home of 96th
Bombardment Wing: 1953-1957;
11th Bombardment Wing: 1957-58
Now Strategic Airlift
and Air Refueling Training Center.
Link:
Altus AFB |
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Abilene AFB |
See
Dyess AFB |
Amarillo
AFB
CLOSED
Need photos |
Location: 8 miles
from Amarillo, Texas
4128th
Strategic Wing
(1960-1963)
461st
Bombardment Wing
(1963-1968)
Deactivated December 31, 1968. |
Andersen
AFB
ACTIVE |
Location: Yigo,
Guam.
3960th Strategic
Wing, 43rd Strategic Wing, 19th
Bomb Wing
Link: Andersen Air Force Base,
Guam |
Andrews
AFB
ACTIVE |
Location: Maryland, 11 miles
southeast of Washington, D.C.
First Strategic Air
Command Headquarters. Now the home of Air Force One.
Link: Andrews AFB |
Beale
AFB
ACTIVE |
Location: California.
- Home of
9th
17th
100th 456th Bomb
Wings and
4126th Strategic Wing
Now home of 9th Reconnaissance Wing
Link:
Beale AFB |
Bergstrom
AFB
CLOSED
Need photos |
Location: Texas
Former home of 340th
Bomb Wing, 4130th
Strategic Wing
Now the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport |
Biggs
AFB
CLOSED |
Location: Texas
Former home of
95th Bomb Wing, 97th
Bomb Wing
Link:
Biggs History Site - EXCELLENT |
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Blytheville AFB |
See
Eaker AFB |
Bolling
AFB
ACTIVE |
Location: Washington,
DC
Now home of the 11th Wing. The Bombers
are gone. In fact, the 11th doesn't even have any airplanes
Link: Bolling AFB |
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Bunker Hill AFB |
See
Grissom AFB |
Cannon
AFB
ACTIVE
Need Photos |
Location: Clovis, New
Mexico. Formerly Clovis AFB
Home of 27th Fighter Wing, SAC fighter escort 1947-1948.
Link:
Cannon Air Force Base |
Carswell
AFB
CLOSED |
Location: Texas
- formerly Fort Worth AFB
Home of the B-36.
7th Bomb Wing, 11th
BombWing, 43rd
Bomb Wing, 4123rd
Strategic Wing
Now a Naval Air Station
Link:
Fort Worth Naval Air Station |
Castle
AFB
CLOSED |
Location: Merced County,
California.
Former home of
93rd Bomb Wing
Links: Castle
Air Museum |
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Chatham AFB |
See
Hunter AFB |
Chennault
AFB
CLOSED |
Location: Lake Charles
Louisiana
Chennault had two B-47 wings.
Former home of
44th Bomb Wing, 68th
Strategic Recon / Bomb Wing
Links:
Chennault Airport |
Clinton-Sherman
AFB
CLOSED |
Location: Clinton, Oklahoma
Former home of 70th
Bomb Wing,
4123rd Strategic Wing
Links: Clinton-Sherman
Industrial Airport
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Clovis AFB |
See
Cannon AFB |
Columbus
AFB
ACTIVE
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Location:
Columbus, Mississippi
Former home of
54th Bomb Wing,
4228th Strategic Wing Now home of the 14th Flying Training Wing
Links:
Columbus AFB |
Davis-Monthan
AFB
ACTIVE |
Location: Tucson, Arizona
The base where many SAC wings got started
Former home of
444th Bomb Group, 2nd
Bomb Wing,
43rd Bomb Wing,
100th Bomb Wing, 303rd
Bomb Wing, 390th
Bomb Wing. Now home of 355th Wing flys
A-10s
Active. Assigned to Air Combat
Command. Best known as Air Force aircraft graveyard.
Links:
Davis-Monthan AFB,
Aerospace
Maintenance and Regeneration Center (the graveyard) |
Dow AFB
CLOSED
Need photos |
Location: Bangor, Maine
Former home of
4038th Strategic Wing,
397th Bomb Wing,
Links: Bangor
International Airport |
Dow Reunion Page |
Eaker
AFB
CLOSED |
Location: Blytheville, Arkansas
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Formerly Blytheville AFB
Former home of 97th
Bomb Wing, 461st Bomb Wing (B-57s - non SAC)
Link:
Arkansas
Aeroplex and Arkansas International Airport
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Eglin
AFB
ACTIVE |
Location: 7 mi. northeast of
Fort Walton Beach, Florida.
Former home of
4135th Strategic Wing,
39th Bomb Wing
Link:
Eglin
AFB,
Air
Force Armament Museum |
Eielson
AFB
ACTIVE |
Location: 26 mi. southeast of
Fairbanks, Alaska
Former home of
6th Bomb / Strategic Wing, 97th
Bomb Wing. Now home of 354th Fighter Wing
Link: Eielson AFB |
Fairchild AFB
ACTIVE |
Location: 12 mi.
west-southwest of Spokane, Washington - Formerly Spokane AFB
Former home of
90th Bomb / Missile Wing, 92nd
Bomb Wing, 98th
Bomb Wing, 99th
Bomb Wing
Now home of the 92nd
Air Refueling Wing.
Link:
Fairchild AFB |
Forbes
AFB
CLOSED |
Location: 3
miles south of Topeka, Kansas
Former home of
55th Strategic / Strategic Recon Wing, 90th
Bomb Wing, 40th Bomb Wing
The 90th Bomb Wing trained the 308th
Bomb Wing, 310th
Bomb Wing, 376th
Bomb Wing
Closed in 1973.
Links: Topeka
Airport,
Forbes History,
40th
Bomb Wing Site - Lots of good stuff |
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Forth Worth AFB |
See Carswell
AFB |
Glasgow AFB
CLOSED
Need photos |
Location: 26 miles north
of the city of Glasgow, Montana.
Former home of
4141st Strategic Wing,
91st Bomb Wing. Now a Boeing test base
Link: |
Goose
Bay AB
CLOSED |
Location: Labrador
Former home of
95th Bomb / Strategic / Air Base Wing ,
4082nd Strategic Wing
Turned over to Canada in 1967 |
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Grand Island AFB |
Location: Nebraska
Reportedly operated B-29 in late 1940s. No further information. |
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Great Falls AFB |
See
Malstrom AFB |
Grenier AFB
CLOSED |
Location: New
Hampshire.
Former home of 82nd Fighter Wing (1947). Now an Air Station.
Link: |
Grissom AFB
ACTIVE |
Location: Indiana
- Formerly Bunker Hill AFB
Former Home of
305th Bomb Wing; Now home of 434th Air Refueling Wing, AF Reserve.
Link:Grissom Air
Reserve Base,
Grissom Air
Museum |
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Grenier Field, NE
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See
Kearney AFB |
Griffis
AFB
CLOSED |
Location: Rome, New York
Former home of
416th Bomb Wing,
4039th Strategic Wing. Closed Sept 30, 1965
Link:
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Hanscom
AFB
ACTIVE |
Location: Location:
17 mi. northwest of Boston, Mass
Former home of ? . Now 66th home of Air Base Wing
- Electronic Systems Support
Link: Hanscom AFB |
Homestead
AFB
CLOSED |
Location: 25
miles south of Miami, Florida
Former home of
19th Bomb Wing, 379th
Bomb Wing
Links: |
Hunter
AFB
CLOSED |
Location: Savannah,
Georgia
Former home of
2nd Bomb Wing, 308th Bomb Wing.
Closed in 1967. Now Fort Stewart / Hunter Army Air Field
Link: Fort
Stewart / Hunter Army Air Field |
K
I Sawyer AFB
CLOSED |
Location: Near
the City of Marquette, Upper Peninsula, Michigan
Former home of 410th
Bomb Wing,
4042nd Strategic Wing. Closed September 30, 1995
Links:
County of Marquette
K.I. Sawyer Development Department,
K. I
Sawyer Tribute - Good site |
| Kadena
AB |
Location: 15 mi. north of
Naha, Japan
Link: Kadena AB
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Kearney AFB
CLOSED |
Location: Kearney,
Nebraska
Former home of 27th Fighter Wing. Closed in1949 Later Grenier
Field
Link: |
Kincheloe
AFB
CLOSED
Need Pictures |
Location: Chippewa
County, Michigan
Former home of 4239th
Strategic Wing, 449th
Bomb / Strategic Wing, Closed July-September, 1977.
Link: |
Larson
AFB
CLOSED |
Location: Five
miles northwest of Moses Lake, Washington
Former home of 462nd
Bomb Wing,
4170th Strategic Wing,
Titan I Missiles.
Closed in 1966
Link:
Grant
County International Airport,
History of Larson AFB |
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Limestone AFB |
See
Loring
AFB |
Lincoln
AFB
CLOSED |
Location: Lincoln
Nebraska
Former home of
98th Bomb Wing,
307th Bomb Wing. Closed in 1966
Link:
History of Lincoln AFB
- Excellent Site. Many photographs.
Lincoln Municipal
Airport
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Little
Rock AFB
ACTIVE |
Location: 17 miles northeast of
Little Rock. Arkansas
Former home of
70th Bomb Wing, 308th
Bomb Wing, 384th
Bomb Wing
Now the world's largest C-130 base
Link:
Little Rock AFB |
Lockbourne
AFB
ACTIVE |
Location: Lockbourne, Ohio,
12 miles southeast of the city of Columbus, Ohio,
Former home of 91st
Bomb Wing, 70th Bomb Wing, 301st
Bomb Wing
Now Rickenbacker ANGB, home of 121st Air Refueling Wing, Air National
Guard
Link: Rickenbacker Port
Authority |
Loring
AFB
CLOSED |
Location: Limestone,
Maine - SAC Mega base.
Former home of
42nd
Bomb Wing (1956-1991). Officially closed
September 30, 1994
Link: |
Lowry
AFB
CLOSED |
Location: Denver, Colorado
Former home of
703rd Strategic Missile Wing,
451st Strategic Missile Wing
(Titan I)
Closed October 1, 1994. Now an administrative center.
Link:
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MacDill
AFB
ACTIVE |
Location: Eight miles south of downtown Tampa, Florida.
Former home of
498th Bomb Group, 6th
Bomb Wing, 305th
Bomb Wing,
306th Bomb Wing,
307th
Bomb Wing,
311th Recon Wing (non-SAC) 6th Air Base Wing (non-SAC)
Transferred to Tactical Air Command in 1962.
Link: MacDill AFB |
March
AFB
ACTIVE |
Location: Location: 9 mi. southeast of Riverside,
California.
Former home of
22nd Bomb Wing, 106th
Bomb Wing (non-SAC), 320th
Bomb Wing
Now home of 452nd Air Mobility Wing. Check out the March AFB Air
Museum.
Link: 452nd Air
Mobility Wing, March
Air Museum |
Mather
AFB
CLOSED |
Location: Sacramento County, California
Former home of
320th Bomb Wing, 4134th
Strategic Wing. Now an industrial park
Link: |
McCoy
AFB
CLOSED |
Location: Orlando, Florida
Former home of
306th Bomb Wing,
321st Bomb Wing,
4047th Strategic Wing
Closed 1974. Part of
base is now operating as
the Orlando International Airport
McCoy AFB Time Line,
306 BW History,
Orlando
International Airport Timeline |
McGuire
AFB
ACTIVE |
Location: 18 mi.
southeast of Trenton, New Jersey
Former home of
91st Bomb Wing, 305th
Bomb Wing
Link: McGuire AFB,
Team McGuire Photo Library |
Mountain
Home AFB
ACTIVE
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Location:10 mi. southwest of
Mountain Home, Idaho
Former home of
5th Bomb Wing, 9th
Bomb Wing
Now home of the 366th Fighter Wing
Link: Mountain Home AFB |
Nellis
AFB
ACTIVE
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Location: 8 mi. northeast of
Las Vegas, Nevada
Former home of
99th Bomb Wing.
Now home of AF Air Command Command Pilot Training Center.
"Home of U.S. Fighter Pilots". Home of Thunderbirds Precision
Flying Team
Link:
Nellis AFB,
Thunderbirds Web Site
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Offutt
AFB
ACTIVE |
Location: 8 mi. south of
Omaha, Nebraska
Former home of SAC Headquarters,
55th Strategic Recon Wing, 385th
Bomb Wing
Now Headquarters of U.S. Strategic Command
Link: Offutt AFB,
U.S. Strategic
Command Command Center |
Patrick
AFB
ACTIVE |
Location: 2 miles south of
Cocoa Beach, Florida. Its the airbase for Cape Kennedy.
Home of Air Force Missile Test Center, 45th Space Wing
Link:
Patrick
AFB. Extensive missile history on this site |
Pease
AFB
CLOSED |
Location: New Hampshire,
55 miles from Boston
Former home of
100th Bomb Wing,
509th Bomb Wing
Now an airport. Home to the New Hampshire Air National Guard which
flies KC-135R aircraft.
Link:
Pease Development Authority |
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Pinecastle |
See McCoy
AFB, Florida |
Plattsburgh
CLOSED |
Location: Plattsburgh, New
York
Former home of
308th Bomb Wing, 380th
Bomb Wing,
497th Refueling Wing
Now an industrial park.
Links:
Plattsburgh Air Base
Development Authority |
Plattsburgh AFB / 380th Bomb Wing |
Presque
Isle AFB
CLOSED |
Location: Maine, near Canadian border
Former home of 702nd
Missile Wing (Snark). Now Skyway Industrial Park
Link:Skyway
Industrial Park |
Ramey
AFB
ACTIVE |
Location: Puerto Rico
Former home of
55th Bomb Wing, 72nd
Bomb Wing
Now an airport, home base to U.S. Coast Guard, Air National Guard
Link:Ramey AFB Historical Association |
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Rapid City |
See Ellsworth,
South Dakota |
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Roswell AFB |
See
Walker AFB |
Schilling
AFB
CLOSED |
Formerly Smokey Hill AFB
Location: 2 miles
southwest of Salina, Kansas
Former home of 40th
Bomb Wing, 310th
Bomb Wing,
97th Bomb Wing, 301st
Bomb Wing,
485th
Bomb Wing Closed April
1967
Link:
40th Bomb Wing
- Excellent site. Many photos. |
Selfridge
AFB
CLOSED |
Location: Detroit,
Michigan
Former home of 57th Fighter Wing in 1947;
500th Air Refueling Wing in 1962, Closed in 1971
Link: |
Seymore-Johnson
AFB
ACTIVE
Need pictures |
Location: Goldsboro, North
Carolina
Former home of 4241st
Strategic Wing,
68th Bomb Wing. Now home of 4th Fighter Wing
Link:
Seymour Johnson AFB
Link not working |
Sheppard
AFB
ACTIVE
Need pictures |
Location: Near the city of Wichita Falls, Texas.
Former home of
494th Bomb Wing,
4245th Strategic Wing.
Now the largest base in Training Command
Link: Sheppard AFB |
| Smoky Hill
AFB |
See: Schilling
AFB |
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Spokane AFB |
See
Fairchild AFB |
Thule AFB
ACTIVE |
Location: Thule, Greenland
Former home of
4083rd Strategic Wing
Home of Balistic Missile Early Warning System,
12th Space Warning Squadron
Thule is the only air force base with no aircraft and a tugboat.
Links:
Thule AFB |
Thule
Picture Book - Great site |
Travis
AFB
ACTIVE |
Location: Fairfield,
California:
Former home of
5th Bomb Wing, 9th
Bomb Wing,
4126th Strategic Wing.
Now Air Transport Command.
Link:
Travis AFB
Link not working |
Turner
AFB
CLOSED |
Location: Albany, Georgia
Former home of 450th
Bomb Wing,
484th Bomb Wing,
4138th Strategic Wing
Link:Turner
Field Historical Site |
Vandenberg
AFB
ACTIVE |
Location: 8 mi.
north-northwest of Lompoc, California
Former home of
392nd Strategic Missile Wing, 704th
Strategic Missile Wing
Now home of 30th Space Wing
Link: Vandenberg
AFB |
Walker
AFB
CLOSED |
Location: 8 miles south of Roswell, New Mexico.
Former home of 509th Composite Group,
6th Bomb Wing, the famous "Roswell Incident," where flying
saucer was supposedly hidden and space aliens dissected.
Link:
Walker Restoration Advisory Board |
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Warner Robins AFB |
See Robins AFB |
Westover
AFB
ACTIVE |
Location:
Chicopee, Massachusetts about 10 miles northeast of Springfield.
Former home of 8th Air Force Headquarters, 99th
Bomb Wing, 499th
Bomb Wing
Now Air Force Reserve base
Link:
Westover Air Reserve Base |
Wright-Patterson
AFB
ACTIVE |
Location: 10 mi.
east-northeast of Dayton, Ohio
Former home of Wright Brothers flying field. 4043d
Strategic Wing,
17th Bomb Wing
Air Force Research and Logistics Center
Links:
Wright Patterson AFB, Extensive
Wright-Patterson History. Many photos,
USAF Museum |
Wurtsmith
AFB
CLOSED |
Location: Near
Oscoda, Michigan
Former home of
379th Bomb Wing. Closed June 30, 1993
Link:
Wurtsmith Historical Web
Site |
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