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hero-in\">\n<div class=\"crumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/\">Order of Battle<\/a> &middot; United States<\/div>\n<h1>United States Air Force<\/h1>\n<div class=\"native\">United States Air Force<\/div>\n<p class=\"sub\">The United States Air Force is the largest air arm on earth and the oldest it has ever been &mdash; about 4,865 aircraft averaging 31.75 years, flown by three components across roughly 160 installations, and locked in a permanent argument with Congress over which ageing aeroplanes it may retire before their replacements arrive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"marks\">\n<div class=\"mark\"><img data-opt-id=1683109678  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/usaf-symbol-white.png\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"badge big\" 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1980s<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"mark\"><svg class=\"finflash tall\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 48\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"United States Air Force fin marking: a wing colour band above the tail code WA\"><path d=\"M4 46 L15 6 H34 V46 Z\" fill=\"#39424f\"\/><path d=\"M15 6 H34 V15 H12.53 Z\" fill=\"#f2c200\"\/><rect x=\"15\" y=\"15.4\" width=\"19\" height=\"1.5\" fill=\"#12161c\"\/><text x=\"24.5\" y=\"32.5\" text-anchor=\"middle\" font-family=\"Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif\" font-size=\"12.5\" font-weight=\"700\" fill=\"#ffffff\">WA<\/text><\/svg><span class=\"mk\">Fin marking<b>Two-letter wing code above the colour band; Nellis wears WA<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"statstrip\">\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>1,815<\/b><span>Combat aircraft<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>165<\/b><span>Active air bases<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>1947<\/b><span>Founded<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>37<\/b><span>Types retired<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photocred\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"accent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"chips\"><span class=\"chip\"><b>Country<\/b>United States<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Founded<\/b>1947<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Status<\/b>Active<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Headquarters<\/b>The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Commander<\/b>General Kenneth S. Wilsbach<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"mfshare\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"mfsh-btn\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><circle cx=\"18\" cy=\"5\" r=\"3\"\/><circle cx=\"6\" cy=\"12\" r=\"3\"\/><circle cx=\"18\" cy=\"19\" r=\"3\"\/><path d=\"M8.6 10.6l6.8-4M8.6 13.4l6.8 4\"\/><\/svg>Share<\/button><span class=\"mfsh-net\"><\/span><span class=\"mfsh-said\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"story\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">The story<\/div>\n<h2>The United States Air Force story: from the Army&rsquo;s air arm to the world&rsquo;s largest air force<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cols\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"sh\">1946&ndash;1960: LeMay, Strategic Air Command and the doctrine that ate the budget<\/h3>\n<p>The United States Air Force is younger than most of the aircraft that made it. Its lineage runs back to a single officer and two enlisted men in the Aeronautical Division of the Signal Corps on 1 August 1907, through an Air Service that arrived in France in 1917 with no American-designed combat aircraft of its own, to the Army Air Corps of the 1930s and the Army Air Forces of 1941, which at their peak fielded 2.4 million people and nearly 80,000 aircraft. Independence was won by argument as much as by war. Billy Mitchell was court-martialled in 1925 for saying in public what the bomber generals believed in private; twenty-two years later the National Security Act created the Department of the Air Force, and on 18 September 1947 Stuart Symington was sworn in as its first Secretary. Carl Spaatz became Chief of Staff of a service that had spent four decades insisting it should exist.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"sh\">1950&ndash;1975: the MiG-15 shock, a fighter with no gun, and the birth of Red Flag<\/h3>\n<p>The new service organised itself around one idea: that a fleet of long-range bombers with nuclear weapons could win a war by itself. Strategic Air Command was formed in March 1946 and handed in October 1948 to Curtis LeMay, who found crews that could not hit a target in a practice raid on Dayton and rebuilt the command around alert, air refuelling and relentless inspection. By 1957 it held about 224,000 people and more than 2,000 bombers, and it consumed the greater part of the budget. What it bought was real deterrence and the Berlin Airlift, which showed in 1948 that airpower could sustain a city as well as flatten one. What it cost was everything else. Tactical aviation was starved, fighter pilots trained to deliver nuclear weapons rather than to fight other fighters, and the service forgot how to do the thing it had been founded on.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"sh\">1981&ndash;1999: stealth, Desert Storm, the peace dividend and the base closures<\/h3>\n<p>Korea produced the first bill. On 8 November 1950 an F-80 shot down a MiG-15 in the first jet-versus-jet combat in history, and then the MiG-15 proved better than everything the Air Force had in theatre; F-86 Sabres were rushed to the peninsula within weeks. The Air Force advertised a ten-to-one kill ratio that later research with Soviet records has not sustained. Vietnam produced a much larger bill. Missile-armed F-4 Phantoms with no gun, radar missiles that hit less than one time in ten, and rules of engagement that forbade shooting at what could not be seen brought kill ratios close to parity, the worst in the service&rsquo;s history. The reckoning was thorough and it worked: the gun-armed F-4E, dedicated Aggressor squadrons flying Soviet tactics, the Fighter Weapons School, the teen series of F-15, F-16 and later stealth aircraft, and from November 1975 Red Flag at Nellis, built on the finding that a crew&rsquo;s first ten combat missions were the ones that killed them.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"sh\">1997&ndash;2018: 187 Raptors, a tanker scandal and a trainer that would not arrive<\/h3>\n<p>Stealth was the reward for that decade of self-examination. The F-117A first flew in secret in June 1981, was denied until November 1988, and on 17 January 1991 opened Desert Storm over Baghdad, flying about two per cent of coalition sorties against forty per cent of the strategic targets. Then the Soviet Union disappeared and the bill came the other way. The B-2 was cut from 132 aircraft to 21 at roughly two billion dollars each, a fleet too small to matter bought at a price too high to repeat. The fighter force fell from 24 wing equivalents to 13. Five rounds of base closures between 1988 and 1995 shut dozens of installations, and on 1 June 1992 Strategic Air Command and Tactical Air Command were dissolved into Air Combat Command and Air Mobility Command. On 27 March 1999 an SA-3 battery over Serbia shot down an F-117, which ended the idea that stealth meant invisible.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"sh\">2019&ndash;2026: the Pacific pivot, the B-21, and the aeroplane Congress will not let go<\/h3>\n<p>The two decades after that are a catalogue of programmes that arrived late, small or not at all. The F-22 flew in 1997 as the finest air superiority fighter ever built and was capped at 187 aircraft by Robert Gates in 2009, down from 750; the line closed and cannot sensibly be reopened. The F-35A, the largest defence programme in history, was restructured in 2010, reached initial operational capability in 2016 and full-rate production only in March 2024. The tanker replacement began with a leasing arrangement so corrupt that a Boeing executive and an Air Force acquisition official went to prison, was awarded to a European-American team in 2008 and overturned, and finally produced the KC-46 in 2019 &mdash; whose camera system for the boom operator still does not work properly and is now promised for 2027. The T-7A trainer, ordered in 2018, slipped from 2024 to 2028.<\/p>\n<p>So the Air Force of 2026 flies 4,865 aircraft at an average age of 31.75 years, the oldest fleet in its history, and spends its political capital arguing with Congress about which old aeroplanes it may retire before new ones exist. The strategic direction is clear enough: Agile Combat Employment and dispersal across the western Pacific, the B-21 Raider flying since November 2023 with at least 100 planned from 2027, the F-47 in development, and the space mission gone to a separate service since December 2019. The friction is equally clear. The E-7A was cancelled in June 2025 and part-restored in March 2026, leaving an airborne early warning gap. The A-10, condemned since 2014, was extended again in April 2026 to 2030 because the Middle East kept needing it. It remains the largest and most capable air force in the world, and the one with the least margin for another decade of programmes that do not deliver.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"pull\">The new service organised itself around one idea: that a fleet of long-range bombers with nuclear weapons could win a war by itself.<cite>United States Air Force &middot; verified 2026-09-13<\/cite><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"glance\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">At a glance<\/div>\n<h2>The United States Air Force in numbers<\/h2>\n<div class=\"specgrid three\">\n<div class=\"spectable\">\n<h4>Service<\/h4>\n<dl>\n<dt>Native name<\/dt>\n<dd>United States Air Force<span class=\"gnote\">Motto &quot;Aim High &#8230; Fly-Fight-Win&quot;; core values &quot;Integrity first, Service before self, Excellence in all we do&quot;<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Founded<\/dt>\n<dd>18 September 1947<span class=\"gnote\">National Security Act signed 26 July 1947. Lineage runs from the Aeronautical Division, Signal Corps, 1 August 1907, through the Air Service (1918), Air Corps (1926) and Army Air Forces (1941)<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Part of<\/dt>\n<dd>Department of the Air Force, United States Armed Forces<span class=\"gnote\">Shares the department with the United States Space Force, a separate service since 20 December 2019<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Headquarters<\/dt>\n<dd>The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia<span class=\"gnote\">Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Major commands<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<ul class=\"gl\">\n<li>Air Combat Command &mdash; Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia<\/li>\n<li>Air Mobility Command &mdash; Scott Air Force Base, Illinois<\/li>\n<li>Air Force Global Strike Command &mdash; Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana<\/li>\n<li>Air Education and Training Command &mdash; JBSA-Randolph, Texas<\/li>\n<li>Air Force Materiel Command &mdash; Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio<\/li>\n<li>Air Force Special Operations Command &mdash; Hurlburt Field, Florida<\/li>\n<li>Pacific Air Forces &mdash; Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii<\/li>\n<li>US Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa &mdash; Ramstein Air Base, Germany<\/li>\n<li>Air Force Reserve Command &mdash; Robins Air Force Base, Georgia<\/li>\n<li>Air National Guard &mdash; The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"gnote\">The 2026 almanac groups these differently, as five institutional commands reporting to the Chief of Staff (ACC, AETC, AFMC, AFRC, ANG) and ten service component commands reporting through the Secretary (PACAF, AFGSC, AMC, USAFE-AFAFRICA, AFNORTH, AFSOC, AFCYBER, AFSPACE, AFCENT, AFSOUTH). The list above is the familiar MAJCOM set<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Chief of Staff<\/dt>\n<dd>General Kenneth S. Wilsbach<span class=\"gnote\">24th Chief of Staff of the Air Force, sworn in 3 November 2025; a career F-15C and F-22 pilot and former commander of Pacific Air Forces and Air Combat Command. He succeeded General David W. Allvin, who retired early after two years<\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spectable\">\n<h4>Strength<\/h4>\n<dl>\n<dt>Active-duty personnel<\/dt>\n<dd>319,119<span class=\"gnote\">30 September 2025: 61,437 officers, 253,612 enlisted, 4,070 Air Force Academy cadets<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Air National Guard personnel<\/dt>\n<dd>105,120<span class=\"gnote\">30 September 2025; the almanac counts 108,400 airmen and civilians together<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Air Force Reserve personnel<\/dt>\n<dd>95,619<span class=\"gnote\">30 September 2025: 65,465 Selected Reserve and 30,154 Individual Ready Reserve. The Selected Reserve is the figure normally compared with the other components<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Civilians<\/dt>\n<dd>183,146<span class=\"gnote\">Department of the Air Force total, including Space Force support<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Total aircraft<\/dt>\n<dd>4,865<span class=\"gnote\">Total Aircraft Inventory at 30 September 2025, average age 31.75 years. Add roughly 120 aircraft the table does not carry &mdash; VC-25A, E-11A, U-28A, C-146A, OA-1K, EA-37B, A-29B, gliders and QF-16 target drones &mdash; and the figure is nearer 5,000<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Combat aircraft<\/dt>\n<dd>2,119<\/p>\n<ul class=\"gl\">\n<li>1,978 fighter and attack<\/li>\n<li>141 bomber<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"gnote\">Of the fighter and attack force, 508 are Air National Guard and 92 Air Force Reserve<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Tankers and transports<\/dt>\n<dd>1,143<\/p>\n<ul class=\"gl\">\n<li>510 tanker<\/li>\n<li>633 transport<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"gnote\">263 tankers and 277 transports belong to the reserve components<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Trainers<\/dt>\n<dd>981<\/p>\n<ul class=\"gl\">\n<li>490 T-38<\/li>\n<li>442 T-6A<\/li>\n<li>43 T-1A<\/li>\n<li>3 T-7A<\/li>\n<li>3 UV-18B<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"gnote\">All active duty; the trainer fleet averages 38.9 years<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Uncrewed<\/dt>\n<dd>191<\/p>\n<ul class=\"gl\">\n<li>182 MQ-9A Reaper<\/li>\n<li>9 RQ-4B Global Hawk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"gnote\">24 of the MQ-9As are Air National Guard. RQ-170 and classified types are not published<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Annual budget<\/dt>\n<dd>USD 214.7 billion<span class=\"gnote\">Air Force portion of the FY2026 enacted Department of the Air Force budget of USD 292.8 billion; the balance is the Space Force (USD 31.7 billion) and the non-blue pass-through funding the Air Force administers but does not control. The FY2027 request was substantially larger<\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spectable\">\n<h4>Infrastructure<\/h4>\n<dl>\n<dt>Active installations<\/dt>\n<dd>about 160 worldwide<span class=\"gnote\">Counting methods differ sharply: the Air Force lists roughly 60 to 70 active-duty main bases in the United States, the Air National Guard about 180 sites, and about a dozen overseas main operating bases. Totals between 160 and 190 are all defensible depending on whether Guard sites and small stations are included<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Air National Guard<\/dt>\n<dd>90 wings<\/p>\n<ul class=\"gl\">\n<li>About 180 installations and sites<\/li>\n<li>Units in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands<\/li>\n<li>936 aircraft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"gnote\">Most Guard flying wings sit on civil airports as Air National Guard Bases or Stations rather than on Air Force installations<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Air Force Reserve Command<\/dt>\n<dd>about 35 wings<span class=\"gnote\">Headquarters Robins Air Force Base, Georgia; three numbered air forces and 295 aircraft. Many Reserve units are associate units that share active-duty aircraft rather than owning their own, which is why the Reserve aircraft count is small next to its personnel<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Overseas main operating bases<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<ul class=\"gl\">\n<li>Ramstein Air Base and Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany<\/li>\n<li>RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>Aviano Air Base, Italy<\/li>\n<li>Incirlik Air Base, Turkey<\/li>\n<li>Kadena, Misawa and Yokota Air Bases, Japan<\/li>\n<li>Osan and Kunsan Air Bases, South Korea<\/li>\n<li>Andersen Air Force Base, Guam<\/li>\n<li>Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar<\/li>\n<li>Lajes Field, Azores<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"gnote\">Guam and Hawaii are American territory but are counted as overseas for basing purposes. Al Udeid is host-nation owned<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Ranges<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<ul class=\"gl\">\n<li>Nevada Test and Training Range &mdash; about 2.9 million acres, home of Red Flag<\/li>\n<li>Utah Test and Training Range<\/li>\n<li>Barry M. Goldwater Range, Arizona<\/li>\n<li>Eglin Range Complex, Florida<\/li>\n<li>Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex &mdash; Red Flag-Alaska<\/li>\n<li>Melrose Range, New Mexico<\/li>\n<li>Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida<\/li>\n<li>Poinsett Range, South Carolina<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"gnote\">The Nevada range is the largest contiguous block of overland special use airspace in the western world<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>The Boneyard<\/dt>\n<dd>3,100 to 4,000 aircraft<span class=\"gnote\">The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona: 2,600 acres of desert holding aircraft from all US services. Sources give figures between about 3,100 and 4,000 depending on year and whether stored engines and hulks are counted; it returns roughly USD 500 million of spare parts a year<\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"structure\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Structure<\/div>\n<h2>How the United States Air Force is organised<\/h2>\n<p class=\"spx-lede\">Nine major commands and three components. <span class=\"imp\">The Regular Air Force flies every day; the Air National Guard answers to its state governor until it is federalised; the Air Force Reserve is federal from the start. Together they are the Total Force, and on several fleets the reserves hold more aircraft than the active service.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"org\">\n<div class=\"cmdcard\"><span class=\"cface ph2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"cmdtx\"><span class=\"crank\">General<\/span><b>Kenneth S. Wilsbach<\/b><span class=\"cmeta\">Chief of Staff of the Air Force &middot; in office since 2025<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"cmdorg\"><span>Headquarters, United States Air Force<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"orgrow\">\n<div class=\"orgcard\"><span class=\"tag\">Staff<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Headquarters, United States Air Force<\/h4>\n<div class=\"de\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"oloc\">The Pentagon, Arlington<\/div>\n<p>The Chief of Staff, the Air Staff and the Secretariat at the Pentagon: doctrine, programme, budget and the interface to the Joint Chiefs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"orgcard\"><span class=\"tag\">Combat<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Air Combat Command<\/h4>\n<div class=\"de\">ACC<\/div>\n<div class=\"oloc\">Joint Base Langley-Eustis<\/div>\n<p>The fighter, bomber, reconnaissance and battle-management force, and the parent of the Nellis training enterprise and Red Flag.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"orgcard\"><span class=\"tag\">Mobility<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Air Mobility Command<\/h4>\n<div class=\"de\">AMC<\/div>\n<div class=\"oloc\">Scott Air Force Base<\/div>\n<p>Every tanker and transport: the C-17, C-5, C-130 and the KC-135 and KC-46 fleets that make the rest of it global.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"orgcard\"><span class=\"tag\">Strike<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Air Force Global Strike Command<\/h4>\n<div class=\"de\">AFGSC<\/div>\n<div class=\"oloc\">Barksdale Air Force Base<\/div>\n<p>The bombers and the intercontinental ballistic missile force: B-52, B-1, B-2, the coming B-21, and the Minuteman III fields.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"orgcard\"><span class=\"tag\">Training<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Air Education and Training Command<\/h4>\n<div class=\"de\">AETC<\/div>\n<div class=\"oloc\">Joint Base San Antonio<\/div>\n<p>Recruiting, basic training, undergraduate pilot training and every technical school. The command that makes airmen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"orgcard\"><span class=\"tag\">Materiel<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Air Force Materiel Command<\/h4>\n<div class=\"de\">AFMC<\/div>\n<div class=\"oloc\">Wright-Patterson Air Force Base<\/div>\n<p>Test, development, depot maintenance and the laboratories. Edwards, Wright-Patterson, Eglin, Arnold, Hill, Tinker and Robins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"orgcard\"><span class=\"tag\">Special ops<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Air Force Special Operations Command<\/h4>\n<div class=\"de\">AFSOC<\/div>\n<div class=\"oloc\">Hurlburt Field<\/div>\n<p>The gunships, the MC-130s and the CV-22s: the air component of US special operations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"orgcard\"><span class=\"tag\">Pacific<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Pacific Air Forces<\/h4>\n<div class=\"de\">PACAF<\/div>\n<div class=\"oloc\">Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam<\/div>\n<p>Alaska, Hawaii, Japan, Korea and Guam. The theatre the whole service is now rebuilding itself around.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"orgcard\"><span class=\"tag\">Europe and Africa<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>US Air Forces in Europe &#8211; Air Forces Africa<\/h4>\n<div class=\"de\">USAFE-AFAFRICA<\/div>\n<div class=\"oloc\">Ramstein Air Base<\/div>\n<p>Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the rotational bases east of them, plus the African continent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"orgcard wide\"><span class=\"tag\">Flying units<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>The Total Force<\/h4>\n<div class=\"de\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"oloc\">Fifty states, three territories and the District of Columbia<\/div>\n<p>The Regular Air Force, the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve. On several fleets the reserves hold more aircraft than the active service.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tfgrid\">\n<div class=\"tfcol\">\n<h4>Regular Air Force<\/h4>\n<div class=\"tfn\">219 units at 84 bases<\/div>\n<p>Full-time federal service. Flies every day, and holds the test, training and expeditionary wings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"units\"><a class=\"unit go\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/nellis\/\" title=\"Composite training and tactics wing\">57th Wing<\/a><a class=\"unit go\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/nellis\/\" title=\"Numbered-air-force-equivalent centre\">United States Air Force Warfare Center<\/a><a class=\"unit go\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/nellis\/\" title=\"Operational test group\">53rd Test and Evaluation Group<\/a><a class=\"unit go\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/nellis\/\" title=\"Aerial demonstration squadron\">United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron<\/a><a class=\"unit go\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/nellis\/\" title=\"Host air base wing\">99th Air Base Wing<\/a><a class=\"unit go\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/edwards\/\" title=\"Flight test wing\">412th Test Wing<\/a><a class=\"unit go\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/edwards\/\" title=\"Test pilot school\">United States Air Force Test Pilot School<\/a><a class=\"unit go\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/edwards\/\" title=\"Operational test squadron\">31st Test and Evaluation Squadron<\/a><a class=\"unit go\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/edwards\/\" title=\"Civil research centre\">NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center<\/a><a class=\"unit go\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/beale\/\" title=\"Reconnaissance wing\">9th Reconnaissance Wing<\/a><a class=\"unit go\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/beale\/\" title=\"Intelligence group\">548th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group<\/a><a class=\"unit go\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/davis-monthan\/\" title=\"Host and combat wing\">355th Wing<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"tfmore\" href=\"#oob\">207 more in the order of battle below<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tfcol\">\n<h4>Air National Guard<\/h4>\n<div class=\"tfn\">173 units at 92 bases<\/div>\n<p>Answers to its state governor until it is federalised. On several fleets it holds more aircraft than the active service.<\/p>\n<div class=\"units\"><a class=\"unit go\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/davis-monthan\/\" title=\"Guard attack squadron\">214th Attack Squadron<\/a><a class=\"unit go\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/eielson\/\" title=\"Guard air refuelling wing\">168th Wing<\/a><a class=\"unit go\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/whiteman\/\" title=\"Guard bomb wing\">131st Bomb Wing<\/a><a class=\"unit jump\" href=\"#base-kirtland\" title=\"Guard special operations wing\">150th Special Operations Wing<\/a><a class=\"unit jump\" href=\"#base-fairchild\" title=\"Guard air refuelling wing\">141st Air Refueling Wing<\/a><a class=\"unit jump\" href=\"#base-joint-base-elmendorf-richardson\" title=\"Guard composite wing\">176th Wing<\/a><a class=\"unit jump\" href=\"#base-joint-base-pearl-harbor-hickam\" title=\"Guard composite wing\">154th Wing<\/a><a class=\"unit jump\" href=\"#base-mcconnell\" title=\"Guard intelligence wing\">184th Wing<\/a><a class=\"unit jump\" href=\"#base-scott\" title=\"Guard air refuelling wing\">126th Air Refueling Wing<\/a><a class=\"unit jump\" href=\"#base-joint-base-san-antonio\" title=\"Guard fighter wing\">149th Fighter Wing<\/a><a class=\"unit jump\" href=\"#base-little-rock\" title=\"Guard training wing\">189th Airlift Wing<\/a><a class=\"unit jump\" href=\"#base-robins\" title=\"Guard air control wing\">116th Air Control Wing<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"tfmore\" href=\"#oob\">161 more in the order of battle below<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tfcol\">\n<h4>Air Force Reserve<\/h4>\n<div class=\"tfn\">60 units at 42 bases<\/div>\n<p>Federal from the start, and largely part-time. Associate wings share the active service&rsquo;s aircraft rather than owning their own.<\/p>\n<div class=\"units\"><a class=\"unit go\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/nellis\/\" title=\"Reserve associate wing\">926th Wing<\/a><a class=\"unit go\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/beale\/\" title=\"Reserve air refuelling wing\">940th Air Refueling Wing<\/a><a class=\"unit go\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/davis-monthan\/\" title=\"Reserve rescue group\">943rd Rescue Group<\/a><a class=\"unit go\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/whiteman\/\" title=\"Reserve fighter wing\">442nd Fighter Wing<\/a><a class=\"unit go\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/barksdale\/\" title=\"Reserve bomb wing\">307th Bomb Wing<\/a><a class=\"unit jump\" href=\"#base-creech\" title=\"Reserve attack squadrons\">78th and 91st Attack Squadrons<\/a><a class=\"unit jump\" href=\"#base-travis\" title=\"Reserve associate wing\">349th Air Mobility Wing<\/a><a class=\"unit jump\" href=\"#base-luke\" title=\"Reserve associate fighter wing\">944th Fighter Wing<\/a><a class=\"unit jump\" href=\"#base-hill\" title=\"Reserve associate fighter wing\">419th Fighter Wing<\/a><a class=\"unit jump\" href=\"#base-joint-base-lewis-mcchord\" title=\"Reserve associate airlift wing\">446th Airlift Wing<\/a><a class=\"unit jump\" href=\"#base-joint-base-elmendorf-richardson\" title=\"Reserve associate fighter group\">477th Fighter Group<\/a><a class=\"unit jump\" href=\"#base-mcconnell\" title=\"Reserve associate wing\">931st Air Refueling Wing<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"tfmore\" href=\"#oob\">48 more in the order of battle below<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"fleet\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">In service<\/div>\n<h2>What the United States Air Force flies today<\/h2>\n<p class=\"spx-lede\">Every type on charge, linked to its Book of Beasts page where one exists. <span class=\"imp\">Counts are aircraft on the books, not aircraft available on a given day.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"tscroll\">\n<table class=\"oobt fleet\">\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"c-th\">\n<col class=\"c-type\">\n<col class=\"c-role\">\n<col class=\"c-num\">\n<col class=\"c-yr\">\n<col class=\"c-units\">\n<col><\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Role<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align:right\">In service<\/th>\n<th>Since<\/th>\n<th>Units<\/th>\n<th>Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph3\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\">Fairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Close air support and forward air control<\/td>\n<td>163<\/td>\n<td>1976<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>163 at 30 September 2025, down about a quarter since 2024; 715 built. The most evenly split fleet in the Air Force &mdash; the reserve components hold 89 of the 163.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph4\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\">McDonnell Douglas F-15C\/D Eagle<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Air superiority fighter<\/td>\n<td>75<\/td>\n<td>1979<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>75 at 30 September 2025; average age 30.1 years. All but three sit in the Air National Guard.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph5\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\">Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>All-weather strike fighter<\/td>\n<td>217<\/td>\n<td>1988<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>217 at 30 September 2025, all active duty; 236 built for the Air Force.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph6\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\">Boeing F-15EX Eagle II<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Air superiority and heavy strike fighter<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>2021<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>13 delivered by mid-2026; the planned buy was 104, then 129, and the FY2027 request raised it to 267. Treat anything above 129 as a request, not a contract.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph7\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">General Dynamics F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Multirole fighter<\/td>\n<td>826<\/td>\n<td>1979<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>826 at 30 September 2025, average age 33.9 years. Block 25\/30\/32\/40\/42\/50\/52; C and D models from 1984. More than 2,200 were bought.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph8\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Stealth air superiority fighter<\/td>\n<td>184<\/td>\n<td>2005<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>184 at 30 September 2025 of 195 built (8 test aircraft, 187 production). About 32 are older Block 20 aircraft the Air Force wants to retire as they are not combat-coded.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph9\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Stealth multirole fighter<\/td>\n<td>500<\/td>\n<td>2011<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>500 at 30 September 2025, average age 4.9 years. The Air Force programme of record is 1,763 aircraft; recent annual buys have run at 24 to 48, well below the 60 once planned.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph10\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Air Tractor and L3Harris OA-1K Skyraider II<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Armed overwatch and close air support<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>2025<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>14 delivered since the first on 3 April 2025; 62 planned for Air Force Special Operations Command.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-29-super-tucano\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph11\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-29-super-tucano\/\">Embraer and Sierra Nevada A-29B Super Tucano<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf9\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in Brazil\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Light attack and combat aviation advisory<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>2020<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>A handful held by the 6th Special Operations Squadron for advising partner air forces; open sources give two to six.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-1-lancer\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph12\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-1-lancer\/\">Rockwell B-1B Lancer<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Heavy conventional bomber<\/td>\n<td>45<\/td>\n<td>1985<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>45 at 30 September 2025 of 100 built; 17 were retired in 2021 to fund the rest.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-2-spirit\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph13\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-2-spirit\/\">Northrop Grumman B-2A Spirit<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Stealth heavy bomber<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>1993<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>20 of 21 built; one was destroyed at Andersen in 2008 and one written off after a 2022 landing accident. The original programme was 132 aircraft.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph14\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">Boeing B-52H Stratofortress<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Heavy bomber and cruise missile carrier<\/td>\n<td>76<\/td>\n<td>1961<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>76 at 30 September 2025, average age 62.8 years &mdash; the oldest fleet in the Air Force. 744 B-52s were built, 102 of them H models, the last delivered in October 1962.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/ac-130-gunship\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph15\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/ac-130-gunship\/\">Lockheed Martin AC-130J Ghostrider<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Gunship<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>2017<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>30 at 30 September 2025, the planned fleet complete; average age 6.2 years.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph16\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">Lockheed Martin MC-130H and MC-130J Commando II<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Special operations infiltration and refuelling<\/td>\n<td>65<\/td>\n<td>1966<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>65 at 30 September 2025, average age 36.1 years; MC-130J Commando II from 2011, the last MC-130H Combat Talon II leaving as they arrive.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph17\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Bombardier and Northrop Grumman E-11A BACN<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Airborne communications relay<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>2011<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>7 in service, 9 planned.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph18\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Boeing E-3G Sentry<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Airborne warning and control<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>1977<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>16 at 30 September 2025, average age 44.9 years, down from 31 a decade ago as the fleet is retired ahead of a replacement.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph19\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Boeing E-4B Nightwatch<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>National airborne operations centre<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>1974<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>4 aircraft, average age 50.4 years.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph20\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">Lockheed Martin EC-130H Compass Call and EC-130J Commando Solo<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Electronic attack and information operations<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>1982<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>8 at 30 September 2025, average age 50.0 years; the EC-130H is being replaced type for type by the EC-37B.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph21\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Gulfstream, L3Harris and BAE Systems EA-37B Compass Call<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Electronic attack<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>2024<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>4 delivered, 10 planned; initial operational capability planned for 2026.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph22\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Boeing RC-135V\/W Rivet Joint, RC-135S Cobra Ball and RC-135U Combat Sent<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Signals and measurement intelligence<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>1964<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>26 at 30 September 2025 plus two TC-135W trainers; average age 62.5 years. All are converted KC-135 or C-135 airframes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph23\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Boeing WC-135R Constant Phoenix<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Atmospheric sampling<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>1965<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>3 WC-135R conversions replacing the WC-135W; average age 61.6 years.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/u-2-dragon-lady\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph24\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/u-2-dragon-lady\/\">Lockheed U-2S Dragon Lady<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>High-altitude reconnaissance<\/td>\n<td>31<\/td>\n<td>1956<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>31 at 30 September 2025 including four two-seat TU-2S trainers; average age 41.6 years.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/rq-4-global-hawk\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph25\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/rq-4-global-hawk\/\">Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>High-altitude long-endurance reconnaissance drone<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>2001<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>9 Block 40 aircraft left of a fleet that once numbered more than 30; the Block 20 and Block 30 aircraft were retired in 2021 and 2023.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph26\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Armed medium-altitude long-endurance drone<\/td>\n<td>182<\/td>\n<td>2007<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>182 at 30 September 2025, average age 7.2 years. The Air Force tried to stop buying them in 2020 and then kept buying.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph27\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Boeing KC-135R\/T Stratotanker<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Aerial refuelling<\/td>\n<td>375<\/td>\n<td>1957<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>375 at 30 September 2025, average age 62.7 years; 803 were built. The single most reserve-heavy fleet in the Air Force &mdash; 218 of 375 belong to the Guard and Reserve.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph28\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Boeing KC-46A Pegasus<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Aerial refuelling and airlift<\/td>\n<td>96<\/td>\n<td>2019<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>96 at 30 September 2025 by the almanac count; Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine gave 89 accepted in mid-2026, the difference being aircraft built but not yet accepted. <\/p>\n<details class=\"ndet\">\n<summary>More<\/summary>\n<p><span>188 are planned, up from 179.<\/span><\/details>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph29\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">Lockheed Martin HC-130J Combat King II<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Combat search and rescue tanker<\/td>\n<td>39<\/td>\n<td>2011<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>39 at 30 September 2025, average age 8.0 years.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph30\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Boeing C-17A Globemaster III<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Strategic and tactical airlift<\/td>\n<td>222<\/td>\n<td>1993<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>222 at 30 September 2025 of 223 delivered to the Air Force; average age 22.2 years. Production ended in 2015 and cannot be restarted.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph31\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Lockheed Martin C-5M Super Galaxy<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Strategic outsize airlift<\/td>\n<td>52<\/td>\n<td>1970<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>52 C-5M conversions of an original 131 aircraft; average age 37.4 years. The C-5A and C-5B were rebuilt with GE F138 engines and new avionics between 2009 and 2018.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph32\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">Lockheed Martin C-130H and C-130J Hercules<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Tactical airlift<\/td>\n<td>269<\/td>\n<td>1974<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>269 tactical Hercules at 30 September 2025 on the almanac&rsquo;s single line. <\/p>\n<details class=\"ndet\">\n<summary>More<\/summary>\n<p><span>Other inventories split them at roughly 120 to 130 C-130H and 145 to 155 C-130J, so treat the H and J shares as approximate; the totals agree to within about ten aircraft.<\/span><\/details>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph33\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">Lockheed Martin LC-130H Hercules<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Ski-equipped polar airlift<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>1975<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>10 aircraft, all with the 109th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard; average age 39.1 years.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph34\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">Lockheed Martin WC-130J Hercules<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Weather reconnaissance<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>1999<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>10 aircraft, all with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Air Force Reserve; average age 23.5 years.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph35\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Beechcraft C-12C\/D\/F\/J Huron<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Operational support and attache transport<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>1975<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>30 at 30 September 2025, average age 48.2 years.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph36\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Learjet C-21A<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Operational support airlift<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>1984<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>19 at 30 September 2025, average age 39.5 years; 80 were leased from 1984.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph37\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Boeing VC-25A<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Presidential transport<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>1990<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>2 aircraft, tail numbers 28000 and 29000, based at Joint Base Andrews with the 89th Airlift Wing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph38\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Boeing C-32A\/B<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Distinguished visitor transport<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>1998<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>4 C-32A at 30 September 2025, average age 26.0 years, plus two C-32B special mission aircraft.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph39\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Gulfstream C-37A\/B<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Distinguished visitor transport<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>1998<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>16 at 30 September 2025, average age 23.5 years; Gulfstream V and G550 airframes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph40\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Boeing C-40B\/C Clipper<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Distinguished visitor and staff transport<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>2002<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>11 at 30 September 2025, average age 20.7 years; 737-700 airframes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph41\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Pilatus U-28A Draco<span class=\"nflag nf2\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in Switzerland\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Special operations intelligence and light transport<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>2006<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>30 in Air Force Special Operations Command; retirement planned by 2029.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph42\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Sierra Nevada C-146A Wolfhound<span class=\"nflag nf3\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in Germany\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Special operations light transport<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>2011<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>20 converted Dornier 328 airframes, contractor-maintained.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph43\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>de Havilland Canada UV-18B Twin Otter<span class=\"nflag nf1\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in Canada\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Parachute training<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>1977<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>3 aircraft, average age 51.0 years, flown by the Air Force Academy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph44\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Bell Boeing CV-22B Osprey<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Special operations tiltrotor<\/td>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<td>2007<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>53 at 30 September 2025, average age 11.8 years.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/uh-60-black-hawk\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph45\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/uh-60-black-hawk\/\">Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk and HH-60W Jolly Green II<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Combat search and rescue<\/td>\n<td>77<\/td>\n<td>1982<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>77 at 30 September 2025 covering both marks, average age 29.9 years. The HH-60W buy was cut from 113 to 75, and the Air Force has since asked to trim it further.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph46\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Leonardo and Boeing MH-139A Grey Wolf<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Missile field security and support<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>2023<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>17 at 30 September 2025, average age 1.9 years; 42 planned, down from an original 84.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/uh-1-huey\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph47\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/uh-1-huey\/\">Bell UH-1N Iroquois<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Missile field support and distinguished visitor lift<\/td>\n<td>61<\/td>\n<td>1970<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>61 at 30 September 2025, average age 52.6 years &mdash; the second oldest fleet in the Air Force after the B-52.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/uh-1-huey\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph48\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/uh-1-huey\/\">Bell TH-1H Iroquois<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Helicopter training<\/td>\n<td>28<\/td>\n<td>2006<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>28 at 30 September 2025, average age 43.5 years; rebuilt UH-1H airframes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-6-texan-ii\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph49\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-6-texan-ii\/\">Beechcraft T-6A Texan II<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Primary trainer<\/td>\n<td>442<\/td>\n<td>2000<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>442 at 30 September 2025, average age 19.0 years.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph50\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">Northrop T-38C Talon<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Advanced trainer and companion trainer<\/td>\n<td>490<\/td>\n<td>1961<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>490 at 30 September 2025, average age 57.8 years; 1,187 were built between 1961 and 1972.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph51\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Beechcraft T-1A Jayhawk<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Advanced airlift and tanker trainer<\/td>\n<td>43<\/td>\n<td>1992<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>43 at 30 September 2025, down from 178; average age 30.4 years.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-7a-red-hawk\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph52\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-7a-red-hawk\/\">Boeing and Saab T-7A Red Hawk<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st on\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Advanced jet trainer<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>2025<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>3 aircraft, the first operational example handed to Air Education and Training Command at JBSA-Randolph on 5 December 2025; 351 are planned.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fleetchart\">\n<div class=\"frow\"><span class=\"fname\">F-16<\/span><span class=\"fbar\"><i style=\"width:100%\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fnum\">826<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"frow\"><span class=\"fname\">F-35A<\/span><span class=\"fbar\"><i style=\"width:61%\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fnum\">500<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"frow\"><span class=\"fname\">T-38<\/span><span class=\"fbar\"><i style=\"width:59%\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fnum\">490<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"frow\"><span class=\"fname\">T-6A<\/span><span class=\"fbar\"><i style=\"width:54%\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fnum\">442<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"frow\"><span class=\"fname\">KC-135<\/span><span class=\"fbar\"><i style=\"width:45%\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fnum\">375<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"frow\"><span class=\"fname\">C-130<\/span><span class=\"fbar\"><i style=\"width:33%\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fnum\">269<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"frow\"><span class=\"fname\">C-17A<\/span><span class=\"fbar\"><i style=\"width:27%\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fnum\">222<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"frow\"><span class=\"fname\">F-15E<\/span><span class=\"fbar\"><i style=\"width:26%\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fnum\">217<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>On order<\/h3>\n<div class=\"tscroll\">\n<table class=\"oobt fleet ord\">\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"c-th\">\n<col class=\"c-type\">\n<col class=\"c-num\">\n<col class=\"c-fd\">\n<col><\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Ordered<\/th>\n<th>First delivery<\/th>\n<th>Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph9\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st ord\">On order<\/span><\/td>\n<td>1,263<\/td>\n<td>2026<\/td>\n<td>The Air Force programme of record is 1,763 aircraft and 500 were on strength at 30 September 2025, leaving about 1,260 to buy. <\/p>\n<details class=\"ndet\">\n<summary>More<\/summary>\n<p><span>Recent annual buys have run at 24 to 48 rather than the 60 the plan assumed, and at that rate the programme runs into the 2040s. Deliveries were paused for a year in 2023 and 2024 while the Technology Refresh 3 hardware was made to work.<\/span><\/details>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph6\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\">Boeing F-15EX Eagle II<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st ord\">On order<\/span><\/td>\n<td>116<\/td>\n<td>2026<\/td>\n<td>13 delivered of a programme that has been 144, then 104, then 129 aircraft; the FY2027 request proposed raising it to 267. The 116 figure is the balance of the 129 aircraft actually planned. <\/p>\n<details class=\"ndet\">\n<summary>More<\/summary>\n<p><span>Deliveries go to Air National Guard wings at Portland, Fresno, Kingsley Field, New Orleans and Selfridge and to Kadena Air Base in Japan.<\/span><\/details>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph28\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Boeing KC-46A Pegasus<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st ord\">On order<\/span><\/td>\n<td>92<\/td>\n<td>2026<\/td>\n<td>188 planned, up from 179, with 96 on strength at 30 September 2025. <\/p>\n<details class=\"ndet\">\n<summary>More<\/summary>\n<p><span>The corrected 3D remote vision system is now due in 2027, four years late, and the Air Force has withheld payments repeatedly over boom, camera and fuel system deficiencies. A follow-on tanker competition for the aircraft after the KC-46 has been repeatedly deferred.<\/span><\/details>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-7a-red-hawk\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph52\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-7a-red-hawk\/\">Boeing and Saab T-7A Red Hawk<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st ord\">On order<\/span><\/td>\n<td>348<\/td>\n<td>2025<\/td>\n<td>351 planned, 3 delivered, the first to Air Education and Training Command on 5 December 2025. <\/p>\n<details class=\"ndet\">\n<summary>More<\/summary>\n<p><span>The low-rate production decision slipped from 2024 to 2026 and initial operational capability from 2024 to 2028 after high angle-of-attack and ejection seat problems.<\/span><\/details>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-21-raider\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph53\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-21-raider\/\">Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st ord\">On order<\/span><\/td>\n<td>100<\/td>\n<td>2027<\/td>\n<td>At least 100 planned and US Strategic Command has argued for up to 145. First flight 10 November 2023; two test aircraft were flying by late 2025. <\/p>\n<details class=\"ndet\">\n<summary>More<\/summary>\n<p><span>The first operational aircraft go to Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, in 2027, then Whiteman and Dyess. Congress added USD 4.5 billion in 2026 to raise the production rate by about a quarter.<\/span><\/details>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb none\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Boeing E-7A Wedgetail<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st ord\">On order<\/span><\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>2028<\/td>\n<td>Selected in April 2022 to replace the E-3 with 26 aircraft, cancelled by the Pentagon in June 2025 on survivability and cost grounds in favour of space-based tracking, then part-restored: USD 400 million in September 2025 and a USD 2.43 billion award to Boeing in March 2026 for two prototypes, with FY2027 funding requested for five more development aircraft. <\/p>\n<details class=\"ndet\">\n<summary>More<\/summary>\n<p><span>Only the two prototypes are firmly under contract, so the eventual fleet size is unknown.<\/span><\/details>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph46\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Leonardo and Boeing MH-139A Grey Wolf<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st ord\">On order<\/span><\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>2026<\/td>\n<td>42 planned against 17 delivered by 30 September 2025, down from an original requirement of 84. <\/p>\n<details class=\"ndet\">\n<summary>More<\/summary>\n<p><span>It replaces the UH-1N in the missile fields; certification and weapons integration delays have stretched the programme by years.<\/span><\/details>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph10\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Air Tractor and L3Harris OA-1K Skyraider II<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st ord\">On order<\/span><\/td>\n<td>48<\/td>\n<td>2026<\/td>\n<td>62 planned for Air Force Special Operations Command, 14 delivered since April 2025. Initial operational capability was targeted for 2026; it replaces the U-28A by 2029.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph21\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Gulfstream, L3Harris and BAE Systems EA-37B Compass Call<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st ord\">On order<\/span><\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>2026<\/td>\n<td>10 planned, 4 delivered. A one-for-one replacement of the EC-130H, moving the jamming suite onto a G550.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph54\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Boeing VC-25B<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st ord\">On order<\/span><\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>2027<\/td>\n<td>Two 747-8 airframes bought second-hand in 2017 and being converted into the next presidential aircraft. <\/p>\n<details class=\"ndet\">\n<summary>More<\/summary>\n<p><span>The fixed-price contract has cost Boeing more than USD 2 billion in charges and delivery has slipped from 2024 to the late 2020s.<\/span><\/details>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb none\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Sierra Nevada E-4C Survivable Airborne Operations Center<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><span class=\"st ord\">On order<\/span><\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>2036<\/td>\n<td>Contracted to Sierra Nevada in April 2024 to replace the four E-4B Nightwatch aircraft using second-hand 747-8s. <\/p>\n<details class=\"ndet\">\n<summary>More<\/summary>\n<p><span>Quantity is reported as up to eight and the schedule is long; treat both as provisional.<\/span><\/details>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"former\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Formerly operated<\/div>\n<h2>Every type the United States Air Force has retired<\/h2>\n<p class=\"spx-lede\">37 types, from the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress to the McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender. <span class=\"imp\">Peak figures are airframes taken on charge over the whole service life, not fleet strength on any one date.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"tscroll\">\n<table class=\"oobt fleet former\">\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"c-th\">\n<col class=\"c-type\">\n<col class=\"c-role\">\n<col class=\"c-num\">\n<col class=\"c-srv\">\n<col class=\"c-rep\">\n<col><\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Role<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align:right\">Peak<\/th>\n<th>Served<\/th>\n<th>Replaced by<\/th>\n<th>Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph55\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Aerial refuelling and airlift<\/td>\n<td>60<\/td>\n<td>1981&ndash;2024<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>60 built; the last was retired at Travis Air Force Base on 26 September 2024.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph56\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Boeing E-8C Joint STARS<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Ground surveillance and battle management<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>1996&ndash;2023<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>17 aircraft on converted 707 airframes; the last was retired in 2023.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph57\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Boeing OC-135B Open Skies<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Treaty observation<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>1993&ndash;2021<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>3 aircraft; retired to the Boneyard in 2021.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-37-tweet\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph58\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-37-tweet\/\" class=\"was\">Cessna T-37 Tweet<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Primary jet trainer<\/td>\n<td>1,269<\/td>\n<td>1957&ndash;2009<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>1,269 built; the last flight in Air Force service was in 2009.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-117-nighthawk\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph59\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-117-nighthawk\/\" class=\"was\">Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Stealth attack aircraft<\/td>\n<td>59<\/td>\n<td>1983&ndash;2008<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>59 production aircraft plus five development airframes; retired in April 2008, with a number kept airworthy at Tonopah for test and adversary work.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph60\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Lockheed C-141 Starlifter<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Strategic airlift<\/td>\n<td>285<\/td>\n<td>1965&ndash;2006<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>285 built; 270 were stretched to C-141B standard with a refuelling receptacle.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-111-aardvark\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph61\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-111-aardvark\/\" class=\"was\">General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Strike aircraft and electronic warfare<\/td>\n<td>563<\/td>\n<td>1967&ndash;1998<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>563 built including 42 EF-111A Raven conversions; the F-111F left in 1996 and the EF-111A in 1998.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/sr-71-blackbird\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph62\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/sr-71-blackbird\/\" class=\"was\">Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Strategic reconnaissance<\/td>\n<td>32<\/td>\n<td>1966&ndash;1998<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>32 built; retired in 1990, briefly reinstated 1995 to 1998 by Congressional direction.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-4-phantom-ii\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph63\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-4-phantom-ii\/\" class=\"was\">McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Multirole fighter<\/td>\n<td>2,874<\/td>\n<td>1963&ndash;1996<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>About 2,870 delivered to the Air Force of 5,195 built. The last RF-4C and F-4G left the Air National Guard in 1996; QF-4 target drones flew to 2016.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-7-corsair-ii\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph64\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-7-corsair-ii\/\" class=\"was\">LTV A-7D Corsair II<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Subsonic attack aircraft<\/td>\n<td>459<\/td>\n<td>1968&ndash;1993<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>459 A-7D built for the Air Force; the type passed to the Air National Guard in the late 1970s and retired in 1993 after service in Panama and Desert Storm.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-37-dragonfly\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph65\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-37-dragonfly\/\" class=\"was\">Cessna A-37 Dragonfly<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Light attack<\/td>\n<td>577<\/td>\n<td>1967&ndash;1992<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>577 built from the T-37 trainer; OA-37B forward air control aircraft flew with the Air National Guard to 1992.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/yf-23-black-widow\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph66\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/yf-23-black-widow\/\" class=\"was\">Northrop and McDonnell Douglas YF-23<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Advanced tactical fighter prototype<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>1990&ndash;1991<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>2 built; lost the Advanced Tactical Fighter competition to the YF-22 in April 1991.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-106-delta-dart\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph67\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-106-delta-dart\/\" class=\"was\">Convair F-106 Delta Dart<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>All-weather interceptor<\/td>\n<td>340<\/td>\n<td>1959&ndash;1988<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>340 built; the last Air National Guard aircraft retired in 1988 and many became QF-106 target drones.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-33-shooting-star\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph68\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-33-shooting-star\/\" class=\"was\">Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Jet trainer<\/td>\n<td>6,557<\/td>\n<td>1948&ndash;1987<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>6,557 built; Air National Guard aircraft flew as target tugs and proficiency trainers to 1987.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-105-thunderchief\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph69\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-105-thunderchief\/\" class=\"was\">Republic F-105 Thunderchief<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Supersonic fighter-bomber and Wild Weasel<\/td>\n<td>833<\/td>\n<td>1958&ndash;1984<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>833 built; 397 were lost over South East Asia. Reserve and Air National Guard aircraft flew to 1984.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-101-voodoo\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph70\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-101-voodoo\/\" class=\"was\">McDonnell F-101 Voodoo<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Interceptor and photo reconnaissance<\/td>\n<td>807<\/td>\n<td>1957&ndash;1982<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>807 built; RF-101 reconnaissance aircraft and F-101B interceptors flew with the Air National Guard to 1982.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-100-super-sabre\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph71\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-100-super-sabre\/\" class=\"was\">North American F-100 Super Sabre<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Supersonic fighter-bomber<\/td>\n<td>2,294<\/td>\n<td>1954&ndash;1979<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>2,294 built; the last Air National Guard F-100s retired in 1979.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/yf-12\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph72\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/yf-12\/\" class=\"was\">Lockheed YF-12<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Experimental interceptor<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>1963&ndash;1978<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>3 built; the planned F-12B interceptor buy was cancelled in 1968.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"tthumb ph73\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Aerial refuelling and transport<\/td>\n<td>816<\/td>\n<td>1950&ndash;1978<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>816 built; Air National Guard KC-97Ls, fitted with jet pods to keep up with receivers, flew to 1978.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-102-delta-dagger\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph74\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-102-delta-dagger\/\" class=\"was\">Convair F-102 Delta Dagger<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>All-weather interceptor<\/td>\n<td>1,000<\/td>\n<td>1956&ndash;1976<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>About 1,000 built; Air National Guard aircraft flew to 1976 and drone conversions to 1986.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-104-starfighter\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph75\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-104-starfighter\/\" class=\"was\">Lockheed F-104 Starfighter<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Interceptor and fighter-bomber<\/td>\n<td>296<\/td>\n<td>1958&ndash;1975<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>296 taken by the Air Force out of 2,578 built worldwide; Air National Guard aircraft flew to 1975.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-1-skyraider\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph76\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-1-skyraider\/\" class=\"was\">Douglas A-1 Skyraider<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Close air support and combat rescue escort<\/td>\n<td>150<\/td>\n<td>1963&ndash;1972<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>About 150 taken from Navy stocks for the Air Force and the South Vietnamese air force.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-84-thunderjet\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph77\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-84-thunderjet\/\" class=\"was\">Republic F-84 Thunderjet and Thunderstreak<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Fighter-bomber<\/td>\n<td>7,524<\/td>\n<td>1947&ndash;1971<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>About 4,450 straight-wing F-84B to F-84G and 2,713 swept-wing F-84F and RF-84F; Air National Guard F-84Fs flew to 1971.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-58-hustler\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph78\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-58-hustler\/\" class=\"was\">Convair B-58 Hustler<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Supersonic medium bomber<\/td>\n<td>116<\/td>\n<td>1960&ndash;1970<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>116 built.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-47-stratojet\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph79\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-47-stratojet\/\" class=\"was\">Boeing B-47 Stratojet<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Medium jet bomber<\/td>\n<td>2,032<\/td>\n<td>1951&ndash;1969<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>2,032 built; withdrawn from the bomber role in 1966, with RB-47 and EB-47 aircraft flying to 1969.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-89-scorpion\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph80\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-89-scorpion\/\" class=\"was\">Northrop F-89 Scorpion<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>All-weather interceptor<\/td>\n<td>1,050<\/td>\n<td>1950&ndash;1969<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>1,050 built; the last left the Air National Guard in 1969.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/xb-70-valkyrie\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph81\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/xb-70-valkyrie\/\" class=\"was\">North American XB-70 Valkyrie<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Experimental strategic bomber<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>1964&ndash;1969<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>2 built; the production programme was cancelled in 1961 before the first flight.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-86-sabre\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph82\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-86-sabre\/\" class=\"was\">North American F-86 Sabre<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Air superiority fighter<\/td>\n<td>6,233<\/td>\n<td>1949&ndash;1965<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>About 6,200 delivered to the Air Force out of roughly 9,860 built worldwide; Air National Guard F-86Hs flew to 1965.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-29-superfortress\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph83\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-29-superfortress\/\" class=\"was\">Boeing B-29 Superfortress<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Very heavy bomber<\/td>\n<td>3,970<\/td>\n<td>1944&ndash;1960<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>3,970 built; the last KB-29 tankers and WB-29 weather aircraft left service in 1960.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-17-flying-fortress\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph84\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-17-flying-fortress\/\" class=\"was\">Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Heavy bomber<\/td>\n<td>12,731<\/td>\n<td>1938&ndash;1959<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>12,731 built; the last B-17s flew as SB-17 rescue and DB-17 drone directors until 1959.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-36-peacemaker\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph85\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-36-peacemaker\/\" class=\"was\">Convair B-36 Peacemaker<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Intercontinental strategic bomber<\/td>\n<td>384<\/td>\n<td>1948&ndash;1959<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>384 built, including reconnaissance RB-36 variants.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-94-starfire\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph86\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-94-starfire\/\" class=\"was\">Lockheed F-94 Starfire<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>All-weather interceptor<\/td>\n<td>855<\/td>\n<td>1950&ndash;1959<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>855 built.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/p-80-shooting-star\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph87\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/p-80-shooting-star\/\" class=\"was\">Lockheed P-80 and F-80 Shooting Star<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>First operational American jet fighter<\/td>\n<td>1,715<\/td>\n<td>1945&ndash;1958<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>1,715 built; two reached Italy before the end of the Second World War.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/p-51-mustang\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph88\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/p-51-mustang\/\" class=\"was\">North American P-51 Mustang<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Long-range escort fighter<\/td>\n<td>15,586<\/td>\n<td>1942&ndash;1957<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>About 15,500 built. Redesignated F-51 in 1948, flown in Korea as a ground attack aircraft and retired from the West Virginia Air National Guard in 1957.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/p-47-thunderbolt\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph89\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/p-47-thunderbolt\/\" class=\"was\">Republic P-47 Thunderbolt<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Escort fighter and ground attack<\/td>\n<td>15,636<\/td>\n<td>1942&ndash;1953<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>15,636 built, more than any other American fighter; redesignated F-47 in 1948 and flown by Air National Guard units to about 1953.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/p-38-lightning\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph90\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/p-38-lightning\/\" class=\"was\">Lockheed P-38 Lightning<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Long-range escort fighter and photo reconnaissance<\/td>\n<td>10,037<\/td>\n<td>1941&ndash;1949<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>10,037 built; the F-5 photo variants served into the post-war Air Force.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-24-liberator\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"tthumb ph91\"><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-24-liberator\/\" class=\"was\">Consolidated B-24 Liberator<\/a><span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Heavy bomber<\/td>\n<td>18,482<\/td>\n<td>1941&ndash;1946<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>18,482 built, more than any other American military aircraft ever.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"bases\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Air bases<\/div>\n<h2>Where the United States Air Force flies from, at home and abroad<\/h2>\n<p class=\"spx-lede\">Black pins are active installations, hollow pins the Cold War bases that closed with the peace dividend and the BRAC rounds. <span class=\"imp\">Most Air National Guard wings share a civil airport, which is why so many of these names are the airport you fly out of on holiday.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mapframe\">\n<div id=\"oobmap\" class=\"oobmap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legend\"><span><i class=\"dot\"><\/i> Active air base<\/span><span><i class=\"dot was\"><\/i> Closed or reserve<\/span><span>Click a pin to open the base page<\/span><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"mapsub\">The continental United States<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mapnote\">48 of the 204 bases above sit outside the continental United States, so the world map has to pull back until the home airfields cannot be told apart. The same pins again, without the overseas bases.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mapframe\">\n<div id=\"oobmap2\" class=\"oobmap home\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"oob2-data\" 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Emirates<\/span><\/td>\n<td>OMAM<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>13L\/31R<\/span>3,660 m<\/span><span><span>13R\/31L<\/span>3,660 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>380th Air Expeditionary Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/u-2-dragon-lady\/\">U-2S Dragon Lady<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/rq-4-global-hawk\/\">RQ-4 Global Hawk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a>, KC-10A Extender, E-3 Sentry<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/u-2-dragon-lady\/\">U-2S Dragon Lady<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-al-udeid\" data-base=\"al-udeid\" data-x=\"active active 379th Air Expeditionary Wing XJD\">\n<td>Al Udeid<span>Qatar<\/span><\/td>\n<td>OTBH<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>16L\/34R<\/span>3,750 m<\/span><span><span>16R\/34L<\/span>3,750 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>379th Air Expeditionary Wing<\/span>: <span>KC-135 Stratotanker, E-3 Sentry, RC-135 (variants), C-17 Globemaster III<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Combined Air Operations Center<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>United States Air Forces Central, forward headquarters<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-ali-al-salem\" data-base=\"ali-al-salem\" data-x=\"active active 386th Air Expeditionary Wing \">\n<td>Ali Al Salem<span>Kuwait<\/span><\/td>\n<td>OKAS<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>12L\/30R<\/span>2,990 m<span>concrete\/asphalt<\/span><\/span><span><span>12R\/30L<\/span>2,990 m<span>concrete\/asphalt<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>386th Air Expeditionary Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130J Super Hercules<\/a>, Rotational tactical airlift and ISR aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-altus\" data-base=\"altus\" data-x=\"active active 97th Air Mobility Wing LTS\">\n<td>Altus Air Force Base<span>Oklahoma<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KLTS<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>18R\/36L<\/span>4,100 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>18L\/36R<\/span>2,740 m<span>concrete, grooved<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>97th Air Mobility Wing<\/span>: <span>C-17A Globemaster III, KC-46A Pegasus, KC-135R Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>730th Air Mobility Training Squadron<\/span>: <span>C-17A Globemaster III, KC-46A Pegasus<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-andersen\" data-base=\"andersen\" data-x=\"active active 36th Wing UAM\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/andersen\/\">Andersen Air Force Base<\/a><span>Guam<\/span><\/td>\n<td>PGUA<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>06L\/24R<\/span>3,210 m<span>asphalt\/concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>06R\/24L<\/span>3,410 m<span>asphalt\/concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>36th Wing<\/span>: <span>No permanently assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>734th Air Mobility Squadron<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Bomber Task Force deployments<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-1-lancer\/\">B-1B Lancer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-2-spirit\/\">B-2A Spirit<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>Continuous Bomber Presence<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-1-lancer\/\">B-1B Lancer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-2-spirit\/\">B-2A Spirit<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-arnold\" data-base=\"arnold\" data-x=\"active active Arnold Engineering Development Complex TUH\">\n<td>Arnold Air Force Base<span>Tennessee<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KAYX<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>03\/21<\/span>1,830 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Arnold Engineering Development Complex<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-aviano\" data-base=\"aviano\" data-x=\"active active 31st Fighter Wing AVB\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/aviano\/\">Aviano<\/a><span>Italy<\/span><\/td>\n<td>LIPA<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>05\/23<\/span>2,990 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>31st Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Block 40 Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>510th Fighter Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Block 40 Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>555th Fighter Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Block 40 Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>56th Rescue Squadron<\/span>: <span>HH-60W Jolly Green II<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-barksdale\" data-base=\"barksdale\" data-x=\"active active 2nd Bomb Wing BAD\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/barksdale\/\">Barksdale Air Force Base<\/a><span>Louisiana<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KBAD<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>15\/33<\/span>3,580 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>2nd Bomb Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Headquarters Air Force Global Strike Command<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Eighth Air Force<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>307th Bomb Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>340th Weapons Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-beale\" data-base=\"beale\" data-x=\"active active 9th Reconnaissance Wing BAB\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/beale\/\">Beale Air Force Base<\/a><span>California<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KBAB<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>15\/33<\/span>3,660 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>9th Reconnaissance Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/u-2-dragon-lady\/\">U-2S Dragon Lady<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38 Talon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>940th Air Refueling Wing<\/span>: <span>KC-135R Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>548th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-camp-lemonnier\" data-base=\"camp-lemonnier\" data-x=\"active active Naval Expeditionary Base; 449th Air Expeditionary Group JIB\">\n<td>Camp Lemonnier<span>Djibouti<\/span><\/td>\n<td>HDAM<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>09\/27<\/span>3,150 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>449th Air Expeditionary Group<\/span>: <span>HC-130J Combat King II, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130J Super Hercules<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-cannon\" data-base=\"cannon\" data-x=\"active active 27th Special Operations Wing CVS\">\n<td>Cannon Air Force Base<span>New Mexico<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KCVS<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>04\/22<\/span>3,050 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>13\/31<\/span>2,500 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>27th Special Operations Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/ac-130-gunship\/\">AC-130J Ghostrider<\/a>, MC-130J Commando II, CV-22B Osprey, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9A Reaper<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>318th Special Operations Squadron<\/span>: <span>U-28A Draco<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-columbus\" data-base=\"columbus\" data-x=\"active active 14th Flying Training Wing CBM\">\n<td>Columbus Air Force Base<span>Mississippi<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KCBM<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>13C\/31C<\/span>3,660 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><span><span>13L\/31R<\/span>2,440 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><span><span>13R\/31L<\/span>1,930 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>14th Flying Training Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-6-texan-ii\/\">T-6A Texan II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38C Talon<\/a>, T-1A Jayhawk<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>43rd Flying Training Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-6-texan-ii\/\">T-6A Texan II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-creech\" data-base=\"creech\" data-x=\"active active 432nd Wing \/ 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing INS\">\n<td>Creech Air Force Base<span>Nevada<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KINS<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>08\/26<\/span>2,740 m<\/span><span><span>13\/31<\/span>1,670 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>432nd Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9A Reaper<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>26th Weapons Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9A Reaper<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>78th and 91st Attack Squadrons<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9A Reaper<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-davis-monthan\" data-base=\"davis-monthan\" data-x=\"active active 355th Wing DMA\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/davis-monthan\/\">Davis-Monthan Air Force Base<\/a><span>Arizona<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KDMA<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>13\/31<\/span>4,160 m<span>concrete and asphalt<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>355th Wing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>55th Electronic Combat Group<\/span>: <span>EA-37B Compass Call<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>563rd Rescue Group<\/span>: <span>HH-60G Pave Hawk, HC-130J Combat King II<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group<\/span>: <span>Stored aircraft of all types<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>943rd Rescue Group<\/span>: <span>HH-60G Pave Hawk<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>214th Attack Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9A Reaper<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>357th Fighter Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\">A-10C Thunderbolt II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>492nd Power Projection Wing<\/span>: <span>MC-130J Commando II, OA-1K Skyraider II<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-dover\" data-base=\"dover\" data-x=\"active active 436th Airlift Wing DOV\">\n<td>Dover Air Force Base<span>Delaware<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KDOV<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>14\/32<\/span>3,930 m<span>asphalt and concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>01\/19<\/span>2,930 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>436th Airlift Wing<\/span>: <span>C-5M Super Galaxy, C-17A Globemaster III<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>512th Airlift Wing<\/span>: <span>C-5M Super Galaxy, C-17A Globemaster III<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-dyess\" data-base=\"dyess\" data-x=\"active active 7th Bomb Wing DYS\">\n<td>Dyess Air Force Base<span>Texas<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KDYS<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>16\/34<\/span>4,110 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>7th Bomb Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-1-lancer\/\">B-1B Lancer<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>317th Airlift Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130J Super Hercules<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>345th Bomb Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-1-lancer\/\">B-1B Lancer<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>B-21 Raider beddown<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-21-raider\/\">B-21 Raider<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-edwards\" data-base=\"edwards\" data-x=\"active active 412th Test Wing (Air Force Test Center) EDW\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/edwards\/\">Edwards Air Force Base<\/a><span>California<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KEDW<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>05R\/23L<\/span>5,120 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>05L\/23R<\/span>3,660 m<\/span><span><span>07\/25<\/span>2,440 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>412th Test Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-1-lancer\/\">B-1B Lancer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-2-spirit\/\">B-2A Spirit<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38C Talon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/rq-4-global-hawk\/\">RQ-4B Global Hawk<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>United States Air Force Test Pilot School<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">NF-16D VISTA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38C Talon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>31st Test and Evaluation Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-2-spirit\/\">B-2A Spirit<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center<\/span>: <span>Gulfstream III and other testbeds, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\">F-15B Eagle<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-eglin\" data-base=\"eglin\" data-x=\"active active 96th Test Wing (Air Force Test Center) VPS\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/eglin\/\">Eglin Air Force Base<\/a><span>Florida<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KVPS<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>12\/30<\/span>3,660 m<span>asphalt and concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>02\/20<\/span>3,050 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>96th Test Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\">F-15EX Eagle II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\">F-15E Strike Eagle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\">A-10C Thunderbolt II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>33rd Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>53rd Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\">F-15EX Eagle II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>350th Spectrum Warfare Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-eielson\" data-base=\"eielson\" data-x=\"active active 354th Fighter Wing EIL\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/eielson\/\">Eielson Air Force Base<\/a><span>Alaska<\/span><\/td>\n<td>PAEI<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>14\/32<\/span>4,430 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>354th Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>168th Wing<\/span>: <span>KC-135R Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Arctic Survival School<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-ellsworth\" data-base=\"ellsworth\" data-x=\"active active 28th Bomb Wing RCA\">\n<td>Ellsworth Air Force Base<span>South Dakota<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KRCA<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>13\/31<\/span>4,110 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>28th Bomb Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-1-lancer\/\">B-1B Lancer<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>89th Attack Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9A Reaper<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>B-21 Raider beddown<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-21-raider\/\">B-21 Raider<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-f-e-warren\" data-base=\"f-e-warren\" data-x=\"active active 90th Missile Wing \">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/f-e-warren\/\">F. E. Warren Air Force Base<\/a><span>Wyoming<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>90th Missile Wing<\/span>: <span>LGM-30G Minuteman III<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>37th Helicopter Squadron<\/span>: <span>UH-1N Iroquois<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Twentieth Air Force<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-fairchild\" data-base=\"fairchild\" data-x=\"active active 92nd Air Refueling Wing SKA\">\n<td>Fairchild Air Force Base<span>Washington<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KSKA<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>05\/23<\/span>4,240 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>92nd Air Refueling Wing<\/span>: <span>KC-135R\/T Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>336th Training Group<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>141st Air Refueling Wing<\/span>: <span>KC-135R Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>36th Rescue Squadron<\/span>: <span>UH-1N Iroquois<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-goodfellow\" data-base=\"goodfellow\" data-x=\"active active 17th Training Wing \">\n<td>Goodfellow Air Force Base<span>Texas<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>17th Training Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>312th Training Squadron<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-grand-forks\" data-base=\"grand-forks\" data-x=\"active active 319th Reconnaissance Wing RDR\">\n<td>Grand Forks Air Force Base<span>North Dakota<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KRDR<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>17\/35<\/span>3,760 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>319th Reconnaissance Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/rq-4-global-hawk\/\">RQ-4B Global Hawk<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>348th Reconnaissance Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/rq-4-global-hawk\/\">RQ-4B Global Hawk<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>18th Airborne Command and Control Squadron<\/span>: <span>E-11A BACN<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>National Air Security Operations Center &#8211; Grand Forks<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9 Guardian<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-hanscom\" data-base=\"hanscom\" data-x=\"active active 66th Air Base Group BED\">\n<td>Hanscom Air Force Base<span>Massachusetts<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KBED<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>11\/29<\/span>2,140 m<\/span><span><span>05\/23<\/span>1,560 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (Hanscom)<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>66th Air Base Group<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>MIT Lincoln Laboratory<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-hill\" data-base=\"hill\" data-x=\"active active 75th Air Base Wing (Ogden Air Logistics Complex) HIF\">\n<td>Hill Air Force Base<span>Utah<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KHIF<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>14\/32<\/span>4,110 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Ogden Air Logistics Complex<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16 Fighting Falcon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\">A-10C Thunderbolt II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>388th Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>419th Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>75th Air Base Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-holloman\" data-base=\"holloman\" data-x=\"active active 49th Wing HMN\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/holloman\/\">Holloman Air Force Base<\/a><span>New Mexico<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KHMN<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>07\/25<\/span>3,940 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><span><span>16\/34<\/span>3,700 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><span><span>04\/22<\/span>3,220 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>49th Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9A Reaper<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>54th Fighter Group<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>704th Test Group<\/span>: <span>C-12J Huron, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38C Talon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Royal Air Force RPAS Formal Training Unit<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9A Reaper<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-hurlburt-field\" data-base=\"hurlburt-field\" data-x=\"active active 1st Special Operations Wing HRT\">\n<td>Hurlburt Field<span>Florida<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KHRT<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>18\/36<\/span>2,930 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>1st Special Operations Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/ac-130-gunship\/\">AC-130J Ghostrider<\/a>, MC-130J Commando II, CV-22B Osprey<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>492nd Special Operations Wing<\/span>: <span>OA-1K Skyraider II, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/ac-130-gunship\/\">AC-130J Ghostrider<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>24th Special Operations Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-incirlik\" data-base=\"incirlik\" data-x=\"active active 39th Air Base Wing UAB\">\n<td>Incirlik<span>Turkey<\/span><\/td>\n<td>LTAG<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>05\/23<\/span>3,050 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>39th Air Base Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>728th Air Mobility Squadron<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-joint-base-anacostia-bolling\" data-base=\"joint-base-anacostia-bolling\" data-x=\"active active 11th Wing \">\n<td>Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling<span>District of Columbia<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>11th Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>United States Air Force Band<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>United States Air Force Honor Guard<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Defense Intelligence Agency<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-joint-base-andrews\" data-base=\"joint-base-andrews\" data-x=\"active active 316th Wing ADW\">\n<td>Joint Base Andrews<span>Maryland<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KADW<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>01L\/19R<\/span>3,440 m<span>concrete, grooved<\/span><\/span><span><span>01R\/19L<\/span>2,970 m<span>asphalt and concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>89th Airlift Wing<\/span>: <span>VC-25A Air Force One, C-32A, C-37A\/B<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>316th Wing<\/span>: <span>UH-1N Iroquois<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>113th Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>459th Air Refueling Wing<\/span>: <span>KC-135R Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-joint-base-charleston\" data-base=\"joint-base-charleston\" data-x=\"active active 628th Air Base Wing CHS\">\n<td>Joint Base Charleston<span>South Carolina<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KCHS<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>15\/33<\/span>2,740 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>03\/21<\/span>2,130 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>437th Airlift Wing<\/span>: <span>C-17A Globemaster III<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>315th Airlift Wing<\/span>: <span>C-17A Globemaster III<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>628th Air Base Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-joint-base-elmendorf-richardson\" data-base=\"joint-base-elmendorf-richardson\" data-x=\"active active 673rd Air Base Wing EDF\">\n<td>Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson<span>Alaska<\/span><\/td>\n<td>PAED<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>06\/24<\/span>3,050 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><span><span>16\/34<\/span>2,280 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>3rd Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a>, C-17A Globemaster III, E-3G Sentry<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>673rd Air Base Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Eleventh Air Force<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>477th Fighter Group<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>176th Wing<\/span>: <span>C-17A Globemaster III, HC-130J Combat King II, HH-60G Pave Hawk<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-joint-base-langley-eustis\" data-base=\"joint-base-langley-eustis\" data-x=\"active active 633rd Air Base Wing LFI\">\n<td>Joint Base Langley-Eustis<span>Virginia<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KLFI<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>08\/26<\/span>3,050 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>1st Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38A Talon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Headquarters Air Combat Command<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>633rd Air Base Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>192nd Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-joint-base-lewis-mcchord\" data-base=\"joint-base-lewis-mcchord\" data-x=\"active active 62nd Airlift Wing (installation led by the Army) TCM\">\n<td>Joint Base Lewis-McChord<small>McChord Field<\/small><span>Washington<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KTCM<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>16\/34<\/span>3,080 m<span>asphalt and concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>62nd Airlift Wing<\/span>: <span>C-17A Globemaster III<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>446th Airlift Wing<\/span>: <span>C-17A Globemaster III<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>1st Air Support Operations Group<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-joint-base-mcguire-dix-lakehurst\" data-base=\"joint-base-mcguire-dix-lakehurst\" data-x=\"active active 87th Air Base Wing WRI\">\n<td>Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst<span>New Jersey<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KWRI<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>06\/24<\/span>3,490 m<span>asphalt and concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>18\/36<\/span>2,170 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>305th Air Mobility Wing<\/span>: <span>C-17A Globemaster III, KC-46A Pegasus<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>514th Air Mobility Wing<\/span>: <span>C-17A Globemaster III, KC-46A Pegasus<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>621st Contingency Response Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>108th Wing<\/span>: <span>KC-135R Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-joint-base-pearl-harbor-hickam\" data-base=\"joint-base-pearl-harbor-hickam\" data-x=\"active active 15th Wing (installation led by the Navy) \">\n<td>Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam<span>Hawaii<\/span><\/td>\n<td>PHIK<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>08L\/26R<\/span>3,770 m<span>asphalt, grooved<\/span><\/span><span><span>08R\/26L<\/span>3,660 m<span>asphalt, grooved<\/span><\/span><span><span>04R\/22L<\/span>2,740 m<span>asphalt, grooved<\/span><\/span><span><span>04L\/22R<\/span>2,120 m<span>asphalt, grooved<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>15th Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a>, C-17A Globemaster III, C-37A\/B<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Headquarters Pacific Air Forces<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>647th Air Base Group<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>154th Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a>, KC-135R Stratotanker, C-17A Globemaster III<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-joint-base-san-antonio\" data-base=\"joint-base-san-antonio\" data-x=\"active active 502nd Air Base Wing RND\">\n<td>Joint Base San Antonio<span>Texas<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KRND<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>15L\/33R<\/span>2,550 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>15R\/33L<\/span>2,550 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><span><span>16\/34<\/span>3,520 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>502nd Air Base Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>12th Flying Training Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38C Talon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-6-texan-ii\/\">T-6A Texan II<\/a>, T-1A Jayhawk<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>37th Training Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Headquarters Air Education and Training Command<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber)<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>433rd Airlift Wing<\/span>: <span>C-5M Super Galaxy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>149th Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-kadena\" data-base=\"kadena\" data-x=\"active active 18th Wing DNA\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/kadena\/\">Kadena<\/a><span>Japan<\/span><\/td>\n<td>RODN<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>05L\/23R<\/span>3,690 m<span>asphalt\/concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>05R\/23L<\/span>3,690 m<span>asphalt\/concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>18th Wing<\/span>: <span>KC-135R Stratotanker, E-3B\/C Sentry, HH-60G Pave Hawk<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>909th Air Refueling Squadron<\/span>: <span>KC-135R Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>961st Airborne Air Control Squadron<\/span>: <span>E-3B\/C Sentry<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>33rd Rescue Squadron<\/span>: <span>HH-60W Jolly Green II<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>353rd Special Operations Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">MC-130J Commando II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>44th Fighter Squadron<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>67th Fighter Squadron<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>F-15EX Eagle II basing<\/span>: <span>F-15EX Eagle II<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-keesler\" data-base=\"keesler\" data-x=\"active active 81st Training Wing BIX\">\n<td>Keesler Air Force Base<span>Mississippi<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KBIX<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>04\/22<\/span>2,330 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>81st Training Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>403rd Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130J Super Hercules<\/a>, WC-130J Super Hercules<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron<\/span>: <span>WC-130J Super Hercules<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-kirtland\" data-base=\"kirtland\" data-x=\"active active 377th Air Base Wing ABQ\">\n<td>Kirtland Air Force Base<span>New Mexico<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KABQ<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>08\/26<\/span>4,200 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>03\/21<\/span>3,050 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>12\/30<\/span>1,830 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>377th Air Base Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>58th Special Operations Wing<\/span>: <span>CV-22B Osprey, HC-130J Combat King II, HH-60G Pave Hawk<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>150th Special Operations Wing<\/span>: <span>CV-22B Osprey, HC-130J Combat King II<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-kunsan\" data-base=\"kunsan\" data-x=\"active active 8th Fighter Wing KUV\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/kunsan\/\">Kunsan<\/a><span>South Korea<\/span><\/td>\n<td>RKJK<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>18\/36<\/span>2,740 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>8th Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>35th Fighter Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>80th Fighter Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-lajes\" data-base=\"lajes\" data-x=\"active active 65th Air Base Group TER\">\n<td>Lajes Field<span>Portugal<\/span><\/td>\n<td>LPLA<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>15\/33<\/span>3,310 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>65th Air Base Group<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-laughlin\" data-base=\"laughlin\" data-x=\"active active 47th Flying Training Wing DLF\">\n<td>Laughlin Air Force Base<span>Texas<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KDLF<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>13C\/31C<\/span>2,700 m<\/span><span><span>13L\/31R<\/span>2,530 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><span><span>13R\/31L<\/span>2,000 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>47th Flying Training Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-6-texan-ii\/\">T-6A Texan II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38C Talon<\/a>, T-1A Jayhawk<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>96th Flying Training Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-6-texan-ii\/\">T-6A Texan II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38C Talon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-little-rock\" data-base=\"little-rock\" data-x=\"active active 19th Airlift Wing LRF\">\n<td>Little Rock Air Force Base<span>Arkansas<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KLRF<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>07\/25<\/span>3,660 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>19th Airlift Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130J Super Hercules<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>314th Airlift Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130J Super Hercules<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>913th Airlift Group<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130J Super Hercules<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>189th Airlift Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130H Hercules<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-luke\" data-base=\"luke\" data-x=\"active active 56th Fighter Wing LUF\">\n<td>Luke Air Force Base<span>Arizona<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KLUF<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>03L\/21R<\/span>3,050 m<\/span><span><span>03R\/21L<\/span>3,020 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>56th Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>944th Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>21st Fighter Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16A\/B Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-macdill\" data-base=\"macdill\" data-x=\"active active 6th Air Refueling Wing MCF\">\n<td>MacDill Air Force Base<span>Florida<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KMCF<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>05\/23<\/span>3,480 m<span>asphalt, grooved<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>6th Air Refueling Wing<\/span>: <span>KC-135R Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>United States Central Command<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>United States Special Operations Command<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>927th Air Refueling Wing<\/span>: <span>KC-135R Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-malmstrom\" data-base=\"malmstrom\" data-x=\"active active 341st Missile Wing GFA\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/malmstrom\/\">Malmstrom Air Force Base<\/a><span>Montana<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KGFA<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>341st Missile Wing<\/span>: <span>LGM-30G Minuteman III<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>40th Helicopter Squadron<\/span>: <span>UH-1N Iroquois, MH-139A Grey Wolf<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-maxwell\" data-base=\"maxwell\" data-x=\"active active 42nd Air Base Wing MXF\">\n<td>Maxwell Air Force Base<span>Alabama<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KMXF<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>15\/33<\/span>2,440 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Air University<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>42nd Air Base Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Air Force Historical Research Agency<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>908th Flying Training Wing<\/span>: <span>MH-139A Grey Wolf<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-mcconnell\" data-base=\"mcconnell\" data-x=\"active active 22nd Air Refueling Wing IAB\">\n<td>McConnell Air Force Base<span>Kansas<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KIAB<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>01L\/19R<\/span>3,660 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>01R\/19L<\/span>3,660 m<span>asphalt and concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>22nd Air Refueling Wing<\/span>: <span>KC-46A Pegasus, KC-135R Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>931st Air Refueling Wing<\/span>: <span>KC-46A Pegasus<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>184th Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-minot\" data-base=\"minot\" data-x=\"active active 5th Bomb Wing MIB\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/minot\/\">Minot Air Force Base<\/a><span>North Dakota<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KMIB<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>12\/30<\/span>4,020 m<span>asphalt and concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>5th Bomb Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>91st Missile Wing<\/span>: <span>LGM-30G Minuteman III<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>54th Helicopter Squadron<\/span>: <span>UH-1N Iroquois<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-misawa\" data-base=\"misawa\" data-x=\"active active 35th Fighter Wing MSJ\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/misawa\/\">Misawa<\/a><span>Japan<\/span><\/td>\n<td>RJSM<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>10\/28<\/span>3,050 m<span>asphalt\/concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>35th Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16CM\/DM Block 50 Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>13th Fighter Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>14th Fighter Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16CM\/DM Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-moody\" data-base=\"moody\" data-x=\"active active 23rd Wing VAD\">\n<td>Moody Air Force Base<span>Georgia<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KVAD<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>01R\/19L<\/span>2,830 m<span>concrete, grooved<\/span><\/span><span><span>01L\/19R<\/span>2,440 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>23rd Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\">A-10C Thunderbolt II<\/a>, HH-60W Jolly Green II, HC-130J Combat King II<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>93rd Air Ground Operations Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>41st Rescue Squadron<\/span>: <span>HH-60W Jolly Green II<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-moron\" data-base=\"moron\" data-x=\"active active 496th Air Base Squadron OZP\">\n<td>Moron<span>Spain<\/span><\/td>\n<td>LEMO<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>02\/20<\/span>3,600 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>496th Air Base Squadron<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force &ndash; Crisis Response &ndash; Africa<\/span>: <span>MV-22B Osprey, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">KC-130J Hercules<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-mountain-home\" data-base=\"mountain-home\" data-x=\"active active 366th Fighter Wing MUO\">\n<td>Mountain Home Air Force Base<span>Idaho<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KMUO<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>12\/30<\/span>4,120 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>366th Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\">F-15E Strike Eagle<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>428th Fighter Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\">F-15SG Strike Eagle<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-muwaffaq-salti\" data-base=\"muwaffaq-salti\" data-x=\"active active Royal Jordanian Air Force; US 407th Air Expeditionary Group element \">\n<td>Muwaffaq Salti<span>Jordan<\/span><\/td>\n<td>OJMS<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>08\/26<\/span>2,750 m<\/span><span><span>13\/31<\/span>3,010 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>407th Air Expeditionary Group<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16 Fighting Falcon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9 Reaper<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-geilenkirchen\" data-base=\"geilenkirchen\" data-x=\"active active NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force, E-3A Component \">\n<td>NATO Geilenkirchen<span>Germany<\/span><\/td>\n<td>ETNG<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>09\/27<\/span>3,050 m<span>concrete\/asphalt<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>NATO E-3A Component<\/span>: <span>E-3A Sentry<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>470th Air Base Squadron<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-diego-garcia\" data-base=\"diego-garcia\" data-x=\"active active United States Navy Support Facility; USAF Detachment 1, 36th Wing NKW\">\n<td>Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia<span>British Indian Ocean Territory<\/span><\/td>\n<td>FJDG<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>13\/31<\/span>3,660 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Detachment 1, 36th Mission Support Group<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>730th Air Mobility Squadron<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Bomber Task Force deployments<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-1-lancer\/\">B-1B Lancer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-2-spirit\/\">B-2A Spirit<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-nellis\" data-base=\"nellis\" data-x=\"active active 99th Air Base Wing LSV\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/nellis\/\">Nellis Air Force Base<\/a><span>Nevada<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KLSV<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>03L\/21R<\/span>3,080 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>03R\/21L<\/span>3,060 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>57th Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\">F-15E Strike Eagle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\">A-10C Thunderbolt II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9A Reaper<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>United States Air Force Warfare Center<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>53rd Test and Evaluation Group<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\">A-10C Thunderbolt II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>926th Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9A Reaper<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>99th Air Base Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-offutt\" data-base=\"offutt\" data-x=\"active active 55th Wing OFF\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/offutt\/\">Offutt Air Force Base<\/a><span>Nebraska<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KOFF<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>13\/31<\/span>3,570 m<span>asphalt and concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>55th Wing<\/span>: <span>RC-135V\/W Rivet Joint, RC-135S Cobra Ball, RC-135U Combat Sent<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>United States Strategic Command<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>595th Command and Control Group<\/span>: <span>E-4B Nightwatch<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>557th Weather Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-osan\" data-base=\"osan\" data-x=\"active active 51st Fighter Wing OSN\">\n<td>Osan<span>South Korea<\/span><\/td>\n<td>RKSO<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>09L\/27R<\/span>2,740 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>09R\/27L<\/span>2,740 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>51st Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>36th Fighter Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Seventh Air Force<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>25th Fighter Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\">A-10C Thunderbolt II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-pope\" data-base=\"pope\" data-x=\"active active 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group POB\">\n<td>Pope Army<span>North Carolina<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KPOB<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>05\/23<\/span>2,290 m<span>concrete, grooved<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>43rd Air Mobility Operations Group<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>18th Air Support Operations Group<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>21st Special Tactics Squadron<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-prince-sultan\" data-base=\"prince-sultan\" data-x=\"active active 378th Air Expeditionary Wing AKH\">\n<td>Prince Sultan<span>Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n<td>OEPS<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>17L\/35R<\/span>4,000 m<\/span><span><span>17R\/35L<\/span>4,000 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>378th Air Expeditionary Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\">F-15E Strike Eagle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16 Fighting Falcon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9 Reaper<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>Combined Air Operations Center and Southern Watch force<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\">F-15C Eagle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16 Fighting Falcon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/u-2-dragon-lady\/\">U-2 Dragon Lady<\/a>, E-3 Sentry<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-ramstein\" data-base=\"ramstein\" data-x=\"active active 86th Airlift Wing RMS\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/ramstein\/\">Ramstein<\/a><span>Germany<\/span><\/td>\n<td>ETAR<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>08\/26<\/span>3,200 m<\/span><span><span>09\/27<\/span>3,000 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>86th Airlift Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130J Super Hercules<\/a>, C-21A, C-37A\/B<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>435th Air Ground Operations Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>521st Air Mobility Operations Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe &ndash; Air Forces Africa<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>NATO Allied Air Command<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-robins\" data-base=\"robins\" data-x=\"active active 78th Air Base Wing (Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex) WRB\">\n<td>Robins Air Force Base<span>Georgia<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KWRB<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>15\/33<\/span>3,660 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130 Hercules<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\">F-15 Eagle<\/a>, C-17A Globemaster III<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>461st Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>18th Airborne Command and Control Squadron<\/span>: <span>E-11A BACN<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>116th Air Control Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>94th Airlift Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130H Hercules<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-croughton\" data-base=\"croughton\" data-x=\"active active 422nd Air Base Group \">\n<td>Royal Air Force Croughton<span>United Kingdom<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>422nd Air Base Group<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-fairford\" data-base=\"fairford\" data-x=\"active active 420th Air Base Squadron FFD\">\n<td>Royal Air Force Fairford<span>United Kingdom<\/span><\/td>\n<td>EGVA<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>09\/27<\/span>3,050 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>420th Air Base Squadron<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Bomber Task Force deployments<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-1-lancer\/\">B-1B Lancer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-2-spirit\/\">B-2A Spirit<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron detachment<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/u-2-dragon-lady\/\">U-2S Dragon Lady<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-lakenheath\" data-base=\"lakenheath\" data-x=\"active active 48th Fighter Wing LKZ\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/lakenheath\/\">Royal Air Force Lakenheath<\/a><span>United Kingdom<\/span><\/td>\n<td>EGUL<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>06\/24<\/span>2,740 m<span>concrete\/asphalt<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>48th Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\">F-15E Strike Eagle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>492nd Fighter Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\">F-15E Strike Eagle<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>494th Fighter Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\">F-15E Strike Eagle<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>495th Fighter Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>493rd Fighter Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-mildenhall\" data-base=\"mildenhall\" data-x=\"active active 100th Air Refueling Wing MHZ\">\n<td>Royal Air Force Mildenhall<span>United Kingdom<\/span><\/td>\n<td>EGUN<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>10\/28<\/span>2,810 m<span>concrete\/asphalt<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>100th Air Refueling Wing<\/span>: <span>KC-135R Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>352nd Special Operations Wing<\/span>: <span>CV-22B Osprey, MC-130J Commando II<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>501st Combat Support Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-scott\" data-base=\"scott\" data-x=\"active active 375th Air Mobility Wing BLV\">\n<td>Scott Air Force Base<span>Illinois<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KBLV<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>14L\/32R<\/span>3,050 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>14R\/32L<\/span>2,440 m<span>asphalt and concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>375th Air Mobility Wing<\/span>: <span>C-40C Clipper, C-21A Learjet<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Headquarters Air Mobility Command<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>United States Transportation Command<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>932nd Airlift Wing<\/span>: <span>C-40C Clipper<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>126th Air Refueling Wing<\/span>: <span>KC-135R Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-seymour-johnson\" data-base=\"seymour-johnson\" data-x=\"active active 4th Fighter Wing GSB\">\n<td>Seymour Johnson Air Force Base<span>North Carolina<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KGSB<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>08\/26<\/span>3,580 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>4th Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\">F-15E Strike Eagle<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>916th Air Refueling Wing<\/span>: <span>KC-46A Pegasus<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>307th Fighter Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\">F-15E Strike Eagle<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-shaw\" data-base=\"shaw\" data-x=\"active active 20th Fighter Wing SSC\">\n<td>Shaw Air Force Base<span>South Carolina<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KSSC<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>04L\/22R<\/span>3,050 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>04R\/22L<\/span>2,440 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>20th Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16CM Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central)<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>25th Attack Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9A Reaper<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>United States Army Central<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-sheppard\" data-base=\"sheppard\" data-x=\"active active 82nd Training Wing SPS\">\n<td>Sheppard Air Force Base<span>Texas<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KSPS<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>15R\/33L<\/span>3,990 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>15C\/33C<\/span>3,050 m<span>asphalt and concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>17\/35<\/span>2,140 m<\/span><span><span>15L\/33R<\/span>1,830 m<span>asphalt and concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>82nd Training Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>80th Flying Training Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-6-texan-ii\/\">T-6A Texan II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38C Talon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-spangdahlem\" data-base=\"spangdahlem\" data-x=\"active active 52nd Fighter Wing SPM\">\n<td>Spangdahlem<span>Germany<\/span><\/td>\n<td>ETAD<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>05\/23<\/span>3,060 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>52nd Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16CM\/DM Block 50 Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>480th Fighter Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16CM\/DM Block 50 Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>726th Air Mobility Squadron<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-tinker\" data-base=\"tinker\" data-x=\"active active 72nd Air Base Wing (Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex) TIK\">\n<td>Tinker Air Force Base<span>Oklahoma<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KTIK<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>18\/36<\/span>3,380 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><span><span>13\/31<\/span>3,050 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-1-lancer\/\">B-1B Lancer<\/a>, KC-135 Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>552nd Air Control Wing<\/span>: <span>E-3G Sentry<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>507th Air Refueling Wing<\/span>: <span>KC-135R Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Strategic Communications Wing One<\/span>: <span>E-6B Mercury<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-travis\" data-base=\"travis\" data-x=\"active active 60th Air Mobility Wing SUU\">\n<td>Travis Air Force Base<span>California<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KSUU<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>03L\/21R<\/span>3,350 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><span><span>03R\/21L<\/span>3,350 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>60th Air Mobility Wing<\/span>: <span>C-5M Super Galaxy, C-17A Globemaster III, KC-46A Pegasus<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>349th Air Mobility Wing<\/span>: <span>C-5M Super Galaxy, C-17A Globemaster III, KC-46A Pegasus<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Contingency response forces<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-tyndall\" data-base=\"tyndall\" data-x=\"active active 325th Fighter Wing PAM\">\n<td>Tyndall Air Force Base<span>Florida<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KPAM<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>14L\/32R<\/span>3,050 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>14R\/32L<\/span>3,080 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>325th Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>First Air Force (Air Forces Northern)<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>53rd Weapons Evaluation Group<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">QF-16 full-scale aerial target<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Air Force Civil Engineer Center<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-vance\" data-base=\"vance\" data-x=\"active active 71st Flying Training Wing END\">\n<td>Vance Air Force Base<span>Oklahoma<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KEND<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>17R\/35L<\/span>2,810 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><span><span>17C\/35C<\/span>2,810 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><span><span>17L\/35R<\/span>1,530 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>71st Flying Training Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-6-texan-ii\/\">T-6A Texan II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38C Talon<\/a>, T-1A Jayhawk<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>5th Flying Training Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-6-texan-ii\/\">T-6A Texan II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38C Talon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-wake-island\" data-base=\"wake-island\" data-x=\"active active Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center; 611th Air Support Group AWK\">\n<td>Wake Island<span>Wake Island<\/span><\/td>\n<td>PWAK<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>10\/28<\/span>3,000 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>611th Air Support Group detachment<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-whiteman\" data-base=\"whiteman\" data-x=\"active active 509th Bomb Wing SZL\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/whiteman\/\">Whiteman Air Force Base<\/a><span>Missouri<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KSZL<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>01\/19<\/span>3,780 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>509th Bomb Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-2-spirit\/\">B-2A Spirit<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38A Talon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>131st Bomb Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-2-spirit\/\">B-2A Spirit<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>442nd Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\">A-10C Thunderbolt II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>B-21 Raider beddown<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-21-raider\/\">B-21 Raider<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-wright-patterson\" data-base=\"wright-patterson\" data-x=\"active active 88th Air Base Wing (Air Force Materiel Command headquarters) FFO\">\n<td>Wright-Patterson Air Force Base<span>Ohio<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KFFO<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>05L\/23R<\/span>3,840 m<span>asphalt, porous mix<\/span><\/span><span><span>05R\/23L<\/span>2,130 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Air Force Research Laboratory<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Air Force Life Cycle Management Center<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>National Air and Space Intelligence Center<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>88th Air Base Wing<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>445th Airlift Wing<\/span>: <span>C-17A Globemaster III<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-yokota\" data-base=\"yokota\" data-x=\"active active 374th Airlift Wing OKO\">\n<td>Yokota<span>Japan<\/span><\/td>\n<td>RJTY<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>18\/36<\/span>3,350 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>374th Airlift Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130J Super Hercules<\/a>, C-12J Huron, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/uh-1-huey\/\">UH-1N Iroquois<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>21st Special Operations Squadron<\/span>: <span>CV-22B Osprey<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Fifth Air Force<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Headquarters United States Forces Japan<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-galena\" data-base=\"galena\" data-x=\"active closed Eleventh Air Force forward operating location GAL\" class=\"was\">\n<td>Galena Forward Operating Location<span>Alaska<\/span><\/td>\n<td>PAGA<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 2008<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>08\/26<\/span>1,830 m<span>asphalt\/concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>06\/24<\/span>790 m<span>gravel<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>Galena alert detachment<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-102-delta-dagger\/\">F-102 Delta Dagger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-4-phantom-ii\/\">F-4E Phantom II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\">F-15A\/C Eagle<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-keflavik\" data-base=\"keflavik\" data-x=\"active closed 85th Group (final USAF organisation) KEF\" class=\"was\">\n<td>Naval Air Station Keflavik<span>Iceland<\/span><\/td>\n<td>BIKF<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 2006<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>10\/28<\/span>3,070 m<\/span><span><span>01\/19<\/span>3,050 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>NATO Icelandic Air Policing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\">F-15 Eagle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16 Fighting Falcon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>57th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-89-scorpion\/\">F-89 Scorpion<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-102-delta-dagger\/\">F-102 Delta Dagger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-4-phantom-ii\/\">F-4C Phantom II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\">F-15C\/D Eagle<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>85th Group<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\">F-15C\/D Eagle<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-rhein-main\" data-base=\"rhein-main\" data-x=\"active closed 435th Airlift Wing FRA\" class=\"was\">\n<td>Rhein-Main<span>Germany<\/span><\/td>\n<td>EDDF<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 2005<\/span><\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>435th Airlift Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130E Hercules<\/a>, C-9A Nightingale<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>61st Troop Carrier Group<\/span>: <span>C-54 Skymaster<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-kelly\" data-base=\"kelly\" data-x=\"active closed San Antonio Air Logistics Center SKF\" class=\"was\">\n<td>Kelly Air Force Base<span>Texas<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KSKF<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 2001<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>16\/34<\/span>3,520 m<span>porous european mix<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>433rd Airlift Wing<\/span>: <span>C-5M Super Galaxy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>149th Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>San Antonio Air Logistics Center<\/span>: <span>Depot overhaul of engines and airframes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-reese\" data-base=\"reese\" data-x=\"active closed 64th Flying Training Wing \" class=\"was\">\n<td>Reese Air Force Base<span>Texas<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1997<\/span><\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>64th Flying Training Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-37-tweet\/\">T-37B Tweet<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38A Talon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-chicksands\" data-base=\"chicksands\" data-x=\"active closed 6950th Electronic Security Group \" class=\"was\">\n<td>Royal Air Force Chicksands<span>United Kingdom<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1996<\/span><\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>6950th Electronic Security Group<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>7274th Air Base Group<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-castle\" data-base=\"castle\" data-x=\"active closed 93rd Bombardment Wing MER\" class=\"was\">\n<td>Castle Air Force Base<span>California<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KMER<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1995<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>13\/31<\/span>3,600 m<span>asphalt\/concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>93rd Bombardment Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52 Stratofortress<\/a>, KC-135 Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-griffiss\" data-base=\"griffiss\" data-x=\"active closed 416th Bombardment Wing RME\" class=\"was\">\n<td>Griffiss Air Force Base<span>New York<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KRME<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1995<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>15\/33<\/span>3,600 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>416th Bombardment Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52G Stratofortress<\/a>, KC-135 Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>49th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-101-voodoo\/\">F-101B Voodoo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-106-delta-dart\/\">F-106 Delta Dart<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\">F-15A Eagle<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>Rome Air Development Center<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-ki-sawyer\" data-base=\"ki-sawyer\" data-x=\"active closed 410th Bombardment Wing MQT\" class=\"was\">\n<td>K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base<span>Michigan<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KSAW<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1995<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>01\/19<\/span>3,770 m<span>asphalt\/concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>410th Bombardment Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a>, KC-135 Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>62nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-101-voodoo\/\">F-101B Voodoo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-106-delta-dart\/\">F-106A Delta Dart<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>87th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-106-delta-dart\/\">F-106A Delta Dart<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-plattsburgh\" data-base=\"plattsburgh\" data-x=\"active closed 380th Bombardment Wing PBG\" class=\"was\">\n<td>Plattsburgh Air Force Base<span>New York<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KPBG<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1995<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>17\/35<\/span>3,580 m<span>asphalt\/concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>380th Bombardment Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-47-stratojet\/\">B-47 Stratojet<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-111-aardvark\/\">FB-111A<\/a>, KC-135 Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>556th Strategic Missile Squadron<\/span>: <span>SM-65 Atlas F intercontinental ballistic missile<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-alconbury\" data-base=\"alconbury\" data-x=\"active closed 10th Tactical Fighter Wing (final flying wing) \" class=\"was\">\n<td>Royal Air Force Alconbury<span>United Kingdom<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1995<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>12\/30<\/span>2,500 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span>423rd Air Base Group<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing<\/span>: <span>RB-66 Destroyer, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-4-phantom-ii\/\">RF-4C Phantom II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>10th Tactical Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\">A-10A Thunderbolt II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>527th Tactical Fighter Training Aggressor Squadron<\/span>: <span>F-5E Tiger II<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>17th Reconnaissance Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/u-2-dragon-lady\/\">TR-1A<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-sembach\" data-base=\"sembach\" data-x=\"active closed 601st Tactical Control Wing \" class=\"was\">\n<td>Sembach<span>Germany<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1995<\/span><\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>66th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-26-invader\/\">RB-26 Invader<\/a>, RF-84F Thunderflash<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>38th Tactical Missile Wing<\/span>: <span>TM-61 Matador and MGM-13 Mace cruise missiles<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>601st Tactical Control Wing<\/span>: <span>OV-10A Bronco, CH-53 support<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-bitburg\" data-base=\"bitburg\" data-x=\"active closed 36th Tactical Fighter Wing \" class=\"was\">\n<td>Bitburg<span>Germany<\/span><\/td>\n<td>EDRB<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1994<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>05\/23<\/span>2,500 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>36th Tactical Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-86-sabre\/\">F-86 Sabre<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-100-super-sabre\/\">F-100 Super Sabre<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-4-phantom-ii\/\">F-4 Phantom II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\">F-15C\/D Eagle<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-king-salmon\" data-base=\"king-salmon\" data-x=\"active closed Eleventh Air Force forward operating location AKN\" class=\"was\">\n<td>King Salmon Air Force Station<span>Alaska<\/span><\/td>\n<td>PAKN<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1994<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>12\/30<\/span>2,710 m<\/span><span><span>18\/36<\/span>1,220 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>King Salmon alert detachment<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-102-delta-dagger\/\">F-102 Delta Dagger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-4-phantom-ii\/\">F-4E Phantom II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\">F-15A\/C Eagle<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-loring\" data-base=\"loring\" data-x=\"active closed 42nd Bombardment Wing \" class=\"was\">\n<td>Loring Air Force Base<span>Maine<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KLIZ<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1994<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>01L\/19R<\/span>3,900 m<\/span><span><span>01R\/19L<\/span>3,690 m<span>asphalt\/concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>42nd Bombardment Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-36-peacemaker\/\">B-36 Peacemaker<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52G Stratofortress<\/a>, KC-135 Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>407th Air Refueling Squadron<\/span>: <span>KC-135 Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-lowry\" data-base=\"lowry\" data-x=\"active closed Lowry Technical Training Center \" class=\"was\">\n<td>Lowry Air Force Base<span>Colorado<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1994<\/span><\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>Lowry Technical Training Center<\/span>: <span>Ground training airframes only<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>United States Air Force Academy, temporary site<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-norton\" data-base=\"norton\" data-x=\"active closed 63rd Military Airlift Wing SBD\" class=\"was\">\n<td>Norton Air Force Base<span>California<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KSBD<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1994<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>06\/24<\/span>3,050 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>63rd Airlift Wing<\/span>: <span>C-141B Starlifter<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>Ballistic Missile Office<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-richards-gebaur\" data-base=\"richards-gebaur\" data-x=\"active closed Aerospace Defense Command 20th Air Division (at its peak) \" class=\"was\">\n<td>Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base<span>Missouri<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1994<\/span><\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>328th Fighter Group<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-86-sabre\/\">F-86D Sabre<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-102-delta-dagger\/\">F-102 Delta Dagger<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>71st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-102-delta-dagger\/\">F-102 Delta Dagger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-101-voodoo\/\">F-101B Voodoo<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>442nd Tactical Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\">A-10A Thunderbolt II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-upper-heyford\" data-base=\"upper-heyford\" data-x=\"active closed 20th Tactical Fighter Wing \" class=\"was\">\n<td>Royal Air Force Upper Heyford<span>United Kingdom<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1994<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>09\/27<\/span>2,530 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>20th Tactical Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-111-aardvark\/\">F-111E Aardvark<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>42nd Electronic Combat Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-111-aardvark\/\">EF-111A Raven<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-bergstrom\" data-base=\"bergstrom\" data-x=\"active closed 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing (final flying wing) AUS\" class=\"was\">\n<td>Bergstrom Air Force Base<span>Texas<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KAUS<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1993<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>18R\/36L<\/span>3,730 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>27th Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-84-thunderjet\/\">F-84 Thunderjet<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-100-super-sabre\/\">F-100 Super Sabre<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>Twelfth Air Force<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-4-phantom-ii\/\">RF-4C Phantom II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>924th Fighter Group<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16 Fighting Falcon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130 Hercules<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-chanute\" data-base=\"chanute\" data-x=\"active closed Chanute Technical Training Center \" class=\"was\">\n<td>Chanute Air Force Base<span>Illinois<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1993<\/span><\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>3345th Technical Training Wing<\/span>: <span>Ground training airframes only<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-hahn\" data-base=\"hahn\" data-x=\"active closed 50th Tactical Fighter Wing HHN\" class=\"was\">\n<td>Hahn<span>Germany<\/span><\/td>\n<td>EDFH<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1993<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>03\/21<\/span>3,800 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>50th Tactical Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-86-sabre\/\">F-86 Sabre<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-100-super-sabre\/\">F-100 Super Sabre<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-4-phantom-ii\/\">F-4 Phantom II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-mather\" data-base=\"mather\" data-x=\"active closed 323rd Flying Training Wing MHR\" class=\"was\">\n<td>Mather Air Force Base<span>California<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KMHR<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1993<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>04R\/22L<\/span>3,450 m<span>asphalt\/concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>04L\/22R<\/span>1,850 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>323rd Flying Training Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-37-tweet\/\">T-37 Tweet<\/a>, T-43A navigation trainer, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38 Talon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>320th Bombardment Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52 Stratofortress<\/a>, KC-135 Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-myrtle-beach\" data-base=\"myrtle-beach\" data-x=\"active closed 354th Tactical Fighter Wing MYR\" class=\"was\">\n<td>Myrtle Beach Air Force Base<span>South Carolina<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KMYR<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1993<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>18\/36<\/span>2,900 m<span>asphalt\/concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>354th Tactical Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-100-super-sabre\/\">F-100 Super Sabre<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-7-corsair-ii\/\">A-7D Corsair II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\">A-10A Thunderbolt II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-bentwaters\" data-base=\"bentwaters\" data-x=\"active closed 81st Tactical Fighter Wing \" class=\"was\">\n<td>Royal Air Force Bentwaters<span>United Kingdom<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1993<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>07\/25<\/span>2,730 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>81st Tactical Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-84-thunderjet\/\">F-84 Thunderjet<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-101-voodoo\/\">F-101 Voodoo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-4-phantom-ii\/\">F-4 Phantom II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\">A-10A Thunderbolt II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-woodbridge\" data-base=\"woodbridge\" data-x=\"active closed 81st Tactical Fighter Wing (twin base with Bentwaters) \" class=\"was\">\n<td>Royal Air Force Woodbridge<span>United Kingdom<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1993<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>09\/27<\/span>2,740 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>67th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">HC-130 Hercules<\/a>, HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>21st Special Operations Squadron<\/span>: <span>MH-53J Pave Low<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>78th Tactical Fighter Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\">F-4 Phantom II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-4-phantom-ii\/\">A-10A Thunderbolt II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-wiesbaden\" data-base=\"wiesbaden\" data-x=\"active closed 7100th Air Base Wing (at its peak) \" class=\"was\">\n<td>Wiesbaden<span>Germany<\/span><\/td>\n<td>ETOU<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1993<\/span><\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>7100th Air Base Wing<\/span>: <span>Support aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-williams\" data-base=\"williams\" data-x=\"active closed 82nd Flying Training Wing AZA\" class=\"was\">\n<td>Williams Air Force Base<span>Arizona<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KIWA<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1993<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>12C\/30C<\/span>3,110 m<span>asphalt\/concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>12L\/30R<\/span>2,840 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>12R\/30L<\/span>3,170 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>82nd Flying Training Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-37-tweet\/\">T-37B Tweet<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38A Talon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-wurtsmith\" data-base=\"wurtsmith\" data-x=\"active closed 379th Bombardment Wing OSC\" class=\"was\">\n<td>Wurtsmith Air Force Base<span>Michigan<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KOSC<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1993<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>07\/25<\/span>3,600 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>379th Bombardment Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52G Stratofortress<\/a>, KC-135 Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-eaker\" data-base=\"eaker\" data-x=\"active closed 97th Bombardment Wing BYH\" class=\"was\">\n<td>Eaker Air Force Base<span>Arkansas<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KBYH<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1992<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>18\/36<\/span>3,540 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>97th Bombardment Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52G Stratofortress<\/a>, KC-135A Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-england\" data-base=\"england\" data-x=\"active closed 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing AEX\" class=\"was\">\n<td>England Air Force Base<span>Louisiana<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KAEX<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1992<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>14\/32<\/span>2,850 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>18\/36<\/span>2,130 m<span>asphalt\/concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>23rd Tactical Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-7-corsair-ii\/\">A-7D Corsair II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\">A-10A Thunderbolt II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-george\" data-base=\"george\" data-x=\"active closed 35th Tactical Fighter Wing VCV\" class=\"was\">\n<td>George Air Force Base<span>California<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KVCV<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1992<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>17\/35<\/span>4,590 m<span>asphalt\/concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>03\/21<\/span>2,790 m<span>asphalt\/concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>35th Tactical Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-4-phantom-ii\/\">F-4C\/D\/E Phantom II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-4-phantom-ii\/\">F-4G Wild Weasel<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>37th Tactical Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-4-phantom-ii\/\">F-4G Wild Weasel V Phantom II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>831st Air Division<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-greenham-common\" data-base=\"greenham-common\" data-x=\"active closed 501st Tactical Missile Wing \" class=\"was\">\n<td>Royal Air Force Greenham Common<span>United Kingdom<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1992<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>08\/26<\/span>3,050 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>501st Tactical Missile Wing<\/span>: <span>BGM-109G Gryphon ground-launched cruise missile<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>51st Troop Carrier Wing<\/span>: <span>C-47 Skytrain and gliders<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-torrejon\" data-base=\"torrejon\" data-x=\"active closed 401st Tactical Fighter Wing \" class=\"was\">\n<td>Torrejon<span>Spain<\/span><\/td>\n<td>LETO<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1992<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>04\/22<\/span>3,660 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>Sixteenth Air Force<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>401st Tactical Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-4-phantom-ii\/\">F-4 Phantom II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-clark\" data-base=\"clark\" data-x=\"active closed 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing CRK\" class=\"was\">\n<td>Clark<span>Philippines<\/span><\/td>\n<td>RPLC<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1991<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>02\/20<\/span>3,200 m<span>asphalt\/concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>Thirteenth Air Force<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>3rd Tactical Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-4-phantom-ii\/\">F-4E Phantom II<\/a>, F-5E Tiger II (aggressors), <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16 Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>374th Tactical Airlift Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130 Hercules<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>405th Tactical Fighter Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-4-phantom-ii\/\">F-4 Phantom II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-102-delta-dagger\/\">F-102 Delta Dagger<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-zweibrucken\" data-base=\"zweibrucken\" data-x=\"active closed 26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing ZQW\" class=\"was\">\n<td>Zweibrucken<span>Germany<\/span><\/td>\n<td>EDRZ<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1991<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>03\/21<\/span>2,680 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-4-phantom-ii\/\">RF-4C Phantom II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>10th Military Airlift Squadron<\/span>: <span>C-23A Sherpa<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-kincheloe\" data-base=\"kincheloe\" data-x=\"active closed 449th Bombardment Wing CIU\" class=\"was\">\n<td>Kincheloe Air Force Base<span>Michigan<\/span><\/td>\n<td>KCIU<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1977<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>16\/34<\/span>2,200 m<span>concrete<\/span><\/span><span><span>10\/28<\/span>1,520 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>449th Bombardment Wing<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a>, KC-135 Stratotanker<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>438th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-89-scorpion\/\">F-89 Scorpion<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-106-delta-dart\/\">F-106 Delta Dart<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-wheelus\" data-base=\"wheelus\" data-x=\"active closed 7272nd Flying Training Wing MJI\" class=\"was\">\n<td>Wheelus<span>Libya<\/span><\/td>\n<td>HLLM<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1970<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><span>11\/29<\/span>3,380 m<\/span><span><span>03\/21<\/span>1,830 m<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>Seventeenth Air Force<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>7272nd Flying Training Wing<\/span>: <span>Rotational USAFE fighter squadrons<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>431st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-86-sabre\/\">F-86D Sabre<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"base-nouasseur\" data-base=\"nouasseur\" data-x=\"active closed 3922nd Air Base Group CMN\" class=\"was\">\n<td>Nouasseur<span>Morocco<\/span><\/td>\n<td>GMMN<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Closed 1963<\/span><\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>Fifth Air Division<\/span>: <span>No assigned aircraft<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>80th Air Depot Wing<\/span>: <span>Depot support<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"was\"><span>Strategic Air Command bomber rotations<\/span>: <span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-36-peacemaker\/\">B-36 Peacemaker<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-47-stratojet\/\">B-47 Stratojet<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"qnone\" data-none=\"basefind\">No air base matches that search.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"oob\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Order of battle<\/div>\n<h2>Who is stationed where in the United States Air Force<\/h2>\n<p class=\"spx-lede\">Flying units by installation, active duty first. <span class=\"imp\">Guard and Reserve wings are listed with their component, because on the KC-135 and the F-16 the reserves hold a larger share of the fleet than the Regular Air Force.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"qbar\"><input class=\"qin\" type=\"search\" id=\"unitfind\" data-filter=\"#oobwrap\" data-item=\".oob\" data-noun=\"installations\" placeholder=\"Search squadrons, wings, aircraft, bases\" aria-label=\"Search squadrons, wings, aircraft, bases\" autocomplete=\"off\" spellcheck=\"false\"><button class=\"qbtn\" type=\"button\" data-clear=\"unitfind\">Clear<\/button><span class=\"qcnt\" data-count=\"unitfind\"><\/span><button class=\"qbtn\" type=\"button\" data-toggleall=\"#oobwrap\">Expand all<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"oobwrap coll\" id=\"oobwrap\">\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Nevada active 99th Air Base Wing\">\n<div><span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/nellis\/\">Nellis Air Force Base<\/a> &middot; KLSV<\/span><em>99th Air Base Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>57th Wing<small>Composite training and tactics wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\">F-15E Strike Eagle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\">A-10C Thunderbolt II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9A Reaper<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>United States Air Force Warfare Center<small>Numbered-air-force-equivalent centre &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>53rd Test and Evaluation Group<small>Operational test group &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\">A-10C Thunderbolt II<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron<small>Thunderbirds &middot; Aerial demonstration squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>926th Wing<small>Reserve associate wing &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9A Reaper<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>99th Air Base Wing<small>Host air base wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Nevada active 432nd Wing \/ 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing\">\n<div><span>Creech Air Force Base &middot; KINS<\/span><em>432nd Wing \/ 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>432nd Wing<small>Attack and reconnaissance wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9A Reaper<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>26th Weapons Squadron<small>Weapons school squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9A Reaper<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>78th and 91st Attack Squadrons<small>Reserve attack squadrons &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9A Reaper<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"California active 412th Test Wing (Air Force Test Center)\">\n<div><span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/edwards\/\">Edwards Air Force Base<\/a> &middot; KEDW<\/span><em>412th Test Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>412th Test Wing<small>Flight test wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-1-lancer\/\">B-1B Lancer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-2-spirit\/\">B-2A Spirit<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38C Talon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/rq-4-global-hawk\/\">RQ-4B Global Hawk<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>United States Air Force Test Pilot School<small>Test pilot school &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">NF-16D VISTA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38C Talon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>31st Test and Evaluation Squadron<small>Operational test squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-2-spirit\/\">B-2A Spirit<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center<small>Civil research centre &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>Gulfstream III and other testbeds, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\">F-15B Eagle<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"California active 9th Reconnaissance Wing\">\n<div><span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/beale\/\">Beale Air Force Base<\/a> &middot; KBAB<\/span><em>9th Reconnaissance Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>9th Reconnaissance Wing<small>Reconnaissance wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/u-2-dragon-lady\/\">U-2S Dragon Lady<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38 Talon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>940th Air Refueling Wing<small>Reserve air refuelling wing &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>KC-135R Stratotanker<\/dd>\n<dt>548th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group<small>Intelligence group &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"California active 60th Air Mobility Wing\">\n<div><span>Travis Air Force Base &middot; KSUU<\/span><em>60th Air Mobility Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>60th Air Mobility Wing<small>Air mobility wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>C-5M Super Galaxy, C-17A Globemaster III, KC-46A Pegasus<\/dd>\n<dt>349th Air Mobility Wing<small>Reserve associate wing &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>C-5M Super Galaxy, C-17A Globemaster III, KC-46A Pegasus<\/dd>\n<dt>Contingency response forces<small>Contingency response &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Arizona active 355th Wing\">\n<div><span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/davis-monthan\/\">Davis-Monthan Air Force Base<\/a> &middot; KDMA<\/span><em>355th Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>355th Wing<small>Host and combat wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>&mdash;<\/dd>\n<dt>55th Electronic Combat Group<small>Electronic attack group &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>EA-37B Compass Call<\/dd>\n<dt>563rd Rescue Group<small>Combat rescue group &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>HH-60G Pave Hawk, HC-130J Combat King II<\/dd>\n<dt>309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group<small>Aircraft storage and regeneration group &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>Stored aircraft of all types<\/dd>\n<dt>943rd Rescue Group<small>Reserve rescue group &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>HH-60G Pave Hawk<\/dd>\n<dt>214th Attack Squadron<small>Guard attack squadron &middot; ang<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9A Reaper<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt class=\"was\">357th Fighter Squadron<small>1976&ndash;2026<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"was\">A-10C Thunderbolt II<\/dd>\n<dt class=\"was\">492nd Power Projection Wing<small>2027&ndash;<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"was\">MC-130J Commando II, OA-1K Skyraider II<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Arizona active 56th Fighter Wing\">\n<div><span>Luke Air Force Base &middot; KLUF<\/span><em>56th Fighter Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>56th Fighter Wing<small>Fighter training wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>944th Fighter Wing<small>Reserve associate fighter wing &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>21st Fighter Squadron<small>Partner-nation training squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16A\/B Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"New Mexico active 49th Wing\">\n<div><span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/holloman\/\">Holloman Air Force Base<\/a> &middot; KHMN<\/span><em>49th Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>49th Wing<small>Training wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9A Reaper<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>54th Fighter Group<small>Fighter training group &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>704th Test Group<small>Test group &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>C-12J Huron, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38C Talon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Royal Air Force RPAS Formal Training Unit<small>Partner training unit &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9A Reaper<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"New Mexico active 27th Special Operations Wing\">\n<div><span>Cannon Air Force Base &middot; KCVS<\/span><em>27th Special Operations Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>27th Special Operations Wing<small>Special operations wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/ac-130-gunship\/\">AC-130J Ghostrider<\/a>, MC-130J Commando II, CV-22B Osprey, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9A Reaper<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>318th Special Operations Squadron<small>Intelligence and light aircraft squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>U-28A Draco<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"New Mexico active 377th Air Base Wing\">\n<div><span>Kirtland Air Force Base &middot; KABQ<\/span><em>377th Air Base Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>377th Air Base Wing<small>Host air base wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center<small>Acquisition centre &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>58th Special Operations Wing<small>Special operations training wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>CV-22B Osprey, HC-130J Combat King II, HH-60G Pave Hawk<\/dd>\n<dt>Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate<small>Research directorate &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>150th Special Operations Wing<small>Guard special operations wing &middot; ang<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>CV-22B Osprey, HC-130J Combat King II<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Idaho active 366th Fighter Wing\">\n<div><span>Mountain Home Air Force Base &middot; KMUO<\/span><em>366th Fighter Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>366th Fighter Wing<small>Gunfighters &middot; Fighter wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\">F-15E Strike Eagle<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>428th Fighter Squadron<small>Partner-nation training squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\">F-15SG Strike Eagle<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Utah active 75th Air Base Wing (Ogden Air Logistics Complex)\">\n<div><span>Hill Air Force Base &middot; KHIF<\/span><em>75th Air Base Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>Ogden Air Logistics Complex<small>Depot maintenance complex &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16 Fighting Falcon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\">A-10C Thunderbolt II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>388th Fighter Wing<small>Fighter wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>419th Fighter Wing<small>Reserve associate fighter wing &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>75th Air Base Wing<small>Host air base wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Washington active 92nd Air Refueling Wing\">\n<div><span>Fairchild Air Force Base &middot; KSKA<\/span><em>92nd Air Refueling Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>92nd Air Refueling Wing<small>Air refuelling wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>KC-135R\/T Stratotanker<\/dd>\n<dt>336th Training Group<small>Survival training group &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>141st Air Refueling Wing<small>Guard air refuelling wing &middot; ang<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>KC-135R Stratotanker<\/dd>\n<dt>36th Rescue Squadron<small>Rescue training squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>UH-1N Iroquois<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Washington active 62nd Airlift Wing (installation led by the Army)\">\n<div><span>Joint Base Lewis-McChord (McChord Field) &middot; KTCM<\/span><em>62nd Airlift Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>62nd Airlift Wing<small>Airlift wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>C-17A Globemaster III<\/dd>\n<dt>446th Airlift Wing<small>Reserve associate airlift wing &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>C-17A Globemaster III<\/dd>\n<dt>1st Air Support Operations Group<small>Air support operations group &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Alaska active 673rd Air Base Wing\">\n<div><span>Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson &middot; PAED<\/span><em>673rd Air Base Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>3rd Wing<small>Composite wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a>, C-17A Globemaster III, E-3G Sentry<\/dd>\n<dt>673rd Air Base Wing<small>Host air base wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>Eleventh Air Force<small>Numbered air force headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>477th Fighter Group<small>Reserve associate fighter group &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>176th Wing<small>Guard composite wing &middot; ang<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>C-17A Globemaster III, HC-130J Combat King II, HH-60G Pave Hawk<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Alaska active 354th Fighter Wing\">\n<div><span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/eielson\/\">Eielson Air Force Base<\/a> &middot; PAEI<\/span><em>354th Fighter Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>354th Fighter Wing<small>Fighter wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>168th Wing<small>Guard air refuelling wing &middot; ang<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>KC-135R Stratotanker<\/dd>\n<dt>Arctic Survival School<small>Survival training detachment &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Hawaii active 15th Wing (installation led by the Navy)\">\n<div><span>Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam &middot; PHIK<\/span><em>15th Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>15th Wing<small>Composite wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a>, C-17A Globemaster III, C-37A\/B<\/dd>\n<dt>Headquarters Pacific Air Forces<small>Major command headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>647th Air Base Group<small>Air base group &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>154th Wing<small>Guard composite wing &middot; ang<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a>, KC-135R Stratotanker, C-17A Globemaster III<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"North Dakota active 5th Bomb Wing\">\n<div><span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/minot\/\">Minot Air Force Base<\/a> &middot; KMIB<\/span><em>5th Bomb Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>5th Bomb Wing<small>Bomb wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>91st Missile Wing<small>Missile wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>LGM-30G Minuteman III<\/dd>\n<dt>54th Helicopter Squadron<small>Missile field support squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>UH-1N Iroquois<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"North Dakota active 319th Reconnaissance Wing\">\n<div><span>Grand Forks Air Force Base &middot; KRDR<\/span><em>319th Reconnaissance Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>319th Reconnaissance Wing<small>Reconnaissance wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/rq-4-global-hawk\/\">RQ-4B Global Hawk<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>348th Reconnaissance Squadron<small>Reconnaissance squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/rq-4-global-hawk\/\">RQ-4B Global Hawk<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>18th Airborne Command and Control Squadron<small>Airborne communications squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>E-11A BACN<\/dd>\n<dt>National Air Security Operations Center &#8211; Grand Forks<small>Customs and Border Protection unit &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9 Guardian<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Montana active 341st Missile Wing\">\n<div><span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/malmstrom\/\">Malmstrom Air Force Base<\/a> &middot; KGFA<\/span><em>341st Missile Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>341st Missile Wing<small>Missile wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>LGM-30G Minuteman III<\/dd>\n<dt>40th Helicopter Squadron<small>Missile field support squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>UH-1N Iroquois, MH-139A Grey Wolf<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Wyoming active 90th Missile Wing\">\n<div><span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/f-e-warren\/\">F. E. Warren Air Force Base<\/a> &middot; <\/span><em>90th Missile Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>90th Missile Wing<small>Mighty Ninety &middot; Missile wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>LGM-30G Minuteman III<\/dd>\n<dt>37th Helicopter Squadron<small>Missile field support squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>UH-1N Iroquois<\/dd>\n<dt>Twentieth Air Force<small>Numbered air force headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"South Dakota active 28th Bomb Wing\">\n<div><span>Ellsworth Air Force Base &middot; KRCA<\/span><em>28th Bomb Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>28th Bomb Wing<small>Bomb wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-1-lancer\/\">B-1B Lancer<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>89th Attack Squadron<small>Attack squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9A Reaper<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt class=\"was\">B-21 Raider beddown<small>2027&ndash;<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"was\">B-21 Raider<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Nebraska active 55th Wing\">\n<div><span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/offutt\/\">Offutt Air Force Base<\/a> &middot; KOFF<\/span><em>55th Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>55th Wing<small>Reconnaissance wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>RC-135V\/W Rivet Joint, RC-135S Cobra Ball, RC-135U Combat Sent<\/dd>\n<dt>United States Strategic Command<small>Combatant command headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>595th Command and Control Group<small>Airborne command post group &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>E-4B Nightwatch<\/dd>\n<dt>557th Weather Wing<small>Weather wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Missouri active 509th Bomb Wing\">\n<div><span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/whiteman\/\">Whiteman Air Force Base<\/a> &middot; KSZL<\/span><em>509th Bomb Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>509th Bomb Wing<small>Bomb wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-2-spirit\/\">B-2A Spirit<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38A Talon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>131st Bomb Wing<small>Guard bomb wing &middot; ang<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-2-spirit\/\">B-2A Spirit<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>442nd Fighter Wing<small>Reserve fighter wing &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\">A-10C Thunderbolt II<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt class=\"was\">B-21 Raider beddown<small>&mdash;<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"was\">B-21 Raider<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Kansas active 22nd Air Refueling Wing\">\n<div><span>McConnell Air Force Base &middot; KIAB<\/span><em>22nd Air Refueling Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>22nd Air Refueling Wing<small>Air refuelling wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>KC-46A Pegasus, KC-135R Stratotanker<\/dd>\n<dt>931st Air Refueling Wing<small>Reserve associate wing &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>KC-46A Pegasus<\/dd>\n<dt>184th Wing<small>Guard intelligence wing &middot; ang<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Illinois active 375th Air Mobility Wing\">\n<div><span>Scott Air Force Base &middot; KBLV<\/span><em>375th Air Mobility Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>375th Air Mobility Wing<small>Air mobility wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>C-40C Clipper, C-21A Learjet<\/dd>\n<dt>Headquarters Air Mobility Command<small>Major command headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>United States Transportation Command<small>Combatant command headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>932nd Airlift Wing<small>Reserve airlift wing &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>C-40C Clipper<\/dd>\n<dt>126th Air Refueling Wing<small>Guard air refuelling wing &middot; ang<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>KC-135R Stratotanker<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Ohio active 88th Air Base Wing (Air Force Materiel Command headquarters)\">\n<div><span>Wright-Patterson Air Force Base &middot; KFFO<\/span><em>88th Air Base Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command<small>Major command headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>Air Force Research Laboratory<small>Research laboratory &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>Air Force Life Cycle Management Center<small>Acquisition centre &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>National Air and Space Intelligence Center<small>Intelligence centre &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>88th Air Base Wing<small>Host air base wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>445th Airlift Wing<small>Reserve airlift wing &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>C-17A Globemaster III<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Oklahoma active 72nd Air Base Wing (Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex)\">\n<div><span>Tinker Air Force Base &middot; KTIK<\/span><em>72nd Air Base Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex<small>Depot maintenance complex &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-1-lancer\/\">B-1B Lancer<\/a>, KC-135 Stratotanker<\/dd>\n<dt>552nd Air Control Wing<small>Airborne early warning wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>E-3G Sentry<\/dd>\n<dt>507th Air Refueling Wing<small>Reserve air refuelling wing &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>KC-135R Stratotanker<\/dd>\n<dt>Strategic Communications Wing One<small>Navy airborne command post wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>E-6B Mercury<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Oklahoma active 97th Air Mobility Wing\">\n<div><span>Altus Air Force Base &middot; KLTS<\/span><em>97th Air Mobility Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>97th Air Mobility Wing<small>Mobility training wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>C-17A Globemaster III, KC-46A Pegasus, KC-135R Stratotanker<\/dd>\n<dt>730th Air Mobility Training Squadron<small>Reserve associate squadron &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>C-17A Globemaster III, KC-46A Pegasus<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Oklahoma active 71st Flying Training Wing\">\n<div><span>Vance Air Force Base &middot; KEND<\/span><em>71st Flying Training Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>71st Flying Training Wing<small>Flying training wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-6-texan-ii\/\">T-6A Texan II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38C Talon<\/a>, T-1A Jayhawk<\/dd>\n<dt>5th Flying Training Squadron<small>Reserve associate training squadron &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-6-texan-ii\/\">T-6A Texan II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38C Talon<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Texas active 82nd Training Wing\">\n<div><span>Sheppard Air Force Base &middot; KSPS<\/span><em>82nd Training Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>82nd Training Wing<small>Technical training wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>80th Flying Training Wing<small>Flying training wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-6-texan-ii\/\">T-6A Texan II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38C Talon<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Texas active 7th Bomb Wing\">\n<div><span>Dyess Air Force Base &middot; KDYS<\/span><em>7th Bomb Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>7th Bomb Wing<small>Bomb wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-1-lancer\/\">B-1B Lancer<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>317th Airlift Wing<small>Airlift wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130J Super Hercules<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>345th Bomb Squadron<small>Reserve associate bomb squadron &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-1-lancer\/\">B-1B Lancer<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt class=\"was\">B-21 Raider beddown<small>&mdash;<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"was\">B-21 Raider<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Texas active 47th Flying Training Wing\">\n<div><span>Laughlin Air Force Base &middot; KDLF<\/span><em>47th Flying Training Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>47th Flying Training Wing<small>Flying training wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-6-texan-ii\/\">T-6A Texan II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38C Talon<\/a>, T-1A Jayhawk<\/dd>\n<dt>96th Flying Training Squadron<small>Reserve associate training squadron &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-6-texan-ii\/\">T-6A Texan II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38C Talon<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Texas active 17th Training Wing\">\n<div><span>Goodfellow Air Force Base &middot; <\/span><em>17th Training Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>17th Training Wing<small>Technical training wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>312th Training Squadron<small>Fire protection training squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Texas active 502nd Air Base Wing\">\n<div><span>Joint Base San Antonio &middot; KRND<\/span><em>502nd Air Base Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>502nd Air Base Wing<small>Host air base wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>12th Flying Training Wing<small>Pilot instructor training wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38C Talon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-6-texan-ii\/\">T-6A Texan II<\/a>, T-1A Jayhawk<\/dd>\n<dt>37th Training Wing<small>Basic military training wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>Headquarters Air Education and Training Command<small>Major command headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber)<small>Numbered air force headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>433rd Airlift Wing<small>Reserve airlift wing &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>C-5M Super Galaxy<\/dd>\n<dt>149th Fighter Wing<small>Guard fighter wing &middot; ang<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Louisiana active 2nd Bomb Wing\">\n<div><span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/barksdale\/\">Barksdale Air Force Base<\/a> &middot; KBAD<\/span><em>2nd Bomb Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>2nd Bomb Wing<small>Bomb wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Headquarters Air Force Global Strike Command<small>Major command headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>Eighth Air Force<small>Numbered air force headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>307th Bomb Wing<small>Reserve bomb wing &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>340th Weapons Squadron<small>Weapons school squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Arkansas active 19th Airlift Wing\">\n<div><span>Little Rock Air Force Base &middot; KLRF<\/span><em>19th Airlift Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>19th Airlift Wing<small>Airlift wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130J Super Hercules<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>314th Airlift Wing<small>Airlift training wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130J Super Hercules<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>913th Airlift Group<small>Reserve associate airlift group &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130J Super Hercules<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>189th Airlift Wing<small>Guard training wing &middot; ang<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130H Hercules<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Mississippi active 14th Flying Training Wing\">\n<div><span>Columbus Air Force Base &middot; KCBM<\/span><em>14th Flying Training Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>14th Flying Training Wing<small>Flying training wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-6-texan-ii\/\">T-6A Texan II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38C Talon<\/a>, T-1A Jayhawk<\/dd>\n<dt>43rd Flying Training Squadron<small>Reserve associate training squadron &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-6-texan-ii\/\">T-6A Texan II<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Mississippi active 81st Training Wing\">\n<div><span>Keesler Air Force Base &middot; KBIX<\/span><em>81st Training Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>81st Training Wing<small>Technical training wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>403rd Wing<small>Reserve airlift and weather wing &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130J Super Hercules<\/a>, WC-130J Super Hercules<\/dd>\n<dt>53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron<small>Hurricane Hunters &middot; Weather reconnaissance squadron &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>WC-130J Super Hercules<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Alabama active 42nd Air Base Wing\">\n<div><span>Maxwell Air Force Base &middot; KMXF<\/span><em>42nd Air Base Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>Air University<small>Professional military education university &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>42nd Air Base Wing<small>Host air base wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>Air Force Historical Research Agency<small>Historical archive &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>908th Flying Training Wing<small>Reserve helicopter training wing &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>MH-139A Grey Wolf<\/dd>\n<dt>Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters<small>Auxiliary headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Florida active 96th Test Wing (Air Force Test Center)\">\n<div><span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/eglin\/\">Eglin Air Force Base<\/a> &middot; KVPS<\/span><em>96th Test Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>96th Test Wing<small>Test wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\">F-15EX Eagle II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\">F-15E Strike Eagle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\">A-10C Thunderbolt II<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>33rd Fighter Wing<small>Fighter training wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>53rd Wing<small>Operational test wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\">F-15EX Eagle II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>350th Spectrum Warfare Wing<small>Electromagnetic warfare wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)<small>Army special forces group &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Florida active 1st Special Operations Wing\">\n<div><span>Hurlburt Field &middot; KHRT<\/span><em>1st Special Operations Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command<small>Major command headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>1st Special Operations Wing<small>Special operations wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/ac-130-gunship\/\">AC-130J Ghostrider<\/a>, MC-130J Commando II, CV-22B Osprey<\/dd>\n<dt>492nd Special Operations Wing<small>Special operations training wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>OA-1K Skyraider II, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/ac-130-gunship\/\">AC-130J Ghostrider<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>24th Special Operations Wing<small>Special tactics wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Florida active 325th Fighter Wing\">\n<div><span>Tyndall Air Force Base &middot; KPAM<\/span><em>325th Fighter Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>325th Fighter Wing<small>Fighter wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>First Air Force (Air Forces Northern)<small>Numbered air force headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>53rd Weapons Evaluation Group<small>Weapons evaluation group &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">QF-16 full-scale aerial target<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Air Force Civil Engineer Center<small>Engineering centre &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Florida active 6th Air Refueling Wing\">\n<div><span>MacDill Air Force Base &middot; KMCF<\/span><em>6th Air Refueling Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>6th Air Refueling Wing<small>Air refuelling wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>KC-135R Stratotanker<\/dd>\n<dt>United States Central Command<small>Combatant command headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>United States Special Operations Command<small>Combatant command headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>927th Air Refueling Wing<small>Reserve associate wing &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>KC-135R Stratotanker<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Georgia active 23rd Wing\">\n<div><span>Moody Air Force Base &middot; KVAD<\/span><em>23rd Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>23rd Wing<small>Flying Tigers &middot; Composite wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\">A-10C Thunderbolt II<\/a>, HH-60W Jolly Green II, HC-130J Combat King II<\/dd>\n<dt>93rd Air Ground Operations Wing<small>Air ground operations wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>41st Rescue Squadron<small>Rescue squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>HH-60W Jolly Green II<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Georgia active 78th Air Base Wing (Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex)\">\n<div><span>Robins Air Force Base &middot; KWRB<\/span><em>78th Air Base Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex<small>Depot maintenance complex &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130 Hercules<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\">F-15 Eagle<\/a>, C-17A Globemaster III<\/dd>\n<dt>461st Wing<small>Air control wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>18th Airborne Command and Control Squadron<small>Airborne communications squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>E-11A BACN<\/dd>\n<dt>116th Air Control Wing<small>Guard air control wing &middot; ang<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>94th Airlift Wing<small>Reserve airlift wing &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130H Hercules<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"South Carolina active 20th Fighter Wing\">\n<div><span>Shaw Air Force Base &middot; KSSC<\/span><em>20th Fighter Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>20th Fighter Wing<small>Fighter wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16CM Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central)<small>Numbered air force headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>25th Attack Wing<small>Attack wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9A Reaper<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>United States Army Central<small>Army component command &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"South Carolina active 628th Air Base Wing\">\n<div><span>Joint Base Charleston &middot; KCHS<\/span><em>628th Air Base Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>437th Airlift Wing<small>Airlift wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>C-17A Globemaster III<\/dd>\n<dt>315th Airlift Wing<small>Reserve associate airlift wing &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>C-17A Globemaster III<\/dd>\n<dt>628th Air Base Wing<small>Host air base wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"North Carolina active 4th Fighter Wing\">\n<div><span>Seymour Johnson Air Force Base &middot; KGSB<\/span><em>4th Fighter Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>4th Fighter Wing<small>Fighter wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\">F-15E Strike Eagle<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>916th Air Refueling Wing<small>Reserve air refuelling wing &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>KC-46A Pegasus<\/dd>\n<dt>307th Fighter Squadron<small>Reserve associate fighter squadron &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\">F-15E Strike Eagle<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"North Carolina active 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group\">\n<div><span>Pope Army &middot; KPOB<\/span><em>43rd Air Mobility Operations Group<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>43rd Air Mobility Operations Group<small>Air mobility operations group &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>18th Air Support Operations Group<small>Air support operations group &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>21st Special Tactics Squadron<small>Special tactics squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Virginia active 633rd Air Base Wing\">\n<div><span>Joint Base Langley-Eustis &middot; KLFI<\/span><em>633rd Air Base Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>1st Fighter Wing<small>Fighter wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/t-38-talon\/\">T-38A Talon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Headquarters Air Combat Command<small>Major command headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>633rd Air Base Wing<small>Host air base wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>192nd Wing<small>Guard associate fighter wing &middot; ang<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Maryland active 316th Wing\">\n<div><span>Joint Base Andrews &middot; KADW<\/span><em>316th Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>89th Airlift Wing<small>Executive airlift wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>VC-25A Air Force One, C-32A, C-37A\/B<\/dd>\n<dt>316th Wing<small>Host wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>UH-1N Iroquois<\/dd>\n<dt>113th Wing<small>Guard fighter wing &middot; ang<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>459th Air Refueling Wing<small>Reserve air refuelling wing &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>KC-135R Stratotanker<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"District of Columbia active 11th Wing\">\n<div><span>Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling &middot; <\/span><em>11th Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>11th Wing<small>Host wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>United States Air Force Band<small>Ceremonial band &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>United States Air Force Honor Guard<small>Ceremonial unit &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>Defense Intelligence Agency<small>Defence agency headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Delaware active 436th Airlift Wing\">\n<div><span>Dover Air Force Base &middot; KDOV<\/span><em>436th Airlift Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>436th Airlift Wing<small>Eagle Wing &middot; Airlift wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>C-5M Super Galaxy, C-17A Globemaster III<\/dd>\n<dt>512th Airlift Wing<small>Reserve associate airlift wing &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>C-5M Super Galaxy, C-17A Globemaster III<\/dd>\n<dt>Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations<small>Mortuary operations &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"New Jersey active 87th Air Base Wing\">\n<div><span>Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst &middot; KWRI<\/span><em>87th Air Base Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>305th Air Mobility Wing<small>Air mobility wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>C-17A Globemaster III, KC-46A Pegasus<\/dd>\n<dt>514th Air Mobility Wing<small>Reserve associate wing &middot; afrc<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>C-17A Globemaster III, KC-46A Pegasus<\/dd>\n<dt>621st Contingency Response Wing<small>Contingency response wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>108th Wing<small>Guard air refuelling wing &middot; ang<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>KC-135R Stratotanker<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Massachusetts active 66th Air Base Group\">\n<div><span>Hanscom Air Force Base &middot; KBED<\/span><em>66th Air Base Group<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (Hanscom)<small>Acquisition directorates &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>66th Air Base Group<small>Host air base group &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>MIT Lincoln Laboratory<small>Federally funded research centre &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Tennessee active Arnold Engineering Development Complex\">\n<div><span>Arnold Air Force Base &middot; KAYX<\/span><em>Arnold Engineering Development Complex<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>Arnold Engineering Development Complex<small>Ground test complex &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Germany active 86th Airlift Wing\">\n<div><span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/ramstein\/\">Ramstein Air Base<\/a> &middot; ETAR<\/span><em>86th Airlift Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>86th Airlift Wing<small>Theatre airlift wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130J Super Hercules<\/a>, C-21A, C-37A\/B<\/dd>\n<dt>435th Air Ground Operations Wing<small>Air ground operations wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>521st Air Mobility Operations Wing<small>Air mobility operations wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe &ndash; Air Forces Africa<small>Major command headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>NATO Allied Air Command<small>NATO command headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Germany active 52nd Fighter Wing\">\n<div><span>Spangdahlem &middot; ETAD<\/span><em>52nd Fighter Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>52nd Fighter Wing<small>Fighter wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16CM\/DM Block 50 Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>480th Fighter Squadron<small>Warhawks &middot; Fighter squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16CM\/DM Block 50 Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>726th Air Mobility Squadron<small>Air mobility squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Italy active 31st Fighter Wing\">\n<div><span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/aviano\/\">Aviano Air Base<\/a> &middot; LIPA<\/span><em>31st Fighter Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>31st Fighter Wing<small>Fighter wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Block 40 Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>510th Fighter Squadron<small>Buzzards &middot; Fighter squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Block 40 Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>555th Fighter Squadron<small>Triple Nickel &middot; Fighter squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Block 40 Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>56th Rescue Squadron<small>Combat rescue squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>HH-60W Jolly Green II<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"United Kingdom active 48th Fighter Wing\">\n<div><span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/lakenheath\/\">Royal Air Force Lakenheath<\/a> &middot; EGUL<\/span><em>48th Fighter Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>48th Fighter Wing<small>Liberty Wing &middot; Fighter wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\">F-15E Strike Eagle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>492nd Fighter Squadron<small>Madhatters &middot; Fighter squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\">F-15E Strike Eagle<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>494th Fighter Squadron<small>Panthers &middot; Fighter squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\">F-15E Strike Eagle<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>495th Fighter Squadron<small>Valkyries &middot; Fighter squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>493rd Fighter Squadron<small>Grim Reapers &middot; Fighter squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"United Kingdom active 100th Air Refueling Wing\">\n<div><span>Royal Air Force Mildenhall &middot; EGUN<\/span><em>100th Air Refueling Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>100th Air Refueling Wing<small>Bloody Hundredth &middot; Air refuelling wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>KC-135R Stratotanker<\/dd>\n<dt>352nd Special Operations Wing<small>Special operations wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>CV-22B Osprey, MC-130J Commando II<\/dd>\n<dt>501st Combat Support Wing<small>Combat support wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"United Kingdom active 420th Air Base Squadron\">\n<div><span>Royal Air Force Fairford &middot; EGVA<\/span><em>420th Air Base Squadron<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>420th Air Base Squadron<small>Air base squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>Bomber Task Force deployments<small>Rotational bomber deployment &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-1-lancer\/\">B-1B Lancer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-2-spirit\/\">B-2A Spirit<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron detachment<small>High-altitude reconnaissance detachment &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/u-2-dragon-lady\/\">U-2S Dragon Lady<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"United Kingdom active 422nd Air Base Group\">\n<div><span>Royal Air Force Croughton &middot; <\/span><em>422nd Air Base Group<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>422nd Air Base Group<small>Communications and support group &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Turkey active 39th Air Base Wing\">\n<div><span>Incirlik &middot; LTAG<\/span><em>39th Air Base Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>39th Air Base Wing<small>Air base wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>728th Air Mobility Squadron<small>Air mobility squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Portugal active 65th Air Base Group\">\n<div><span>Lajes Field &middot; LPLA<\/span><em>65th Air Base Group<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>65th Air Base Group<small>Air base group &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Spain active 496th Air Base Squadron\">\n<div><span>Moron &middot; LEMO<\/span><em>496th Air Base Squadron<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>496th Air Base Squadron<small>Air base squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force &ndash; Crisis Response &ndash; Africa<small>US Marine Corps crisis response force &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>MV-22B Osprey, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">KC-130J Hercules<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Germany active NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force, E-3A Component\">\n<div><span>NATO Geilenkirchen &middot; ETNG<\/span><em>NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force, E-3A Component<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>NATO E-3A Component<small>NATO airborne early warning wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>E-3A Sentry<\/dd>\n<dt>470th Air Base Squadron<small>US Air Force support squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Japan active 18th Wing\">\n<div><span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/kadena\/\">Kadena Air Base<\/a> &middot; RODN<\/span><em>18th Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>18th Wing<small>Composite wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>KC-135R Stratotanker, E-3B\/C Sentry, HH-60G Pave Hawk<\/dd>\n<dt>909th Air Refueling Squadron<small>Air refuelling squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>KC-135R Stratotanker<\/dd>\n<dt>961st Airborne Air Control Squadron<small>Airborne early warning squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>E-3B\/C Sentry<\/dd>\n<dt>33rd Rescue Squadron<small>Combat rescue squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>HH-60W Jolly Green II<\/dd>\n<dt>353rd Special Operations Wing<small>Special operations wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">MC-130J Commando II<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt class=\"was\">44th Fighter Squadron<small>1971&ndash;2022<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"was\">&mdash;<\/dd>\n<dt class=\"was\">67th Fighter Squadron<small>1971&ndash;2022<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"was\">&mdash;<\/dd>\n<dt class=\"was\">F-15EX Eagle II basing<small>2026&ndash;<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"was\">F-15EX Eagle II<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Japan active 35th Fighter Wing\">\n<div><span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/misawa\/\">Misawa Air Base<\/a> &middot; RJSM<\/span><em>35th Fighter Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>35th Fighter Wing<small>Fighter wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16CM\/DM Block 50 Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>13th Fighter Squadron<small>Panthers &middot; Fighter squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>14th Fighter Squadron<small>Samurais &middot; Fighter squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16CM\/DM Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Japan active 374th Airlift Wing\">\n<div><span>Yokota &middot; RJTY<\/span><em>374th Airlift Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>374th Airlift Wing<small>Theatre airlift wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130J Super Hercules<\/a>, C-12J Huron, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/uh-1-huey\/\">UH-1N Iroquois<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>21st Special Operations Squadron<small>Dust Devils &middot; Special operations squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>CV-22B Osprey<\/dd>\n<dt>Fifth Air Force<small>Numbered air force headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>Headquarters United States Forces Japan<small>Joint headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"South Korea active 51st Fighter Wing\">\n<div><span>Osan &middot; RKSO<\/span><em>51st Fighter Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>51st Fighter Wing<small>Fighter wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>36th Fighter Squadron<small>Flying Fiends &middot; Fighter squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Seventh Air Force<small>Numbered air force headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt class=\"was\">25th Fighter Squadron<small>1993&ndash;2025<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"was\">A-10C Thunderbolt II<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"South Korea active 8th Fighter Wing\">\n<div><span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/kunsan\/\">Kunsan Air Base<\/a> &middot; RKJK<\/span><em>8th Fighter Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>8th Fighter Wing<small>Wolf Pack &middot; Fighter wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>35th Fighter Squadron<small>Pantons &middot; Fighter squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>80th Fighter Squadron<small>Juvats &middot; Fighter squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Guam active 36th Wing\">\n<div><span><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/andersen\/\">Andersen Air Force Base<\/a> &middot; PGUA<\/span><em>36th Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>36th Wing<small>Air base wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No permanently assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>734th Air Mobility Squadron<small>Air mobility squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>Bomber Task Force deployments<small>Rotational bomber deployment &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-1-lancer\/\">B-1B Lancer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-2-spirit\/\">B-2A Spirit<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt class=\"was\">Continuous Bomber Presence<small>2004&ndash;2020<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"was\">B-52H Stratofortress, B-1B Lancer, B-2A Spirit<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"British Indian Ocean Territory active United States Navy Support Facility; USAF Detachment 1, 36th Wing\">\n<div><span>Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia &middot; FJDG<\/span><em>United States Navy Support Facility; USAF Detachment 1, 36th Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>Detachment 1, 36th Mission Support Group<small>USAF airfield detachment &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>730th Air Mobility Squadron<small>Air mobility squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>Bomber Task Force deployments<small>Rotational bomber deployment &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortress<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-1-lancer\/\">B-1B Lancer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-2-spirit\/\">B-2A Spirit<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Wake Island active Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center; 611th Air Support Group\">\n<div><span>Wake Island &middot; PWAK<\/span><em>Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center; 611th Air Support Group<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>611th Air Support Group detachment<small>Airfield operations detachment &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Qatar active 379th Air Expeditionary Wing\">\n<div><span>Al Udeid &middot; OTBH<\/span><em>379th Air Expeditionary Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>379th Air Expeditionary Wing<small>Air expeditionary wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>KC-135 Stratotanker, E-3 Sentry, RC-135 (variants), C-17 Globemaster III<\/dd>\n<dt>Combined Air Operations Center<small>Theatre air operations centre &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<dt>United States Air Forces Central, forward headquarters<small>Component command headquarters &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>No assigned aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Kuwait active 386th Air Expeditionary Wing\">\n<div><span>Ali Al Salem &middot; OKAS<\/span><em>386th Air Expeditionary Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>386th Air Expeditionary Wing<small>Air expeditionary wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130J Super Hercules<\/a>, Rotational tactical airlift and ISR aircraft<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"United Arab Emirates active 380th Air Expeditionary Wing\">\n<div><span>Al Dhafra &middot; OMAM<\/span><em>380th Air Expeditionary Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>380th Air Expeditionary Wing<small>Air expeditionary wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/u-2-dragon-lady\/\">U-2S Dragon Lady<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/rq-4-global-hawk\/\">RQ-4 Global Hawk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning II<\/a>, KC-10A Extender, E-3 Sentry<\/dd>\n<dt>99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron<small>High-altitude reconnaissance squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/u-2-dragon-lady\/\">U-2S Dragon Lady<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Saudi Arabia active 378th Air Expeditionary Wing\">\n<div><span>Prince Sultan &middot; OEPS<\/span><em>378th Air Expeditionary Wing<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>378th Air Expeditionary Wing<small>Air expeditionary wing &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\">F-15E Strike Eagle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16 Fighting Falcon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9 Reaper<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt class=\"was\">Combined Air Operations Center and Southern Watch force<small>1996&ndash;2003<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"was\">F-15C Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, U-2 Dragon Lady, E-3 Sentry<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Jordan active Royal Jordanian Air Force; US 407th Air Expeditionary Group element\">\n<div><span>Muwaffaq Salti &middot; OJMS<\/span><em>Royal Jordanian Air Force; US 407th Air Expeditionary Group element<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>407th Air Expeditionary Group<small>Air expeditionary group &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16 Fighting Falcon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\">MQ-9 Reaper<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oob\" data-x=\"Djibouti active Naval Expeditionary Base; 449th Air Expeditionary Group\">\n<div><span>Camp Lemonnier &middot; HDAM<\/span><em>Naval Expeditionary Base; 449th Air Expeditionary Group<\/em><i><\/i><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>449th Air Expeditionary Group<small>Air expeditionary group &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd>HC-130J Combat King II, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\">C-130J Super Hercules<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"qnone\" data-none=\"unitfind\">No unit matches that search.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"timeline\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Timeline<\/div>\n<h2>United States Air Force milestones, 1914 to today<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tl\">\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1907<\/div>\n<p>1 August: the Aeronautical Division of the US Army Signal Corps is established with one officer and two enlisted men. The Army buys its first aeroplane from the Wright brothers in 1909.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1941<\/div>\n<p>20 June: the Army Air Forces are established under General Henry &quot;Hap&quot; Arnold. By 1944 they field 2.4 million people and nearly 80,000 aircraft, the largest air force ever assembled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1947<\/div>\n<p>26 July: the National Security Act is signed. On 18 September Stuart Symington is sworn in as the first Secretary of the Air Force and the service becomes independent; General Carl Spaatz is the first Chief of Staff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1948<\/div>\n<p>26 June: the Berlin Airlift begins. Over fifteen months American and British crews fly 2.3 million tons into a blockaded city, and the new service proves that airpower can do something other than destroy. Strategic Air Command passes to General Curtis LeMay in October.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1950<\/div>\n<p>8 November: an F-80C shoots down a MiG-15 in the first jet-versus-jet combat in history &mdash; and the MiG-15 proves so superior to everything else in theatre that F-86 Sabres are rushed to Korea within weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1965<\/div>\n<p>2 March: Operation Rolling Thunder opens over North Vietnam. Missile-armed F-4s with no guns and restrictive rules of engagement produce kill ratios close to parity, the worst in Air Force history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1975<\/div>\n<p>29 November: the first Red Flag exercise is flown at Nellis Air Force Base, built on the finding that a crew&rsquo;s first ten combat missions were the most dangerous. Aggressor squadrons, the Fighter Weapons School and the teen series fighters come out of the same reckoning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1981<\/div>\n<p>18 June: the F-117A makes its first flight at Groom Lake. It is not acknowledged publicly until November 1988 and is not photographed properly until 1990.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1991<\/div>\n<p>17 January: F-117s open Operation Desert Storm over Baghdad. In 43 days coalition air forces fly more than 100,000 sorties; the F-117 flies about two per cent of them against forty per cent of the strategic targets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1992<\/div>\n<p>1 June: Strategic Air Command and Tactical Air Command are dissolved into Air Combat Command and Air Mobility Command. The fighter force falls from 24 wing equivalents to 13 and five rounds of base closures between 1988 and 1995 shut dozens of installations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1999<\/div>\n<p>27 March: an F-117 is shot down over Serbia by an SA-3 battery using long-wavelength radar. It is the only stealth aircraft ever lost to enemy fire and it ends the assumption that low observability means invulnerability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">2009<\/div>\n<p>Defense Secretary Robert Gates caps F-22 production at 187 aircraft, down from a planned 750. The line closes in 2011 and cannot realistically be reopened; the Air Force has been short of air superiority fighters ever since.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">2016<\/div>\n<p>2 August: the F-35A reaches initial operational capability at Hill Air Force Base. Full-rate production is not approved until 12 March 2024, more than twenty years after contract award.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">2019<\/div>\n<p>20 December: the United States Space Force is established as a separate service within the Department of the Air Force, taking the space mission, about 16,000 people and the missile warning and satellite control installations with it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">2023<\/div>\n<p>10 November: the B-21 Raider makes its first flight at Palmdale. At least 100 are planned for delivery from 2027, the first new American bomber since the B-2 flew in 1989.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">2026<\/div>\n<p>20 April: Secretary Troy Meink extends three A-10 squadrons to 2030 after the FY2026 budget had proposed retiring all 162 aircraft. In March the E-7A programme, cancelled the previous June, is revived as a two-prototype development effort.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"combat\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Combat record<\/div>\n<h2>Every war the United States Air Force has fought, 1916 to today<\/h2>\n<p class=\"spx-lede\">Twenty-one campaigns since 1916, across four names for the same air arm. <span class=\"imp\">The full record has every aircraft flown, every published loss, and where each figure comes from.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"statstrip dark\">\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>21<\/b><span>conflicts<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>1916<\/b><span>First<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>47,640<\/b><span>Aircraft lost<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>44,383<\/b><span>Killed<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"gl cml\">\n<li><b>Operation Epic Fury<\/b> <span class=\"de\">2026<\/span> Flew a 38-day campaign against Iranian air defences, ballistic missile and drone infrastructure, naval production and the nuclear industrial base, while defending coalition bases under sustained missile and drone attack<\/li>\n<li><b>Operation Midnight Hammer<\/b> <span class=\"de\">2025<\/span> Struck three Iranian nuclear sites in a single night with the only weapon and the only aeroplane able to reach them, supported by a large fighter and tanker package<\/li>\n<li><b>Operation Rough Rider<\/b> <span class=\"de\">2024-2025<\/span> Struck Houthi missile, drone and radar sites in Yemen to reopen Red Sea shipping, with bombers staging from Diego Garcia and fighters and Reapers flying from regional bases<\/li>\n<li><b>Operation Inherent Resolve<\/b> <span class=\"de\">2014-present<\/span> Provided the great majority of coalition strike, tanker, reconnaissance and airlift sorties against the Islamic State, working through Iraqi, Kurdish and Syrian Democratic Forces ground partners<\/li>\n<li><b>Operation Odyssey Dawn and Operation Unified Protector<\/b> <span class=\"de\">2011<\/span> Opened the no-fly zone with strikes on Libyan air defences, then handed the shooting to NATO partners while supplying most of the tanking, jamming and reconnaissance that kept the campaign flying<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"cbig\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/united-states-air-force\/combat-record\/\">Open the full combat record<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"news\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">From the magazine<\/div>\n<h2>United States Air Force news from Afterburner<\/h2>\n<p class=\"spx-lede\">Everything MiGFlug&rsquo;s magazine has published on the United States Air Force and the aircraft it flies. <span class=\"imp\">This list refreshes itself &mdash; new Afterburner stories appear here automatically.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ngrid\" id=\"newsgrid\" data-cats=\"664,670\" data-term=\"air force\" data-match=\"\\bUSAF\\b|U\\.?S\\.? Air Force|United States Air Force|\\bF-22\\b|\\bRaptor\\b|\\bB-21\\b|\\bB-52\\b|\\bB-2 \\b|\\bA-10\\b|Warthog|\\bF-117\\b|\\bSR-71\\b|Blackbird|\\bNellis\\b|Thunderbirds|\\bF-15EX\\b|\\bKC-46\\b|\\bKC-135\\b|\\bAC-130\\b|\\bC-17\\b|\\bU-2\\b|\\bB-29\\b|\\bB-17\\b|\\bP-51\\b|\\bF-86\\b|\\bF-105\\b|\\bXB-70\\b|\\bYF-23\\b|PACAF|Air National Guard|\\bAFRC\\b|Minuteman|Air Force Academy|Area 51|Groom Lake|Red Flag\" data-reject=\"\\bSWISS\\b|Swiss|Switzerland|Schweiz|Suisse|\\bRAAF\\b|\\bRNZAF\\b|\\bRAF\\b|Royal Air Force|Russia|Russian|Chinese|China|Ukrain|Israel|Iran|India|Turkey|Polish|Poland|Dutch|Netherlands|Swedish|Sweden|Japan|Taiwan|Egypt|Saudi|Brazil|Canadian|Italian|\\bItaly\\b|Spain|Greek|Luftwaffe|\\bNorth Korea|Tupolev|Sukhoi|Mikoyan|\\bMiG-|\\bSu-\\d|Stalin|Moscow|Kremlin|El Alamein\"><a class=\"ncard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/brian-shul-sr-71-pilot-burns-blackbird-dispute\/\"><span class=\"ncim ph92\"><\/span><span class=\"ncbody\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-09\">9 September 2026<\/time><span class=\"nct\">Brian Shul: The Burned Pilot Who Flew the Blackbird<\/span><span class=\"ncx\">He was burned almost to death in 1973, told he would never fly again, and ended up in an SR-71 at 85,000 feet. Fellow Blackbird crews have publicly disputed parts of his legend.<\/span><span class=\"ncgo\">Read the story<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class=\"ncard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/black-tuesday-namsi-1951-b-29-mig-15\/\"><span class=\"ncim ph93\"><\/span><span class=\"ncbody\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-09\">9 September 2026<\/time><span class=\"nct\">Namsi 1951: Black Tuesday and the End of the B-29<\/span><span class=\"ncx\">Nine B-29s went to Namsi on 23 October 1951. Six did not come back. It was the day the MiG-15 ended daylight strategic bombing in Korea.<\/span><span class=\"ncgo\">Read the story<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class=\"ncard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/pacaf-dronebuster-5-counter-drone-jammers-2026\/\"><span class=\"ncim ph94\"><\/span><span class=\"ncbody\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-09\">9 September 2026<\/time><span class=\"nct\">PACAF Wants 60 DroneBusters and Has No Money Yet<\/span><span class=\"ncx\">Pacific Air Forces has asked for 60 handheld DroneBuster 5 jammers to defend its Indo-Pacific bases. The solicitation also says the money is not there yet.<\/span><span class=\"ncgo\">Read the story<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class=\"ncard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/usaf-fighter-fleet-below-congressional-minimum-crs-2026\/\"><span class=\"ncim ph95\"><\/span><span class=\"ncbody\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-09\">9 September 2026<\/time><span class=\"nct\">USAF Fighter Fleet: 47 Jets Below the Legal Minimum<\/span><span class=\"ncx\">A new Congressional Research Service report puts numbers on it: the US Air Force is 47 fighters below its statutory floor, flying the oldest fighter fleet of any US service.<\/span><span class=\"ncgo\">Read the story<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class=\"ncard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/usaf-massed-modular-aircraft-mma-10-million-mq-9-replacement-2026\/\"><span class=\"ncim ph96\"><\/span><span class=\"ncbody\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-06\">6 September 2026<\/time><span class=\"nct\">USAF Wants a $10 Million Reaper Replacement by 2029<\/span><span class=\"ncx\">After losing a quarter of its MQ-9 fleet against Iran, the Air Force is accelerating Massed Modular Aircraft, a drone designed to be cheap enough to lose.<\/span><span class=\"ncgo\">Read the story<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class=\"ncard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/f-15ex-eagle-ii-267-jets-pentagon-report-risks-2026\/\"><span class=\"ncim ph97\"><\/span><span class=\"ncbody\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-04\">4 September 2026<\/time><span class=\"nct\">F-15EX Eagle II: The Pentagon&#8217;s Warning on Doubling the Buy<\/span><span class=\"ncx\">A new Pentagon acquisition report says the Air Force&#8217;s decision to grow the F-15EX fleet from 129 to 267 jets brings unpriced costs, obsolescence risk and delays.<\/span><span class=\"ncgo\">Read the story<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"nmore\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/\">All stories in Afterburner<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"faq\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Questions &amp; Answers<\/div>\n<h2>Everything people ask about the United States Air Force<\/h2>\n<div class=\"qa\">\n<details open>\n<summary>How many aircraft does the US Air Force have?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">4,865 aircraft at 30 September 2025, according to the Total Aircraft Inventory published in the 2026 USAF Almanac: 3,634 with the regular Air Force, 936 with the Air National Guard and 295 with Air Force Reserve Command. That count leaves out roughly a hundred special types such as the presidential VC-25A, the E-11A relay aircraft, the U-28A and the OA-1K, so the true figure is nearer 5,000. It is by a wide margin the largest air force in the world, and also the oldest: the average airframe is 31.75 years old.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How many people are in the US Air Force?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">319,119 on active duty at 30 September 2025, according to the personnel tables in the 2026 USAF Almanac, made up of 61,437 officers, 253,612 enlisted airmen and 4,070 Air Force Academy cadets. Add 105,120 in the Air National Guard and 95,619 in the Air Force Reserve, of whom 65,465 are Selected Reserve, and 183,146 Department of the Air Force civilians, and the service describes a Total Force of more than 689,000 people. The civilian figure covers the whole department, so some of it supports the Space Force rather than the Air Force. Recruiting, which was in trouble in 2023, has recovered sharply: the active Air Force met its FY2026 goal of 32,750 enlisted accessions five months early, its strongest year since 2004.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What is the US Air Force budget?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">USD 214.7 billion for FY2026. That is the Air Force share of an enacted Department of the Air Force budget of USD 292.8 billion; the balance is the Space Force at USD 31.7 billion and the pass-through money the department administers on behalf of other parts of the defence establishment but does not control &mdash; a quirk that makes the Air Force look considerably richer on paper than it is. The FY2027 request is far larger: USD 338.8 billion for the department, USD 267.7 billion of it Air Force, which the service called a record and a 38 per cent rise on the FY2026 enacted figure, with USD 7.4 billion for 38 F-35s, USD 3.9 billion for 15 KC-46s, about USD 7 billion for the B-21 and USD 2.7 billion for collaborative combat aircraft. A request is not an appropriation, so treat the FY2027 numbers as a proposal until Congress acts on them.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What fighter jets does the USAF fly?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Seven types, totalling 1,978 fighter and attack aircraft. The largest fleets are 826 <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16 Fighting Falcons<\/a> and 500 <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35A Lightning IIs<\/a>, followed by 217 <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\">F-15E Strike Eagles<\/a>, 184 <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22A Raptors<\/a>, 163 <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\">A-10C Thunderbolt IIs<\/a>, 75 ageing <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\">F-15C\/D Eagles<\/a> almost all in the Air National Guard, and 13 new-build F-15EX Eagle IIs. The F-47, the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter, is in development to succeed the F-22.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What bombers does the US Air Force operate?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Three types and 141 aircraft: 76 B-52H Stratofortresses, 45 <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-1-lancer\/\">B-1B Lancers<\/a> and 20 <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-2-spirit\/\">B-2A Spirits<\/a>. It is the smallest bomber force the service has ever had, and at an average age of just under 50 years the oldest. The <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-21-raider\/\">B-21 Raider<\/a> first flew on 10 November 2023 and is due to reach Ellsworth Air Force Base in 2027; at least 100 are planned, replacing the B-1 and B-2 and leaving the B-52 alongside it.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How many air bases does the US Air Force have, and where are the overseas ones?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">About 160 worldwide, though the count depends entirely on what you are willing to call a base. The Air Force runs roughly 60 to 70 active-duty main installations inside the United States; the Air National Guard adds about 180 sites, most of them enclaves on civil airports rather than Air Force property; and about a dozen are overseas main operating bases. Totals anywhere between 160 and 190 are defensible. The overseas main bases are Ramstein and Spangdahlem in Germany, RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall in the United Kingdom, Aviano in Italy, Incirlik in Turkey, Kadena, Misawa and Yokota in Japan, Osan and Kunsan in South Korea, Andersen on Guam, Al Udeid in Qatar and Lajes Field in the Azores. Guam and Hawaii are American territory but are counted as overseas for basing purposes, and Al Udeid is host-nation property that the Air Force uses rather than owns.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What is the difference between the Air Force, the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">They are the three components of one Total Force. The regular Air Force is full-time federal service, 319,119 people and 3,634 aircraft. The Air National Guard is organised by state, reports to governors for domestic emergencies and to the President when federalised, and fields about 105,000 people, 90 flying wings and 936 aircraft, mostly from civil airports. Air Force Reserve Command is a federal reserve of about 95,600, with 295 aircraft of its own and many associate units that share active-duty aeroplanes. Some fleets lean heavily on the reserves: 218 of 375 KC-135 tankers and 342 of 826 F-16s are Guard or Reserve aircraft.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Is the Space Force part of the Air Force?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">No. The United States Space Force has been a separate armed service since 20 December 2019. It sits inside the Department of the Air Force, which is why the two share a Secretary and a budget line, in the same way that the Marine Corps sits inside the Department of the Navy. Space Force guardians, satellites and installations are not Air Force assets and are not counted in Air Force aircraft or personnel figures.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How is the Air Force organised, and what are its major commands?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">From the top down: major command, numbered air force, wing, group, squadron, flight. The wing is the unit that matters most in daily life &mdash; it holds a base and its mission, is commanded by a brigadier general or a colonel, and normally contains four groups: operations, maintenance, mission support and medical. Squadrons are where the work actually happens; the Air Force has roughly 3,300 of them and they range from seven people to more than 600. The familiar major commands are Air Combat Command at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Air Mobility Command at Scott, Air Force Global Strike Command at Barksdale, Air Education and Training Command at JBSA-Randolph, Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson, Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Pacific Air Forces at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and US Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa at Ramstein, alongside Air Force Reserve Command at Robins and the Air National Guard. The 2026 almanac now groups the same organisations differently, as five institutional commands reporting to the Chief of Staff and ten service component commands reporting through the Secretary, so both lists are current depending on which document you are reading.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What do the two letters on the tail of an Air Force aircraft mean?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">They identify the aircraft&rsquo;s home wing, and so in practice its base. WA is the 57th Wing at Nellis, LN the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, HL the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill, FF the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley, ED the 412th Test Wing at Edwards. Below the letters sit two small digits for the fiscal year in which the airframe was ordered and three larger ones taken from the end of its serial number, a presentation standardised in 1993; the coloured band across the top of the fin carries the wing or squadron identity. Codes travel with units, so the same two letters can mean quite different things twenty years apart.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What is the oldest aircraft in the US Air Force?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">The B-52H, whose 76 aircraft average 62.8 years; the last one was delivered in October 1962 and none has been built since. Behind it come the KC-135 tanker fleet at 62.71 years, the RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft at 62.47, the T-38C trainer at 57.84 and the UH-1N helicopter at 52.59, all figures from the 2026 almanac inventory tables at 30 September 2025. The fleet as a whole averages 31.75 years, older than at any point in the service&rsquo;s history. These are fleet averages rather than individual airframes, and after decades of re-winging, re-engining and structural rework an aircraft&rsquo;s calendar age tells you less about it than its flying hours do.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What is the newest aircraft in the US Air Force?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">The T-7A Red Hawk, at an average age of 1.1 years &mdash; but only three were on strength at 30 September 2025, the first having reached Air Education and Training Command on 5 December 2025, four years behind the original plan. The next newest fleets are the MH-139A Grey Wolf at 1.87 years, the F-15EX Eagle II at 2.5 and the KC-46A at 4.27. Two further types are only now entering service: the EA-37B Compass Call, which moves the jamming suite of the EC-130H onto a Gulfstream G550, and the OA-1K Skyraider II, a crop-duster airframe rebuilt into an armed overwatch aircraft for special operations, of which 18 had been delivered by May 2026.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Is the A-10 being retired?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Not yet, and the date keeps moving. The Air Force has tried to divest the A-10 since 2014 and Congress has blocked it repeatedly; the FY2026 budget proposed retiring all 162 remaining aircraft, but on 20 April 2026 Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink extended three squadrons of 18 aircraft each &mdash; two active-duty squadrons at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia and one Air Force Reserve squadron at Whiteman in Missouri &mdash; citing heavy use in the Middle East and the time needed to raise combat aircraft production. That leaves 54 aircraft flying through 2029 and 36 into 2030. No Air National Guard squadron was extended: Gowen Field sent its first jet to the boneyard in May 2025, and Selfridge plans its last A-10 deployment in 2026. Pilot training and depot-level maintenance for the type have already stopped, so the fleet is shrinking regardless. Of the 163 aircraft counted in 2025, 89 belonged to the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Does the Air Force still fly the B-52 &mdash; and until when?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Yes. 76 <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52H Stratofortresses<\/a> remain, 58 active duty and 18 with the 307th Bomb Wing of the Air Force Reserve, and they average 62.8 years old &mdash; the last was delivered in October 1962. New Rolls-Royce F130 engines and an AN\/APG-79 radar are meant to produce the B-52J and keep it flying to about 2050, which would be a century of service for one airframe design. Both upgrades have run late and over cost, but no one has proposed retiring the aircraft.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Is the Air Force really retiring the F-22 Raptor before the F-35?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Not the fleet, and not yet. The Air Force asked to divest 32 Block 20 Raptors that are used for training and are not combat-coded, arguing that bringing them to Block 30 standard would cost more than USD 50 million each, about USD 3.3 billion in total, for aircraft it expects to retire in the 2030s anyway. Congress refused, and the House Armed Services Committee moved to prohibit F-22 retirements through fiscal 2032. So 184 Raptors remain of the 195 built, they are receiving Increment 3.2B software and a helmet-mounted cueing system, and the F-47 that is meant to succeed them is not due to fly until 2028. The F-35A will outlast the Raptor by decades regardless: there are 500 of them against 184, the fleet averages 4.92 years against a Raptor that entered service in 2005, and the programme of record runs to 1,763 aircraft.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What is the B-21 Raider and when does it enter service?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">A stealth long-range bomber built by Northrop Grumman, and the first new American bomber since the B-2 flew in 1989. It made its first flight at Palmdale on 10 November 2023, two test aircraft were flying from Edwards by 2026, and the first aircraft reaches Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota in 2027, with Whiteman and Dyess to follow. At least 100 are planned, US Strategic Command has argued for as many as 145, and Congress added USD 4.5 billion in 2026 to raise the production rate by about a quarter. It replaces the B-1 and the B-2 and will fly alongside the B-52 rather than instead of it.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What replaced the F-117, and why was it retired so early?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Nothing replaced it directly. Its mission passed to the B-2 and then to the F-22 and F-35, all stealthy and all able to carry far more than the F-117&rsquo;s two laser-guided bombs. It was retired in April 2008, 25 years after entering service, because the Air Force wanted the money for F-22s; the service put the saving at roughly USD 1.1 billion in procurement and USD 5.1 billion in manpower accounts. It was also a single-role subsonic night attacker with no self-defence armament and an expensive low-observable coating to maintain, and the loss of one to an SA-3 battery over Serbia on 27 March 1999 had already shown the limits of first-generation stealth. Fifty-nine production aircraft were built, and rather than being scrapped a number are kept airworthy at Tonopah for test and adversary work.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What went wrong with the KC-46 tanker programme?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">The camera system the boom operator uses. The KC-46A replaced the direct view from the old boom pod with a remote vision system whose imagery has proved distorted enough to scrape receiver aircraft, and the corrected three-dimensional version is now promised for 2027, four years late. Boeing took the work on a fixed-price contract and has absorbed more than USD 5 billion in charges, including USD 565 million in a single quarter in early 2026, while the Air Force has repeatedly withheld payments and paused deliveries, most recently over cracks in the airframe. 96 aircraft were on strength at 30 September 2025 against 188 planned; they are cleared to refuel combat receivers with the exception of the A-10, and mission-capable rates have been running near 50 per cent against a 90 per cent target. The programme&rsquo;s origins were worse still: the first attempt at a tanker deal, a lease arrangement, sent a Boeing executive and an Air Force acquisition official to prison.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Why does the Air Force keep buying fewer aircraft than it retires?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Because unit costs have risen faster than budgets and because every replacement has run late. The F-22 was capped at 187 instead of 750, the F-35A is arriving at 24 to 48 a year against a plan of 60, the KC-46 has been delivered with a remote vision system that still does not work properly, the T-7A trainer slipped four years, and the E-7A was cancelled in 2025 and only part-restored in 2026. The result is a fleet averaging 31.75 years, older than at any point in the service&rsquo;s history, and a persistent argument with Congress over which old aircraft may be retired before the new ones exist.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What is Air Force Global Strike Command, and what does it control?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">The bombers and the intercontinental ballistic missiles: both of the Air Force&rsquo;s legs of the American nuclear triad, and the whole conventional bomber force with them. Formed in 2009 and headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, it holds more than 36,400 people in twelve active-duty, Guard and Reserve wings under two numbered air forces: 8th Air Force for the bombers, 20th Air Force for the intercontinental ballistic missiles. That covers all 141 B-52, B-1 and B-2 bombers and the B-21 as it arrives, 400 Minuteman III missiles held by the 90th, 341st and 91st Missile Wings at F. E. Warren, Malmstrom and Minot, the helicopters that patrol the missile fields, and the E-4B national airborne operations centre aircraft at Offutt.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How does the Air Force&rsquo;s nuclear mission actually work?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">The Air Force holds two legs of the triad and the Navy holds the third. The land leg is 400 Minuteman III missiles on alert, spread across three fields of 150 silos each in Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota and neighbouring states, so 50 of the 450 silos stand empty. Launch control is by two-officer crews on 24-hour shifts in underground capsules, and the 2026 Nuclear Notebook in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists puts roughly 400 warheads on them out of about 800 available. The air leg is about 46 nuclear-capable B-52Hs carrying air-launched cruise missiles with W80-1 warheads and about 19 B-2As carrying B61-11 and B61-12 gravity bombs; the B-52 no longer delivers gravity bombs at all. Nothing sits on airborne alert &mdash; bombers came off continuous alert in 1991 &mdash; and the weapons live at a small number of guarded storage sites rather than on the aircraft. Replacement is going badly: the LGM-35A Sentinel is still being restructured after a cost breach, with the restructure due to finish at the end of 2026 and initial capability not expected before the early 2030s, so the Minuteman III, declared operational in 1970 with a ten-year design life, is being extended yet again.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What is a collaborative combat aircraft?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">An uncrewed aircraft cheap enough to buy in numbers and capable enough to fly alongside a manned fighter as a wingman, carrying weapons or sensors and accepting risks a crewed aeroplane should not. Increment 1 produced two prototypes: General Atomics&rsquo; YFQ-42A, first flown in August 2025, and Anduril&rsquo;s YFQ-44A Fury, first flown in October 2025. On 17 June 2026 the Air Force ordered both into production rather than choosing between them, four months ahead of schedule, and it wants more than 150 combat-capable aircraft by the end of the decade, with close to USD 1 billion requested in FY2027 to begin buying them. An Increment 2 is planned but its requirements have not been published. The reasoning behind all of it is the same worry that hangs over the MQ-9 Reaper: a large, slow, expensive drone does not survive a modern integrated air defence.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How do you become an Air Force pilot?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">You become a commissioned officer first. The three routes are the Air Force Academy, Air Force ROTC at a civilian university, and Officer Training School for people who already hold a degree; a bachelor&rsquo;s degree in any subject is the minimum and candidates must start Undergraduate Pilot Training before their 33rd birthday, with waivers possible. Selection turns on the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test, the Test of Basic Aviation Skills and the resulting Pilot Candidate Selection Method score, which folds in any civilian flying hours. The medical bar is a Class I flight physical: vision correctable to 20\/20, normal colour vision, and an anthropometric assessment matching the candidate to an aircraft rather than a blanket height rule &mdash; the old requirement to stand between 64 and 77 inches was dropped on 13 May 2020 because it excluded roughly 44 per cent of American women aged 20 to 29.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How long is an Air Force pilot&rsquo;s service commitment?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Ten years from the day they are awarded their wings, the longest active-duty service commitment in the American military, set out in DAFMAN 36-2139 of 1 July 2025. Navigators, combat systems officers, air battle managers and remotely piloted aircraft pilots incur six years. The clock starts after training, which itself takes more than a year, and Academy or ROTC graduates are already carrying a separate commissioning obligation on top. That ten-year figure is why airline hiring cycles reach the Air Force with roughly a decade&rsquo;s lag, and why retention bonuses are a permanent fixture of the rated force.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What is the Air Force Academy?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">The service&rsquo;s four-year undergraduate college and one of the three main routes to a commission, at Colorado Springs, Colorado, 7,258 feet above sea level on an 18,500-acre campus. President Eisenhower signed it into law on 1 April 1954; the first 306 cadets were sworn in on 11 July 1955 at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, and the first class graduated on 3 June 1959. The Cadet Wing runs a little over 4,000 strong &mdash; 4,070 cadets appear in the 30 September 2025 personnel tables, counted as part of active-duty end strength. Admission normally requires a nomination from a member of Congress, tuition is free in exchange for five years of active service and three in the reserves, and graduates now commission into either the Air Force or the Space Force.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Where does the Air Force fly its training missions, and what is Red Flag?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Pilot training runs at four bases &mdash; Columbus in Mississippi, Laughlin and Sheppard in Texas, and Vance in Oklahoma &mdash; where students fly the T-6A Texan II and the T-38C Talon as the T-7A Red Hawk slowly begins to replace the latter. Combat training happens over the ranges, above all the Nevada Test and Training Range north of Las Vegas, about 2.9 million acres and the largest contiguous block of overland special use airspace in the western world, carrying roughly 2,200 targets. Red Flag is the exercise flown there, first run on 29 November 1975 after Vietnam showed that a crew&rsquo;s first ten combat missions were the ones most likely to kill them; the answer was to make them fly those ten in peacetime against a dedicated aggressor force. Several iterations run each year and they now draw allied air forces and space and cyber players; Red Flag-Nellis 26-1 in February 2026 involved 32 units including the Royal Australian Air Force and the Royal Air Force. Red Flag-Alaska is the Pacific counterpart, flown over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What are the Thunderbirds?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">The Air Force&rsquo;s aerial demonstration squadron, formally the United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, based at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada and activated on 25 May 1953. It flies eight F-16 Fighting Falcons, six single-seat C models for the demonstration and two two-seat D models, and has used the type since 1983 after the F-84, F-100, F-105, F-4 and T-38 before it. The squadron numbers about 12 officers and roughly 130 enlisted and civilian support staff, flies in the order of 88 demonstrations a year, and its pilots serve two-year tours. The aircraft are combat-capable and can be returned to operational service in a matter of days.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Can a civilian fly in a US Air Force aircraft?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Rarely, and never as a paying passenger. DAFMAN 11-401 sets out who may be carried and the list is narrow: service academy and ROTC cadets, Civil Air Patrol cadets, Scouting America members, military spouses under restrictions, members of Congress and their staff approved by the Secretary of the Air Force, and senior government officials approved by a major command commander. Such flights must begin and end at the same airfield, cannot be used as transport, and commanders are explicitly told not to authorise them for personal convenience or recreation. Media and civic-leader orientation flights exist but are approved case by case through a wing&rsquo;s public affairs office. Flying in a fast jet as a private individual is a different proposition altogether, and it is possible in a handful of countries where ex-military aircraft are operated on civil registers rather than by an air force. In the United States that means types such as the L-39 Albatros: MiGFlug has flown civilians in <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/l-39-albatros-florida\/\">an L-39 out of Florida<\/a> since 2004, with aerobatics and time on the controls, which is as close to an Air Force cockpit as a member of the public is going to get.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How many aircraft has the Air Force lost in accidents recently?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">The Air Force Safety Center recorded 19 Class A flight mishaps in fiscal 2025 and 25 by 29 July in fiscal 2026, and about 14 Air Force aircraft were destroyed during 2026, already above the decade&rsquo;s annual average; the worst recent year was 2016, with 24 destroyed. A Class A mishap is not necessarily a lost aeroplane: the threshold is a fatality, a permanent total disability, a destroyed aircraft or at least USD 2.5 million of damage. Across all four services Class A aviation mishaps peaked at 54 in fiscal 2024, a six-year high, fell to 39 in fiscal 2025, and the Pentagon stood up an aviation mishap task force on 15 January 2026 to examine the trend. Figures shift as investigations close and different sources count different things, so treat any single year as provisional.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"How many aircraft does the US Air Force have?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"4,865 aircraft at 30 September 2025, according to the Total Aircraft Inventory published in the 2026 USAF Almanac: 3,634 with the regular Air Force, 936 with the Air National Guard and 295 with Air Force Reserve Command. That count leaves out roughly a hundred special types such as the presidential VC-25A, the E-11A relay aircraft, the U-28A and the OA-1K, so the true figure is nearer 5,000. It is by a wide margin the largest air force in the world, and also the oldest: the average airframe is 31.75 years old.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"How many people are in the US Air Force?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"319,119 on active duty at 30 September 2025, according to the personnel tables in the 2026 USAF Almanac, made up of 61,437 officers, 253,612 enlisted airmen and 4,070 Air Force Academy cadets. Add 105,120 in the Air National Guard and 95,619 in the Air Force Reserve, of whom 65,465 are Selected Reserve, and 183,146 Department of the Air Force civilians, and the service describes a Total Force of more than 689,000 people. The civilian figure covers the whole department, so some of it supports the Space Force rather than the Air Force. Recruiting, which was in trouble in 2023, has recovered sharply: the active Air Force met its FY2026 goal of 32,750 enlisted accessions five months early, its strongest year since 2004.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What is the US Air Force budget?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"USD 214.7 billion for FY2026. That is the Air Force share of an enacted Department of the Air Force budget of USD 292.8 billion; the balance is the Space Force at USD 31.7 billion and the pass-through money the department administers on behalf of other parts of the defence establishment but does not control \\u2014 a quirk that makes the Air Force look considerably richer on paper than it is. The FY2027 request is far larger: USD 338.8 billion for the department, USD 267.7 billion of it Air Force, which the service called a record and a 38 per cent rise on the FY2026 enacted figure, with USD 7.4 billion for 38 F-35s, USD 3.9 billion for 15 KC-46s, about USD 7 billion for the B-21 and USD 2.7 billion for collaborative combat aircraft. A request is not an appropriation, so treat the FY2027 numbers as a proposal until Congress acts on them.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What fighter jets does the USAF fly?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Seven types, totalling 1,978 fighter and attack aircraft. The largest fleets are 826 F-16 Fighting Falcons and 500 F-35A Lightning IIs, followed by 217 F-15E Strike Eagles, 184 F-22A Raptors, 163 A-10C Thunderbolt IIs, 75 ageing F-15C\/D Eagles almost all in the Air National Guard, and 13 new-build F-15EX Eagle IIs. The F-47, the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter, is in development to succeed the F-22.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What bombers does the US Air Force operate?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Three types and 141 aircraft: 76 B-52H Stratofortresses, 45 B-1B Lancers and 20 B-2A Spirits. It is the smallest bomber force the service has ever had, and at an average age of just under 50 years the oldest. The B-21 Raider first flew on 10 November 2023 and is due to reach Ellsworth Air Force Base in 2027; at least 100 are planned, replacing the B-1 and B-2 and leaving the B-52 alongside it.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"How many air bases does the US Air Force have, and where are the overseas ones?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"About 160 worldwide, though the count depends entirely on what you are willing to call a base. The Air Force runs roughly 60 to 70 active-duty main installations inside the United States; the Air National Guard adds about 180 sites, most of them enclaves on civil airports rather than Air Force property; and about a dozen are overseas main operating bases. Totals anywhere between 160 and 190 are defensible. The overseas main bases are Ramstein and Spangdahlem in Germany, RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall in the United Kingdom, Aviano in Italy, Incirlik in Turkey, Kadena, Misawa and Yokota in Japan, Osan and Kunsan in South Korea, Andersen on Guam, Al Udeid in Qatar and Lajes Field in the Azores. Guam and Hawaii are American territory but are counted as overseas for basing purposes, and Al Udeid is host-nation property that the Air Force uses rather than owns.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What is the difference between the Air Force, the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"They are the three components of one Total Force. The regular Air Force is full-time federal service, 319,119 people and 3,634 aircraft. The Air National Guard is organised by state, reports to governors for domestic emergencies and to the President when federalised, and fields about 105,000 people, 90 flying wings and 936 aircraft, mostly from civil airports. Air Force Reserve Command is a federal reserve of about 95,600, with 295 aircraft of its own and many associate units that share active-duty aeroplanes. Some fleets lean heavily on the reserves: 218 of 375 KC-135 tankers and 342 of 826 F-16s are Guard or Reserve aircraft.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is the Space Force part of the Air Force?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"No. The United States Space Force has been a separate armed service since 20 December 2019. It sits inside the Department of the Air Force, which is why the two share a Secretary and a budget line, in the same way that the Marine Corps sits inside the Department of the Navy. Space Force guardians, satellites and installations are not Air Force assets and are not counted in Air Force aircraft or personnel figures.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"How is the Air Force organised, and what are its major commands?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"From the top down: major command, numbered air force, wing, group, squadron, flight. The wing is the unit that matters most in daily life \\u2014 it holds a base and its mission, is commanded by a brigadier general or a colonel, and normally contains four groups: operations, maintenance, mission support and medical. Squadrons are where the work actually happens; the Air Force has roughly 3,300 of them and they range from seven people to more than 600. The familiar major commands are Air Combat Command at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Air Mobility Command at Scott, Air Force Global Strike Command at Barksdale, Air Education and Training Command at JBSA-Randolph, Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson, Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Pacific Air Forces at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and US Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa at Ramstein, alongside Air Force Reserve Command at Robins and the Air National Guard. The 2026 almanac now groups the same organisations differently, as five institutional commands reporting to the Chief of Staff and ten service component commands reporting through the Secretary, so both lists are current depending on which document you are reading.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What do the two letters on the tail of an Air Force aircraft mean?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"They identify the aircraft\\u2019s home wing, and so in practice its base. WA is the 57th Wing at Nellis, LN the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, HL the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill, FF the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley, ED the 412th Test Wing at Edwards. Below the letters sit two small digits for the fiscal year in which the airframe was ordered and three larger ones taken from the end of its serial number, a presentation standardised in 1993; the coloured band across the top of the fin carries the wing or squadron identity. Codes travel with units, so the same two letters can mean quite different things twenty years apart.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What is the oldest aircraft in the US Air Force?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"The B-52H, whose 76 aircraft average 62.8 years; the last one was delivered in October 1962 and none has been built since. Behind it come the KC-135 tanker fleet at 62.71 years, the RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft at 62.47, the T-38C trainer at 57.84 and the UH-1N helicopter at 52.59, all figures from the 2026 almanac inventory tables at 30 September 2025. The fleet as a whole averages 31.75 years, older than at any point in the service\\u2019s history. These are fleet averages rather than individual airframes, and after decades of re-winging, re-engining and structural rework an aircraft\\u2019s calendar age tells you less about it than its flying hours do.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What is the newest aircraft in the US Air Force?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"The T-7A Red Hawk, at an average age of 1.1 years \\u2014 but only three were on strength at 30 September 2025, the first having reached Air Education and Training Command on 5 December 2025, four years behind the original plan. The next newest fleets are the MH-139A Grey Wolf at 1.87 years, the F-15EX Eagle II at 2.5 and the KC-46A at 4.27. Two further types are only now entering service: the EA-37B Compass Call, which moves the jamming suite of the EC-130H onto a Gulfstream G550, and the OA-1K Skyraider II, a crop-duster airframe rebuilt into an armed overwatch aircraft for special operations, of which 18 had been delivered by May 2026.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is the A-10 being retired?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Not yet, and the date keeps moving. The Air Force has tried to divest the A-10 since 2014 and Congress has blocked it repeatedly; the FY2026 budget proposed retiring all 162 remaining aircraft, but on 20 April 2026 Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink extended three squadrons of 18 aircraft each \\u2014 two active-duty squadrons at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia and one Air Force Reserve squadron at Whiteman in Missouri \\u2014 citing heavy use in the Middle East and the time needed to raise combat aircraft production. That leaves 54 aircraft flying through 2029 and 36 into 2030. No Air National Guard squadron was extended: Gowen Field sent its first jet to the boneyard in May 2025, and Selfridge plans its last A-10 deployment in 2026. Pilot training and depot-level maintenance for the type have already stopped, so the fleet is shrinking regardless. Of the 163 aircraft counted in 2025, 89 belonged to the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Does the Air Force still fly the B-52 \\u2014 and until when?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 76 B-52H Stratofortresses remain, 58 active duty and 18 with the 307th Bomb Wing of the Air Force Reserve, and they average 62.8 years old \\u2014 the last was delivered in October 1962. New Rolls-Royce F130 engines and an AN\/APG-79 radar are meant to produce the B-52J and keep it flying to about 2050, which would be a century of service for one airframe design. Both upgrades have run late and over cost, but no one has proposed retiring the aircraft.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is the Air Force really retiring the F-22 Raptor before the F-35?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Not the fleet, and not yet. The Air Force asked to divest 32 Block 20 Raptors that are used for training and are not combat-coded, arguing that bringing them to Block 30 standard would cost more than USD 50 million each, about USD 3.3 billion in total, for aircraft it expects to retire in the 2030s anyway. Congress refused, and the House Armed Services Committee moved to prohibit F-22 retirements through fiscal 2032. So 184 Raptors remain of the 195 built, they are receiving Increment 3.2B software and a helmet-mounted cueing system, and the F-47 that is meant to succeed them is not due to fly until 2028. The F-35A will outlast the Raptor by decades regardless: there are 500 of them against 184, the fleet averages 4.92 years against a Raptor that entered service in 2005, and the programme of record runs to 1,763 aircraft.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What is the B-21 Raider and when does it enter service?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"A stealth long-range bomber built by Northrop Grumman, and the first new American bomber since the B-2 flew in 1989. It made its first flight at Palmdale on 10 November 2023, two test aircraft were flying from Edwards by 2026, and the first aircraft reaches Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota in 2027, with Whiteman and Dyess to follow. At least 100 are planned, US Strategic Command has argued for as many as 145, and Congress added USD 4.5 billion in 2026 to raise the production rate by about a quarter. It replaces the B-1 and the B-2 and will fly alongside the B-52 rather than instead of it.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What replaced the F-117, and why was it retired so early?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Nothing replaced it directly. Its mission passed to the B-2 and then to the F-22 and F-35, all stealthy and all able to carry far more than the F-117\\u2019s two laser-guided bombs. It was retired in April 2008, 25 years after entering service, because the Air Force wanted the money for F-22s; the service put the saving at roughly USD 1.1 billion in procurement and USD 5.1 billion in manpower accounts. It was also a single-role subsonic night attacker with no self-defence armament and an expensive low-observable coating to maintain, and the loss of one to an SA-3 battery over Serbia on 27 March 1999 had already shown the limits of first-generation stealth. Fifty-nine production aircraft were built, and rather than being scrapped a number are kept airworthy at Tonopah for test and adversary work.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What went wrong with the KC-46 tanker programme?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"The camera system the boom operator uses. The KC-46A replaced the direct view from the old boom pod with a remote vision system whose imagery has proved distorted enough to scrape receiver aircraft, and the corrected three-dimensional version is now promised for 2027, four years late. Boeing took the work on a fixed-price contract and has absorbed more than USD 5 billion in charges, including USD 565 million in a single quarter in early 2026, while the Air Force has repeatedly withheld payments and paused deliveries, most recently over cracks in the airframe. 96 aircraft were on strength at 30 September 2025 against 188 planned; they are cleared to refuel combat receivers with the exception of the A-10, and mission-capable rates have been running near 50 per cent against a 90 per cent target. The programme\\u2019s origins were worse still: the first attempt at a tanker deal, a lease arrangement, sent a Boeing executive and an Air Force acquisition official to prison.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Why does the Air Force keep buying fewer aircraft than it retires?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Because unit costs have risen faster than budgets and because every replacement has run late. The F-22 was capped at 187 instead of 750, the F-35A is arriving at 24 to 48 a year against a plan of 60, the KC-46 has been delivered with a remote vision system that still does not work properly, the T-7A trainer slipped four years, and the E-7A was cancelled in 2025 and only part-restored in 2026. The result is a fleet averaging 31.75 years, older than at any point in the service\\u2019s history, and a persistent argument with Congress over which old aircraft may be retired before the new ones exist.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What is Air Force Global Strike Command, and what does it control?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"The bombers and the intercontinental ballistic missiles: both of the Air Force\\u2019s legs of the American nuclear triad, and the whole conventional bomber force with them. Formed in 2009 and headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, it holds more than 36,400 people in twelve active-duty, Guard and Reserve wings under two numbered air forces: 8th Air Force for the bombers, 20th Air Force for the intercontinental ballistic missiles. That covers all 141 B-52, B-1 and B-2 bombers and the B-21 as it arrives, 400 Minuteman III missiles held by the 90th, 341st and 91st Missile Wings at F. E. Warren, Malmstrom and Minot, the helicopters that patrol the missile fields, and the E-4B national airborne operations centre aircraft at Offutt.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"How does the Air Force\\u2019s nuclear mission actually work?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"The Air Force holds two legs of the triad and the Navy holds the third. The land leg is 400 Minuteman III missiles on alert, spread across three fields of 150 silos each in Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota and neighbouring states, so 50 of the 450 silos stand empty. Launch control is by two-officer crews on 24-hour shifts in underground capsules, and the 2026 Nuclear Notebook in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists puts roughly 400 warheads on them out of about 800 available. The air leg is about 46 nuclear-capable B-52Hs carrying air-launched cruise missiles with W80-1 warheads and about 19 B-2As carrying B61-11 and B61-12 gravity bombs; the B-52 no longer delivers gravity bombs at all. Nothing sits on airborne alert \\u2014 bombers came off continuous alert in 1991 \\u2014 and the weapons live at a small number of guarded storage sites rather than on the aircraft. Replacement is going badly: the LGM-35A Sentinel is still being restructured after a cost breach, with the restructure due to finish at the end of 2026 and initial capability not expected before the early 2030s, so the Minuteman III, declared operational in 1970 with a ten-year design life, is being extended yet again.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What is a collaborative combat aircraft?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"An uncrewed aircraft cheap enough to buy in numbers and capable enough to fly alongside a manned fighter as a wingman, carrying weapons or sensors and accepting risks a crewed aeroplane should not. Increment 1 produced two prototypes: General Atomics\\u2019 YFQ-42A, first flown in August 2025, and Anduril\\u2019s YFQ-44A Fury, first flown in October 2025. On 17 June 2026 the Air Force ordered both into production rather than choosing between them, four months ahead of schedule, and it wants more than 150 combat-capable aircraft by the end of the decade, with close to USD 1 billion requested in FY2027 to begin buying them. An Increment 2 is planned but its requirements have not been published. The reasoning behind all of it is the same worry that hangs over the MQ-9 Reaper: a large, slow, expensive drone does not survive a modern integrated air defence.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"How do you become an Air Force pilot?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"You become a commissioned officer first. The three routes are the Air Force Academy, Air Force ROTC at a civilian university, and Officer Training School for people who already hold a degree; a bachelor\\u2019s degree in any subject is the minimum and candidates must start Undergraduate Pilot Training before their 33rd birthday, with waivers possible. Selection turns on the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test, the Test of Basic Aviation Skills and the resulting Pilot Candidate Selection Method score, which folds in any civilian flying hours. The medical bar is a Class I flight physical: vision correctable to 20\/20, normal colour vision, and an anthropometric assessment matching the candidate to an aircraft rather than a blanket height rule \\u2014 the old requirement to stand between 64 and 77 inches was dropped on 13 May 2020 because it excluded roughly 44 per cent of American women aged 20 to 29.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"How long is an Air Force pilot\\u2019s service commitment?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Ten years from the day they are awarded their wings, the longest active-duty service commitment in the American military, set out in DAFMAN 36-2139 of 1 July 2025. Navigators, combat systems officers, air battle managers and remotely piloted aircraft pilots incur six years. The clock starts after training, which itself takes more than a year, and Academy or ROTC graduates are already carrying a separate commissioning obligation on top. That ten-year figure is why airline hiring cycles reach the Air Force with roughly a decade\\u2019s lag, and why retention bonuses are a permanent fixture of the rated force.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What is the Air Force Academy?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"The service\\u2019s four-year undergraduate college and one of the three main routes to a commission, at Colorado Springs, Colorado, 7,258 feet above sea level on an 18,500-acre campus. President Eisenhower signed it into law on 1 April 1954; the first 306 cadets were sworn in on 11 July 1955 at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, and the first class graduated on 3 June 1959. The Cadet Wing runs a little over 4,000 strong \\u2014 4,070 cadets appear in the 30 September 2025 personnel tables, counted as part of active-duty end strength. Admission normally requires a nomination from a member of Congress, tuition is free in exchange for five years of active service and three in the reserves, and graduates now commission into either the Air Force or the Space Force.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Where does the Air Force fly its training missions, and what is Red Flag?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Pilot training runs at four bases \\u2014 Columbus in Mississippi, Laughlin and Sheppard in Texas, and Vance in Oklahoma \\u2014 where students fly the T-6A Texan II and the T-38C Talon as the T-7A Red Hawk slowly begins to replace the latter. Combat training happens over the ranges, above all the Nevada Test and Training Range north of Las Vegas, about 2.9 million acres and the largest contiguous block of overland special use airspace in the western world, carrying roughly 2,200 targets. Red Flag is the exercise flown there, first run on 29 November 1975 after Vietnam showed that a crew\\u2019s first ten combat missions were the ones most likely to kill them; the answer was to make them fly those ten in peacetime against a dedicated aggressor force. Several iterations run each year and they now draw allied air forces and space and cyber players; Red Flag-Nellis 26-1 in February 2026 involved 32 units including the Royal Australian Air Force and the Royal Air Force. Red Flag-Alaska is the Pacific counterpart, flown over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What are the Thunderbirds?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"The Air Force\\u2019s aerial demonstration squadron, formally the United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, based at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada and activated on 25 May 1953. It flies eight F-16 Fighting Falcons, six single-seat C models for the demonstration and two two-seat D models, and has used the type since 1983 after the F-84, F-100, F-105, F-4 and T-38 before it. The squadron numbers about 12 officers and roughly 130 enlisted and civilian support staff, flies in the order of 88 demonstrations a year, and its pilots serve two-year tours. The aircraft are combat-capable and can be returned to operational service in a matter of days.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Can a civilian fly in a US Air Force aircraft?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Rarely, and never as a paying passenger. DAFMAN 11-401 sets out who may be carried and the list is narrow: service academy and ROTC cadets, Civil Air Patrol cadets, Scouting America members, military spouses under restrictions, members of Congress and their staff approved by the Secretary of the Air Force, and senior government officials approved by a major command commander. Such flights must begin and end at the same airfield, cannot be used as transport, and commanders are explicitly told not to authorise them for personal convenience or recreation. Media and civic-leader orientation flights exist but are approved case by case through a wing\\u2019s public affairs office. Flying in a fast jet as a private individual is a different proposition altogether, and it is possible in a handful of countries where ex-military aircraft are operated on civil registers rather than by an air force. In the United States that means types such as the L-39 Albatros: MiGFlug has flown civilians in an L-39 out of Florida since 2004, with aerobatics and time on the controls, which is as close to an Air Force cockpit as a member of the public is going to get.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"How many aircraft has the Air Force lost in accidents recently?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"The Air Force Safety Center recorded 19 Class A flight mishaps in fiscal 2025 and 25 by 29 July in fiscal 2026, and about 14 Air Force aircraft were destroyed during 2026, already above the decade\\u2019s annual average; the worst recent year was 2016, with 24 destroyed. A Class A mishap is not necessarily a lost aeroplane: the threshold is a fatality, a permanent total disability, a destroyed aircraft or at least USD 2.5 million of damage. Across all four services Class A aviation mishaps peaked at 54 in fiscal 2024, a six-year high, fell to 39 in fiscal 2025, and the Pentagon stood up an aviation mishap task force on 15 January 2026 to examine the trend. Figures shift as investigations close and different sources count different things, so treat any single year as provisional.\"}}]}<\/script><hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Continue the tour<\/div>\n<h2>Read the aircraft the United States Air Force flew<\/h2>\n<p class=\"spx-lede\">Every type with a page in the Book of Beasts, in service first, then by the year it left the fleet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"acgrid\"><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-10-warthog\/\"><span class=\"im ph3\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Fairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\"><span class=\"im ph4\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>McDonnell Douglas F-15C\/D Eagle<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15e-strike-eagle\/\"><span class=\"im ph5\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-15-eagle\/\"><span class=\"im ph6\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Boeing F-15EX Eagle II<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\"><span class=\"im ph7\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>General Dynamics F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\"><span class=\"im ph8\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\"><span class=\"im ph9\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-29-super-tucano\/\"><span class=\"im ph11\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Embraer and Sierra Nevada A-29B Super Tucano<span class=\"nflag nf9\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in Brazil\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-1-lancer\/\"><span class=\"im ph12\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Rockwell B-1B Lancer<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-2-spirit\/\"><span class=\"im ph13\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Northrop Grumman B-2A Spirit<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\"><span class=\"im ph14\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Boeing B-52H Stratofortress<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/ac-130-gunship\/\"><span class=\"im ph15\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Lockheed Martin AC-130J Ghostrider<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\"><span class=\"im ph16\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Lockheed Martin MC-130H and MC-130J Commando II<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\"><span class=\"im ph20\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Lockheed Martin EC-130H Compass Call and EC-130J Commando Solo<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/u-2-dragon-lady\/\"><span class=\"im ph24\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Lockheed U-2S Dragon Lady<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/rq-4-global-hawk\/\"><span class=\"im ph25\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mq-9-reaper\/\"><span class=\"im ph26\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\"><span class=\"im ph29\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Lockheed Martin HC-130J Combat King II<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\"><span class=\"im ph32\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Lockheed Martin C-130H and C-130J Hercules<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\"><span class=\"im ph33\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Lockheed Martin LC-130H Hercules<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/c-130-hercules\/\"><span class=\"im ph34\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Lockheed Martin WC-130J Hercules<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/uh-60-black-hawk\/\"><span class=\"im ph45\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk and HH-60W Jolly Green II<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/uh-1-huey\/\"><span class=\"im ph47\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Bell UH-1N Iroquois<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/uh-1-huey\/\"><span class=\"im ph48\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Bell TH-1H Iroquois<span class=\"nflag nf8\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Built in the United States\"><\/span><\/b><em>In service<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section style=\"padding:48px 0 64px\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Sources &amp; Further Reading<\/div>\n<h2>Every fact, checked<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"srclist\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/2026-usaf-ussf-almanac-equipment-total-aircraft-inventory-tai\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: 2026 USAF and USSF Almanac &mdash; Total Aircraft Inventory<\/a><span>aircraft counts by component at 30 September 2025, and average fleet ages<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/2026-usaf-ussf-almanac-daf-personnel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: 2026 Almanac &mdash; DAF Personnel Numbers and Demographics<\/a><span>end strength by component at 30 September 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/2026-usaf-ussf-almanac-spending\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: 2026 Almanac &mdash; DAF Spending<\/a><span>FY2026 enacted and FY2027 requested budget figures<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/2026-usaf-ussf-almanac-usaf-major-commands\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: 2026 Almanac &mdash; USAF Major Command and Reserve Component Profiles<\/a><span>command headquarters, commanders, personnel, wings; Air National Guard 90 wings and 180 installations<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/2026-usaf-ussf-almanac-daf-structure\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: 2026 Almanac &mdash; Department of the Air Force Organizational Hierarchy<\/a><span>the 2026 split into five institutional commands and ten service component commands<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Almanac2026_Weapons-Platforms-1.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: 2026 Almanac &mdash; Weapons and Platforms gallery<\/a><span>per-type entries for OA-1K, EA-37B, E-11A, U-28A, C-146A, B-21, F-15EX, F-35A, F-22A<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/2026-usaf-and-usaf-almanac\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: 2026 USAF and USSF Almanac<\/a><span>index of almanac sections<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/air-force-delays-a-10-retirement-until-2030\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: Air Force Delays A-10 Retirement Until 2030<\/a><span>20 April 2026 decision to extend three A-10 squadrons of 18 aircraft each<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/weapons\/f-15ex\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: F-15EX Eagle II weapons page<\/a><span>13 delivered, programme of record 129 raised to 267 in the FY2027 request, USD 94 million unit cost, basing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/weapons\/kc-46\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: KC-46 Pegasus weapons page<\/a><span>188 planned, 89 accepted, remote vision system slip to 2027, boom mishaps, delivery pauses<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/weapons\/t-7a\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: T-7A Red Hawk weapons page<\/a><span>351 planned, first operational delivery 5 December 2025, production decision and IOC slips<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/weapons\/b-21\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: B-21 Raider weapons page<\/a><span>at least 100 planned, two test aircraft, first operational delivery to Ellsworth in 2027<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United States Air Force: About Us<\/a><span>mission, core values, Total Force above 689,000 people<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalmuseum.usaf.mil\/Visit\/Museum-Exhibits\/Fact-Sheets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Museum of the United States Air Force: aircraft fact sheets<\/a><span>service dates and production totals for retired types<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jber.jb.mil\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson<\/a><span>base units and mission<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robins.af.mil\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robins Air Force Base<\/a><span>base units and mission<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tyndall.af.mil\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyndall Air Force Base<\/a><span>base units and rebuild<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: B-21 basing<\/a><span>B-21 main operating bases<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: Davis-Monthan Power Projection Wing<\/a><span>Davis-Monthan reorganisation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/f-15ex-f-35-oregon-base-training-unit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: Kingsley Field F-35 training unit<\/a><span>Kingsley Field conversion<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/air_traffic\/flight_info\/aeronav\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FAA airport and runway data<\/a><span>runways, identifiers, elevations<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/air_traffic\/flight_info\/aeronav\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FAA National Airspace System Resource<\/a><span>runways, identifiers, elevations<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: U-2 retirement<\/a><span>U-2 fleet and Beale<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/wilsbach-air-force-replace-aircraft-lost-epic-fury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: Wilsbach &mdash; Air Force Will Seek to Replace Aircraft Lost in Epic Fury<\/a><span>the itemised list of USAF aircraft lost in Operation Epic Fury and the at-least-nine manned aircraft total<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/world-epic-fury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: WORLD &mdash; Epic Fury<\/a><span>force size, combat flights flown by 23 March 2026, casualty events and allied involvement<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centcom.mil\/Portals\/6\/Documents\/Publications\/260406-FactSheet.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Central Command: Operation Epic Fury Fact Sheet, 6 April 2026<\/a><span>start date and time, assets employed and targets struck<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.war.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/4454276\/epic-fury-quelled-for-now-objectives-accomplished-us-forces-remain-ready\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Department of War: Epic Fury Quelled for Now, Objectives Accomplished, U.S. Forces Remain Ready<\/a><span>38-day duration, ceasefire of 7 April 2026, target categories and stated outcomes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/4434928\/dow-identifies-air-force-casualties\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Air Force: DoW Identifies Air Force Casualties<\/a><span>six airmen killed in the KC-135 crash in western Iraq on 12 March 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/3-americans-killed-operation-epic-fury-iran-us-b-2-bombers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: 3 Americans Killed in Iran Operation as US Strikes with B-2s<\/a><span>the opening B-2 strikes of 28 February 2026 and the Iranian retaliation against regional bases<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/world-operation-midnight-hammer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: WORLD &mdash; Operation Midnight Hammer<\/a><span>seven B-2s, 14 GBU-57s, 125 aircraft, 36-hour mission and the damage assessment<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/air-force-sead-role-f-35s-midnight-hammer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: Air Force Confirms SEAD Role of F-35s in Midnight Hammer<\/a><span>the fighter escort and suppression package ahead of the bombers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doctrine.af.mil\/Portals\/61\/Jul-25-Doctrine%20Paragon-Operation%20Midnight%20Hammer.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education: Doctrine Paragon &mdash; Operation Midnight Hammer<\/a><span>official doctrinal account of the 21 and 22 June 2025 mission<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/1000-targets-trump-campaign-houthi-centcom\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: US Has Struck Over 1,000 Houthi Targets in Renewed Campaign<\/a><span>targets struck, B-2 deployment to Diego Garcia, MQ-9 losses and the fall in Houthi launch rates<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/trump-us-halting-military-campaign-houthis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: Trump Says US Halting Military Campaign Against Houthis<\/a><span>campaign dates of 15 March to 6 May 2025, aircraft committed and losses<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/life-death-yemen-f-16-pilots-sambush\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: Life or Death Over Yemen &mdash; How F-16 Pilots Survived a Houthi Ambush<\/a><span>the 55th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and the surface-to-air threat over Yemen<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afcent.af.mil\/Portals\/82\/Documents\/Airpower%20summary\/Airpower%20Summary%20-%20September%202017_v2_101817.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Air Forces Central: Airpower Summary, September 2017<\/a><span>Inherent Resolve sorties and weapons releases by year from 2014, and Freedom&#8217;s Sentinel sorties from 2012<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afcent.af.mil\/Portals\/82\/Feb%202021%20Airpower%20Summary%20FINAL.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Air Forces Central: Combined Forces Air Component Commander 2014&ndash;2021 Airpower Statistics<\/a><span>annual sorties, weapons releases, ISR, tanker and airlift figures for Inherent Resolve and the Afghanistan mission<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2026\/Feb\/19\/2003876972\/-1\/-1\/1\/OPERATION%20INHERENT%20RESOLVE_2026_BRIEF.PDF\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lead Inspector General: Operation Inherent Resolve in Brief, 2026<\/a><span>current mission, the conclusion of the coalition mission in federal Iraq and continuing operations in Syria<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inherentresolve.mil\/WHO-WE-ARE\/History\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Combined Joint Task Force &mdash; Operation Inherent Resolve: History<\/a><span>operation start date, coalition membership and the defeat of the territorial caliphate<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/PDF\/MagazineArchive\/Documents\/2011\/August%202011\/0811mission.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: The Libya Mission<\/a><span>sortie counts to 31 March 2011, the American share of tanking and ISR, aircraft types and the F-15E loss<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/1211libya\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: Lessons From Libya<\/a><span>NATO capability shortfalls and the transition from Odyssey Dawn to Unified Protector<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usafe.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/253716\/usafe-releases-aib-report-on-f-15e-crash-in-libya\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Air Forces in Europe: USAFE Releases Accident Investigation Board Report on F-15E Crash in Libya<\/a><span>the 21 March 2011 loss was a mechanical failure, not hostile fire; both crew recovered<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/library\/report\/2003\/uscentaf_oif_report_30apr2003.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Central Command Air Forces: Operation Iraqi Freedom &mdash; By The Numbers, 30 April 2003<\/a><span>sorties by service, munitions expended, aircraft lost to enemy fire, personnel deployed and tanker offloads<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/PDF\/MagazineArchive\/Magazine%20Documents\/2003\/July%202003\/0703Numbers.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: The Gulf War II Air Campaign, by the Numbers<\/a><span>USAF share of coalition sorties and strikes, aircraft committed and munitions breakdown for 2003<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/contingencylosses\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: Contingency Losses<\/a><span>USAF aircraft lost in contingency operations after 11 September 2001, manned and unmanned<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afhistory.af.mil\/FAQs\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/458975\/2001-operation-enduring-freedom\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Historical Support Division: 2001 &mdash; Operation Enduring Freedom<\/a><span>phases and dates of the campaign, aircraft types and the precision munitions share in the opening months<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dafhistory.af.mil\/Portals\/16\/documents\/Studies\/AFD-070912-043.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Historical Research Agency: USAF Manned Aircraft Combat Losses, 1990&ndash;2002 (Daniel L. Haulman)<\/a><span>17 manned aircraft lost in combat across the period, itemised by operation, type and cause<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.everycrsreport.com\/reports\/RL32492.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Congressional Research Service: American War and Military Operations Casualties &mdash; Lists and Statistics (RL32492)<\/a><span>Air Force deaths by conflict, split into hostile and non-hostile, for Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afhistory.af.mil\/FAQs\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/458957\/1999-operation-allied-force\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Historical Support Division: 1999 &mdash; Operation Allied Force<\/a><span>38,004 NATO sorties, 30,018 USAF sorties broken down by mission, target counts and force composition<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dafhistory.af.mil\/Portals\/16\/documents\/Airmen-at-War\/Haulman-MannedAircraftLossesYugoslavia1994-1999.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Historical Research Agency: Manned Aircraft Losses Over the Former Yugoslavia, 1994&ndash;1999 (Daniel L. Haulman)<\/a><span>every aircraft shot down over the former Yugoslavia by date, type, operation and pilot, including the four 1994 J-21 kills and the five MiG-29s of 1999<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/0800kosovo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: True Blue &mdash; Behind the Kosovo Numbers Game<\/a><span>the post-war dispute over Serbian vehicles actually destroyed in Kosovo<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/PDF\/MagazineArchive\/Documents\/1997\/October%201997\/1097deliberate.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: Deliberate Force<\/a><span>3,515 NATO sorties of which 2,318 American, 1,026 weapons with 69 per cent precision, target complexes and USAF types deployed<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afhistory.af.mil\/FAQs\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/459000\/1995-operation-deliberate-force\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Historical Support Division: 1995 &mdash; Operation Deliberate Force<\/a><span>campaign dates of 30 August to 20 September 1995 and the link to the Dayton settlement<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dafhistory.af.mil\/Portals\/16\/documents\/Airmen-at-War\/Haulman-USAFBosnia1992-1995.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Historical Research Agency: The United States Air Force and Bosnia, 1992&ndash;1995 (Daniel L. Haulman)<\/a><span>Deny Flight operations and the Air Force role in Bosnia before Deliberate Force<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afhistory.af.mil\/FAQs\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/458951\/1991-operation-southern-watch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Historical Support Division: 1991 &mdash; Operation Southern Watch<\/a><span>more than 86,000 sorties by 1997, the 1992 MiG-25 shootdown and the 19 airmen killed at Khobar Towers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afhistory.af.mil\/FAQs\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/458953\/1991-operation-provide-comfort-and-northern-watch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Historical Support Division: 1991 &mdash; Operation Provide Comfort and Northern Watch<\/a><span>dates from 7 April 1991 to 1 May 2003, the 1993 MiG-23 kill and the 1994 Black Hawk friendly-fire shootdown<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/PDF\/MagazineArchive\/Documents\/2003\/February%202003\/02legacy03.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: Legacy of the Air Blockades<\/a><span>eleven years without a manned coalition aircraft lost to enemy fire, engagement counts and the cost of the zones<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-134\/html\/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-134.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. General Accounting Office: Operation Desert Storm &mdash; Evaluation of the Air Campaign (GAO\/NSIAD-97-134)<\/a><span>69,406 USAF sorties from the Gulf War Air Power Survey, 38 coalition aircraft lost to Iraqi action and the per-strike casualty rates<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/PDF\/DocumentFile\/Documents\/2005\/WhitePaper_AFinDS_040191.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Association: White Paper &mdash; Air Force Performance in Desert Storm, April 1991<\/a><span>aircraft deployed by type, sortie counts by type and the 7,400 tons of precision munitions<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afhistory.af.mil\/FAQs\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/458965\/1991-operation-desert-shielddesert-storm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Historical Support Division: 1991 &mdash; Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm<\/a><span>dates from the Iraqi invasion of 2 August 1990 to the ceasefire of 28 February 1991<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/PDF\/MagazineArchive\/Documents\/2009\/December%202009\/1209panama.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: A Small War in Panama<\/a><span>the F-117 debut at Rio Hato, the airlift build-up and the all-services casualty figure<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcs.mil\/Portals\/36\/Documents\/History\/Monographs\/Just_Cause.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joint History Office: Operation Just Cause &mdash; The Planning and Execution of Joint Operations in Panama (Ronald H. Cole)<\/a><span>airlift aircraft committed, drop timings and the build-up to 27,000 troops<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxwell.af.mil\/News\/Display\/Article\/3683242\/february-doctrine-paragon-air-mobility-in-operation-just-cause\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air University: Doctrine Paragon &mdash; Air Mobility in Operation Just Cause<\/a><span>more than 110 airlift aircraft and the largest night combat airdrop since the Second World War<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afhistory.af.mil\/FAQs\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/458950\/1986-operation-el-dorado-canyon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Historical Support Division: 1986 &mdash; Operation El Dorado Canyon<\/a><span>aircraft launched, targets, the F-111F lost with both crew and the casualties on the ground<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/0399canyon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: El Dorado Canyon<\/a><span>the routing around Iberia, the refuelling plan and the conduct of the raid<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afhistory.af.mil\/FAQs\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/458949\/1980-operation-eagle-claw\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Historical Support Division: 1980 &mdash; Operation Eagle Claw<\/a><span>aircraft and helicopters committed, the abort at Desert One and the eight deaths<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/0199desertone\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: Desert One<\/a><span>the conduct of the mission and its consequences for American special operations aviation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/research\/library\/online-reading-room\/title-list-alphabetically\/i\/iran-hostage-rescue-mission-report.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Naval History and Heritage Command: Iran Hostage Rescue Mission Report (the Holloway Report)<\/a><span>the joint review of what failed at Desert One<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afhistory.af.mil\/FAQs\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/639660\/1975-the-mayaguez-incident\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Historical Support Division: 1975 &mdash; The Mayaguez Incident<\/a><span>helicopters committed and damaged, aircraft types and the Air Force casualty account<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/0709mayaguez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: The Mayaguez Rescue<\/a><span>the 13 May CH-53 crash that killed 23, the loss of Knife 31 and the total of 41 American dead<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalmuseum.af.mil\/Visit\/Museum-Exhibits\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/196018\/final-combat-the-mayaguez-incident-at-koh-tang\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Museum of the United States Air Force: Final Combat &mdash; The Mayaguez Incident at Koh Tang<\/a><span>the assault on Koh Tang and the recovery of the ship and crew<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.afa.org\/Mitchell\/reports\/1204vietnam.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies: The Air Force in the Vietnam War<\/a><span>5,226,701 USAF sorties in Southeast Asia, 2,255 aircraft lost with the combat and operational split, and battle deaths<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/0213vietnam\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: The Crucible of Vietnam<\/a><span>loss totals by type, the 83 per cent of losses caused by ground fire and the air-to-air record<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/0703korea\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: The Remembered War<\/a><span>720,980 USAF sorties, 1,466 aircraft lost, 476,000 tons of ordnance and the Sabre against MiG record<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dafhistory.af.mil\/Portals\/16\/documents\/Timelines\/Korea\/KoreanWarChronology.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Historical Research Agency: The U.S. Air Force&#8217;s First War &mdash; Korea 1950&ndash;1953, Significant Events<\/a><span>day-by-day chronology of Far East Air Forces operations<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afhistory.af.mil\/FAQs\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/458961\/1949-the-berlin-airlift\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Historical Support Division: 1949 &mdash; The Berlin Airlift<\/a><span>more than 189,000 American flights, 2.3 million tons delivered, 12 crashes and 31 deaths<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amc.af.mil\/Portals\/12\/documents\/AFD-131018-056.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Mobility Command: The U.S. Air Force and Humanitarian Airlift Operations<\/a><span>the operational history of Operation Vittles and later airlift operations<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/PDF\/MagazineArchive\/Documents\/1998\/June%201998\/0698berlin.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: The Berlin Airlift<\/a><span>the conveyor-belt scheduling, the Easter Parade of 17 April 1949 and aircraft types flown<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/ArmyAirForcesStatisticalDigestWorldWarII\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Army Air Forces Statistical Digest, World War II (Office of Statistical Control, 1945)<\/a><span>Table 118 combat sorties, Table 99 and 100 aircraft losses, Table 158 combat mission losses, Table 34 battle casualties and Table 166 enemy aircraft destroyed<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afhistory.af.mil\/FAQs\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/458967\/the-u-s-army-air-forces-in-world-war-ii\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Historical Support Division: The U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II<\/a><span>official histories and studies of Army Air Forces operations in every theatre<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/1008daylight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: Daylight Precision Bombing<\/a><span>the cost of unescorted daylight bombing and the effect of long-range escort from early 1944<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalmuseum.af.mil\/Visit\/Museum-Exhibits\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/197420\/combat-record\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Museum of the United States Air Force: Combat Record (Air Service, AEF)<\/a><span>781 enemy aircraft and 73 balloons destroyed, 289 aeroplanes lost in combat, 237 killed and 279 wounded, 72 aces<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afhistory.af.mil\/FAQs\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/458969\/the-u-s-air-service-in-wwi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Historical Support Division: The U.S. Air Service in the First World War<\/a><span>the four-volume official documentary history of the Air Service in 1917 and 1918<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalmuseum.af.mil\/Visit\/Museum-Exhibits\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/196909\/air-service-enters-combat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Museum of the United States Air Force: Air Service Enters Combat<\/a><span>American reliance on French and British aeroplanes and the Saint-Mihiel concentration<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/airman.dodlive.mil\/2018\/09\/14\/the-flying-first\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Airman Magazine: The Flying First<\/a><span>eight Curtiss JN-3s, 540 flights and 346 flying hours during the Punitive Expedition<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/561465\/aerial-reconnaissance-during-punitive-expedition-1-apr-1916\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Historical Support Division via DVIDS: Aerial Reconnaissance during the Punitive Expedition, 1 April 1916<\/a><span>squadron composition, deployment date, the Curtiss R-2 replacements and the crashes caused by terrain and weather<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/97537\/american_military_aviation_takes_off_with_first_aero_squadron_this_week_in_history_9_march_1916\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Army: American Military Aviation Takes Off with the First Aero Squadron, 9 March 1916<\/a><span>the Columbus raid, Foulois&#8217;s arrival on 15 March 1916 and the fate of the aeroplanes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/historynet.com\/mexican-expedition-1st-aero-squadron-in-pursuit-of-pancho-villa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HistoryNet: The 1st Aero Squadron and the Pursuit of Pancho Villa<\/a><span>the succession of Curtiss types issued to the squadron in 1916 and the burning of the last two JN-3s<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/4465493\/budget-request-directs-record-3388-billion-to-air-force-and-space-force-to-meet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United States Air Force: Budget request directs record USD 338.8 billion to Air Force and Space Force<\/a><span>FY2027 request: USD 338.8 billion department total, USD 267.7 billion Air Force, USD 71.1 billion Space Force, and the F-35, KC-46, B-21 and CCA lines<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/active-air-force-hits-recruiting-goal-early-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: Air Force Recruits Most New Airmen Since 2004, Hitting Goal Early<\/a><span>16 April 2026: FY2026 active-duty goal of 32,750 enlisted accessions met five months early; 34,361 recruited in 2004 for comparison<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aerospace.csis.org\/aerospace101\/air-force-organization-101\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CSIS Aerospace Security Project: Air Force Organization 101<\/a><span>MAJCOM, numbered air force, wing, group, squadron and flight; the four-group wing structure and the roughly 3,300 squadrons<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aerospaceweb.org\/question\/history\/q0222.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aerospaceweb.org: US Air Force Tail Codes<\/a><span>worked examples of two-letter codes and the wings and bases they belong to; note the page dates from 2005 and codes move with units<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/weapons\/f-22\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: F-22 Raptor weapons page<\/a><span>195 built and 184 in inventory, the Block 20 divestment proposal, Increment 3.2B, the helmet-mounted cueing system and the F-47 relationship<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/house-armed-services-committee-ndaa-prohibit-f-22-retirements-2032\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: House Panel Votes to Prohibit F-22 Retirements Through 2032<\/a><span>congressional block on retiring the 32 Block 20 aircraft and the cost of upgrading them instead<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/meink-air-force-plans-test-b-21-ellsworth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: Air Force Accelerates Sending B-21s to Ellsworth<\/a><span>29 June 2026: two test aircraft flying from Edwards, first aircraft to Ellsworth in 2027, at least 100 planned<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/1006black\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: Fade to Black<\/a><span>the F-117 retirement case: about USD 1.1 billion of procurement and USD 5.1 billion of manpower savings, and the F-22 as the intended successor<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theaviationist.com\/2025\/12\/13\/fy2026-ndaa-review\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Aviationist: FY2026 NDAA &mdash; Congress Pushes Back On Aircraft Cuts<\/a><span>enacted retirement floors for the A-10, E-3 and F-15E in the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barksdale.af.mil\/Units\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/1588828\/air-force-global-strike-command\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barksdale Air Force Base: Air Force Global Strike Command fact sheet<\/a><span>400 Minuteman III missiles in three wings, 8th and 20th Air Forces, bomber wings and the command&rsquo;s installations. The fact sheet is dated 2021; the 2026 almanac gives more than 36,400 people and twelve wings<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thebulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rbul_a_2633029_t0001.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: United States nuclear weapons, 2026 (Nuclear Notebook, table 1)<\/a><span>400 Minuteman III with about 400 deployed warheads of 800 available; about 46 nuclear-capable B-52H with ALCM and W80-1, about 19 B-2A with B61-11 and B61-12<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stratcom.mil\/Media\/News\/News-Article-View\/Article\/4407714\/delivering-deterrence-sentinel-restructure-to-complete-in-2026-initial-capabili\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Strategic Command: Sentinel restructure to complete in 2026; initial capability timeline set<\/a><span>17 February 2026: restructure completing at end of 2026, initial capability in the early 2030s, first Minuteman III silo taken offline in autumn 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twz.com\/air\/usaf-orders-both-general-atomics-fq-42-and-andurils-fq-44-into-production\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The War Zone: USAF Orders Both General Atomics&rsquo; FQ-42 And Anduril&rsquo;s FQ-44 Into Production<\/a><span>17 June 2026 production decision, first flights August and October 2025, more than 150 aircraft wanted by 2030 and nearly USD 1 billion requested in FY2027<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/static.e-publishing.af.mil\/production\/1\/af_a1\/publication\/dafman36-2139\/dafman36-2139.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Department of the Air Force Manual 36-2139, Active Duty Service Commitments<\/a><span>1 July 2025: ten years for pilot training graduates, six for navigator, combat systems officer, air battle manager and remotely piloted aircraft training<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/static.e-publishing.af.mil\/production\/1\/af_a3\/publication\/dafman11-401\/dafman11-401.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Department of the Air Force Manual 11-401, Aviation Management<\/a><span>27 October 2020 with a guidance memorandum of 8 January 2026: who may be carried on orientation and incentive flights, and the approval authorities<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/2195833\/air-force-removes-initial-height-requirement-for-officer-aviators\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United States Air Force: Air Force removes initial height requirement for officer aviators<\/a><span>13 May 2020: the 64 to 77 inch standing height rule replaced by anthropometric screening; it had excluded about 44 per cent of American women aged 20 to 29<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/strategy-policy-new-undergraduate-pilot-training-program-targets-1500-pilots-annually\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: New Undergraduate Pilot Training Program Targets 1,500 Pilots Annually<\/a><span>the four undergraduate pilot training bases, the two-phase course and the 1,500-a-year target for 2027<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usafa.edu\/about\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United States Air Force Academy: About<\/a><span>founding, Colorado Springs siting, cadet wing above 4,000 and commissioning into the Air Force or Space Force<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acc.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/4408056\/325th-fw-leads-rf-nellis-26-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Combat Command: 325th FW leads RF-Nellis 26-1<\/a><span>Red Flag-Nellis 26-1, 2 to 14 February 2026: 32 units including Australian and British participation, and about 2,200 targets on the Nevada range<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/pentagon-aviation-mishap-task-force-concerning-trends\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine: New Aviation Mishap Task Force to Tackle &lsquo;Concerning Trends&rsquo;<\/a><span>task force established 15 January 2026; 54 joint-service Class A mishaps in FY2024, 39 in FY2025, and about 14 Air Force aircraft destroyed in 2026 against 24 in 2016<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/scripps-news-investigates\/aftermath\/severe-non-combat-military-aviation-mishaps-up-from-2025-military-data-shows\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scripps News: Severe non-combat military aviation mishaps up from 2025<\/a><span>Air Force Safety Center data: 19 Air Force Class A flight mishaps in FY2025 and 25 by 29 July in FY2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.safety.af.mil\/Divisions\/Aviation-Safety-Division\/Aviation-Statistics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Safety Center: Aviation Statistics<\/a><span>definition of a Class A mishap: a fatality, a permanent total disability, a destroyed aircraft or at least USD 2.5 million of damage<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/tech-tactics\/air-force-skyraider-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Task &amp; Purpose: Air Force now has 18 of its new Skyraider II aircraft<\/a><span>19 May 2026: 18 OA-1K delivered, basing at Will Rogers, Cannon and Davis-Monthan<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nellis.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/2605882\/414th-combat-training-squadron-red-flag\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">414th Combat Training Squadron &ldquo;Red Flag&rdquo; fact sheet<\/a><span>Official Nellis fact sheet: why Red Flag exists, and the running totals of aircraft, aircrew and sorties.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nellis.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/284155\/57th-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">57th Wing fact sheet, Nellis Air Force Base<\/a><span>The Weapons School, the Aggressors and the Thunderbirds, in the Air Force&rsquo;s own words.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aerotechnews.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/05\/air-force-celebrates-red-flags-50th-anniversary\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force celebrates Red Flag&rsquo;s 50th anniversary<\/a><span>Aerotech News &amp; Review, 5 May 2025. Source of the Ashworth and Winterbottom quotations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edwards.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/393907\/edwards-history\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edwards&rsquo; History fact sheet<\/a><span>Official base history: Rogers Dry Lake, Hap Arnold&rsquo;s &ldquo;natural aerodrome&rdquo;, and every aircraft tested since.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edwards.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/393902\/412th-test-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">412th Test Wing fact sheet<\/a><span>Acreage, aircraft on strength and annual mission count for the flight test wing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chuckyeager.org\/news\/gen-chuck-yeager-describes-how-he-broke-the-sound-barrier\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gen. Chuck Yeager describes how he broke the sound barrier<\/a><span>Yeager&rsquo;s own account of the 14 October 1947 X-1 flight, from his official site.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/PDF\/MagazineArchive\/Documents\/2013\/February%202013\/0213boneyard.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Living Boneyard<\/a><span>John A. Tirpak, Air Force Magazine, February 2013. What AMARG actually does with 4,000 stored aircraft.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/air_force\/2026-08-03\/a-10-warthog-final-flight-davis-monthan-22448306.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A-10 &ldquo;Warthog&rdquo; takes final active-duty flight at Arizona air base<\/a><span>Stars and Stripes, 3 August 2026. The end of fifty years of Warthog flying at Davis-Monthan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theaviationist.com\/2026\/07\/30\/a-10-final-flight-davis-monthan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A-10 Thunderbolt II takes final flight at Davis-Monthan AFB<\/a><span>The Aviationist, 30 July 2026. Names the 357th Fighter Squadron crew who flew the last sortie.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/as-a-10s-leave-davis-monthan-special-operations-wing-ramps-up-moving-plans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">As A-10s leave Davis-Monthan, special operations wing ramps up moving plans<\/a><span>Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine. The 492nd Power Projection Wing timeline, now pulled forward to fiscal 2028.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramstein.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/303604\/86th-airlift-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">86th Airlift Wing fact sheet<\/a><span>Official fact sheet for the Air Force&rsquo;s largest mobility hub.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usafe.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/609838\/us-air-forces-in-europe-air-forces-africa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Air Forces in Europe &ndash; Air Forces Africa fact sheet<\/a><span>The theatre Ramstein commands: three continents, 104 states, some 217 aircraft.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/408391\/ramstein-completes-role-historic-humanitarian-airlift\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ramstein completes role in historic humanitarian airlift<\/a><span>DVIDS, 1 November 2021. Operation Allies Refuge at Ramstein, in the words of the wing commander.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ac.nato.int\/archive\/2018\/ramstein-air-base-commemorates-victims-of-airshow-tragedy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ramstein Air Base commemorates victims of airshow tragedy<\/a><span>NATO Allied Air Command, on the thirtieth anniversary of the 1988 disaster.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/flights-resume-at-edwards-after-b-52-crash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flights Resume at Edwards a Week After B-52 Crash<\/a><span>Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine, 22 June 2026. Names the aircraft, the squadron and the return to flying.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/15\/us\/b-52-crash-edwards-california\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eight crew members killed in B-52 bomber crash at Edwards Air Force Base<\/a><span>CNN, 15 June 2026. First confirmation of the loss and the eight fatalities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kadena.af.mil\/About-Us\/History\/Chronology\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kadena Air Base chronology<\/a><span>Kadena Air Base official history, from the 1945 landings to the present.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/443052\/sun-sets-kadenas-f-15-eagle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sun sets on Kadena&rsquo;s F-15 Eagle<\/a><span>DVIDS, 21 April 2023. The Pacific Air Forces commander on the end of the Kadena Eagle.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/493749\/67th-fgs-activates-kadena-and-bids-final-farewell-f-15c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">67th FGS activates at Kadena and bids final farewell to the F-15C<\/a><span>DVIDS, 24 January 2025. The last active-duty F-15C flight in the Air Force.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/kadena-first-f-15ex-2027-delay-meink\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kadena Will Not Get Its First F-15EX Until 2027<\/a><span>Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine, 21 May 2026. The Air Force Secretary on the delay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacom.mil\/Media\/News\/News-Articles\/Article\/4530852\/f-15ex-returns-to-kadena-advances-transition-to-next-generation-airpower\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F-15EX returns to Kadena, advances transition to next-generation airpower<\/a><span>US Indo-Pacific Command, 30 June 2026. The familiarisation visit ahead of permanent basing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/f-22s-visit-kadena-as-18th-wing-still-awaits-arrival-of-f-15ex\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F-22s Visit Kadena as the 18th Wing Still Awaits the F-15EX<\/a><span>Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine, 2026. The rotational fighter presence covering the gap.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/489798\/33rd-rgs-activates-kadena\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">33rd Rescue Generation Squadron activates at Kadena<\/a><span>DVIDS, 24 January 2025. Stood up to maintain the HH-60W.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakenheath.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/727502\/remembering-operation-el-dorado-canyon-30th-anniversary\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Remembering Operation Eldorado Canyon, 30th anniversary<\/a><span>RAF Lakenheath, 2016. The 1986 raid, flown from Suffolk.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/air_force\/2026-08-13\/lakenheath-air-force-dorado-commemoration-22540075.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lakenheath marks 40 years since the Libya raid<\/a><span>Stars and Stripes, 13 August 2026. The families of the lost crew at the memorial.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/lakenheaths-f-35s-get-a-nickname-valkyries\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lakenheath&rsquo;s F-35s Get a Nickname: Valkyries<\/a><span>Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine, 16 February 2021. The first overseas F-35A squadron.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twz.com\/air\/f-15e-strike-eagles-to-leave-england-for-good\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F-15E Strike Eagles to leave England for good<\/a><span>The War Zone, 2025. The proposal to withdraw the Strike Eagles; no date has been set.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fas.org\/publication\/potential-return-of-the-us-nuclear-mission-to-raf-lakenheath\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Potential return of the US nuclear mission to RAF Lakenheath<\/a><span>Federation of American Scientists, February 2025. Inference from budget and construction documents, not official confirmation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aviano.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/280335\/31st-fighter-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">31st Fighter Wing fact sheet<\/a><span>Aviano Air Base. The wing, its squadrons and its Balkans record.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/documents\/remarks-operation-allied-force-troops-aviano-air-base-italy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Remarks on Operation Allied Force to troops at Aviano Air Base<\/a><span>The American Presidency Project, 22 June 1999.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/06\/19\/start-finding-me-boys-inside-the-rescue-of-lt-col-dave-goldfein\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Inside the rescue of Lt Col Dave Goldfein<\/a><span>Air Force Times, 2019. The 555th Fighter Squadron commander shot down over Serbia in 1999.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theaviationist.com\/2024\/12\/30\/final-active-duty-hh-60g-mission-aviano\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Final active-duty HH-60G mission flown at Aviano<\/a><span>The Aviationist, December 2024. The end of the Pave Hawk in active-duty service.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/air_force\/2026-01-27\/aviano-receives-final-jolly-green-rescue-chopper-20541473.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aviano receives its final Jolly Green rescue helicopter<\/a><span>Stars and Stripes, 27 January 2026. The sixth and last HH-60W arrives.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/544584\/team-beale-conducts-historic-u-2-dragon-lady-flight-11-years-making\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Team Beale conducts historic U-2 Dragon Lady flight<\/a><span>DVIDS, 31 July 2025. A record-length sortie on the type&rsquo;s seventieth anniversary.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beale.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/667024\/sr-71-blackbird-gone-but-not-forgotten\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SR-71 Blackbird: gone but not forgotten<\/a><span>Beale Air Force Base, 2016. The crew who still look after the display aircraft.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/u-2-avoid-chopping-block-draft-spending-bill\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U-2 avoids the chopping block in a draft spending bill<\/a><span>Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine, 10 June 2026. The fleet down to 23, and money to restore four.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrc.af.mil\/Portals\/87\/documents\/Wing%20Documents\/940ARW%20Fact%20Sheet%20JAN26.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">940th Air Refueling Wing fact sheet<\/a><span>Air Force Reserve Command, January 2026. Eight KC-135R at Beale.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nellis.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/2605882\/414th-combat-training-squadron-red-flag\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">414th Combat Training Squadron: Red Flag<\/a><span>Nellis Air Force Base fact sheet. The first-ten-missions finding and the cumulative totals to October 2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nellis.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/284155\/57th-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">57th Wing fact sheet<\/a><span>Nellis Air Force Base. The wing&rsquo;s squadrons, the Weapons School and what the Aggressors fly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalmuseum.af.mil\/Visit\/Museum-Exhibits\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/1682967\/constant-peg-secret-migs-in-the-desert\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Constant Peg: secret MiGs in the desert<\/a><span>National Museum of the United States Air Force. Sorties, aircrew, the 69 Bandits and the three names on the memorial.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/0407peg\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Constant Peg<\/a><span>Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine, April 2007. How the programme got its name, the trailers at Tonopah and the mishap rate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nellis.af.mil\/News\/Article\/4151913\/red-flags-50th-anniversary\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Red Flag&rsquo;s 50th anniversary<\/a><span>Nellis Air Force Base, 2025. Half a century of the exercise, in the Air Force&rsquo;s own words.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nellis.af.mil\/News\/Article\/664673\/red-flag-16-1-comes-to-an-end\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Red Flag 16-1 comes to an end<\/a><span>Nellis Air Force Base, 2016. The wing commander on what a three-week iteration involves.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nellis.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/284166\/64th-aggressor-squadron\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">64th Aggressor Squadron fact sheet<\/a><span>Nellis Air Force Base. The squadron&rsquo;s adversary lineage and its aircraft.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/246632\/64th-args-sharpening-sword-combat-air-forces\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">64th AGRS: sharpening the sword for the combat air forces<\/a><span>DVIDS, 30 August 2017. Aggressor pilots on what the job actually is.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/439760\/another-feather-cap\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Another feather in the cap<\/a><span>DVIDS, 6 March 2023. A Weapons School graduate on the hardest course in the Air Force.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/450702\/173rd-fw-instructor-pilot-selected-newest-thunderbird-demo-pilot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">173rd FW instructor pilot selected as newest Thunderbird demonstration pilot<\/a><span>DVIDS, 4 August 2023. The first Air National Guard pilot on the team.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/558578\/massachusetts-national-guardsman-becomes-first-enlisted-airman-graduate-newly-integrated-intelligence-weapons-instructor-course\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">First enlisted Airman graduates the newly integrated Intelligence Weapons Instructor Course<\/a><span>DVIDS, 23 February 2026.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/readingroom\/document\/0005752368\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Central Intelligence Agency and overhead reconnaissance: the U-2 and OXCART programs<\/a><span>Released 25 June 2013. The first official acknowledgement of the Groom Lake facility, and the only one.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsb.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United Air Lines Flight 736<\/a><span>The 21 April 1958 mid-air collision near Las Vegas, one of the accidents behind the Federal Aviation Act of 1958.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/agency\/usaf\/tailmark.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GlobalSecurity.org: Air Force Aircraft Tail Markings<\/a><span>two-letter tail codes by wing and base<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/120328main_fs-086-dfrc.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASA Dryden Fact Sheet: The Lake Beds<\/a><span>Rogers and Rosamond dry lake areas, lakebed runway count and length, flatness, 345 flying days, 15,000-foot runway and 9,000-foot overrun, National Historic Landmark status.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/articles\/rogers-dry-lake.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rogers Dry Lake, National Park Service<\/a><span>Use of the lakebed from 1933, wartime training, selection for the XP-59A, later X-15 and Space Shuttle use.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edwards.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/393902\/412th-test-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">412th Test Wing fact sheet, Edwards Air Force Base<\/a><span>Wing mission, personnel, aircraft numbers and designs, annual mission totals, installation size.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aftc.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/2382279\/412th-test-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">412th Test Wing fact sheet, Air Force Test Center<\/a><span>Wing structure, test squadrons, Benefield Anechoic Facility and other test facilities, visitor numbers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edwards.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/393916\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Base Guide &mdash; Mission, Edwards Air Force Base<\/a><span>Installation infrastructure, concrete and lakebed runway mileage, tenant unit count, personnel.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/1614225\/air-force-test-center\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Test Center fact sheet, US Air Force<\/a><span>AFTC mission, headquarters at Edwards, redesignation in July 2012, subordinate wings and complexes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afmc.af.mil\/Portals\/13\/AIR%20FORCE%20TEST%20CENTER%20HERITAGE%20as%20of%205%20Nov%202018.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Test Center Heritage, Air Force Materiel Command<\/a><span>Establishment of the Air Force Flight Test Center on 25 June 1951, 412th Fighter Group activation 1943, redesignation as 412th Test Wing 1992, motto Ad Inexplorata.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edwards.af.mil\/News\/Article\/394735\/flight-test-center-turns-60-celebrates-its-pivotal-role-in-aviation-history\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flight Test Center turns 60, Edwards Air Force Base<\/a><span>XP-59A first flight 2 October 1942, flight test becoming the full-time mission in 1945, more than 40 first flights before 1951.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/airandspace.si.edu\/collection-objects\/bell-x-1-glamorous-glennis\/nasm_A19510007000\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis, National Air and Space Museum collection<\/a><span>X-1 speed, Mach number, altitude, engine thrust, 78 flights, the 26 March 1948 maximum of Mach 1.45.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/airandspace.si.edu\/stories\/editorial\/breaking-sound-barrier\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Breaking the Sound Barrier, National Air and Space Museum<\/a><span>Details of the 14 October 1947 flight and the verbatim Yeager quote used on this page.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/namesakes-glen-edwards\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Namesakes: Glen Edwards, Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine<\/a><span>Glen Edwards&rsquo;s wartime record, fifty combat missions in the A-20, his test flying and the YB-49 accident.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edwards.af.mil\/News\/Article\/1203091\/this-week-in-edwards-history\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This week in Edwards history, Edwards Air Force Base<\/a><span>Official account of the 5 June 1948 YB-49 crash, the crew, the cause and the December 1949 renaming.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/reference\/x-15\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X-15 Hypersonic Research Program, NASA<\/a><span>X-15 first and last flight dates, maximum speed and altitude, twelve pilots, B-52 launch, Rogers Dry Lake landings, the Michael Adams accident.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/xb-70-valkyrie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">XB-70 Valkyrie, NASA Armstrong<\/a><span>NASA account of the 8 June 1966 collision, the casualties, and the continuation of sonic boom research with the surviving aircraft.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/0606valkyrie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Ride of the Valkyrie, Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine<\/a><span>Detailed account of the General Electric formation photograph, the collision sequence, and the fates of Walker, Cross and White.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeronautics\/nasa-aircraft\/lifting-bodies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lifting Bodies, NASA<\/a><span>The six lifting bodies, 1963 to 1975, the Pontiac tow launches, flight totals and speeds, and the link to Space Shuttle landings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/bruce-a-peterson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bruce A. Peterson, NASA<\/a><span>The 10 May 1967 M2-F2 crash, Peterson&rsquo;s injuries, his later career and the use of the crash film in The Six Million Dollar Man.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/supporting_shuttle_dryden.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Supporting Shuttle, NASA Dryden<\/a><span>54 shuttle landings at Edwards from STS-1 to STS-128, the 1977 Approach and Landing Tests and Enterprise free-flight release altitudes, ferry operations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aftc.af.mil\/News\/On-This-Day-in-Test-History\/Article-Display-Test-History\/Article\/2308766\/september-11-2009-shuttle-discovery-lands-at-edwards\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 11, 2009: Shuttle Discovery Lands at Edwards, Air Force Test Center<\/a><span>STS-128 landing on runway 22L and the total of five ALT free flights plus 54 operational landings at Edwards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/armstrong\/overview\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Armstrong Overview, NASA<\/a><span>Founding at Muroc in late 1946 for the X-1 programme, the renamings to Dryden and Armstrong, current role and the X-59.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edwards.af.mil\/Portals\/50\/documents\/AFD-131008-020.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Air Force Test Pilot School information, Edwards Air Force Base<\/a><span>Flight Test Training Unit established 9 September 1944, 48-week course, ARPS era and astronaut graduate figures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2022\/Feb\/01\/2002931130\/-1\/-1\/0\/YF-23%20FLASHBACK%20(1).PDF\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Advanced Tactical Fighter: Paths to the Present (YF-23 flashback)<\/a><span>YF-23 and YF-22 first flight dates at Edwards, prototype test programme durations and the 23 April 1991 selection announcement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/104482\/b-2-spirit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">B-2 Spirit fact sheet, US Air Force<\/a><span>B-2 first flight on 17 July 1989 and the B-2 Combined Test Force at Edwards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edwards.af.mil\/News\/Article\/3263853\/f-35-conducts-first-flight-with-tr-3\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F-35 Conducts First Flight with TR-3, Edwards Air Force Base<\/a><span>461st Flight Test Squadron, the 6 January 2023 first TR-3 flight and what the upgrade provides.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edwards.af.mil\/Portals\/50\/Pancho%20Barnes_2023%20Women's%20history%20month.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pancho Barnes, Women&rsquo;s History Month, Edwards Air Force Base<\/a><span>Rancho Oro Verde and the Happy Bottom Riding Club, 1935 to 1953, the 1953 fire, the land dispute and her friendship with Yeager.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/airandspace.si.edu\/stories\/editorial\/irrepressible-pancho-barnes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Irrepressible Pancho Barnes, National Air and Space Museum<\/a><span>Her flying career, the 1930 women&rsquo;s speed record, the pilots&rsquo; union, and the club&rsquo;s role for test pilots.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/flights-resume-at-edwards-after-b-52-crash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flights Resume at Edwards After B-52 Crash, Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine<\/a><span>Crash date of 15 June 2026, call sign Torch 11, tail number 60-0061, the radar modernisation test mission, and the reopening timeline.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/4520307\/b-52-accident-update-edwards-releases-names-of-fallen-crew-members\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">B-52 accident update: Edwards releases names of fallen crew members, US Air Force<\/a><span>Official confirmation of eight fatalities, crew composition, the interim safety investigation board and the Colonel Tauer quote used on this page.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beale.af.mil\/Portals\/110\/CIP%20Environmental.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Final Community Involvement Plan, Beale Air Force Base<\/a><span>Base acreage of 22,944 acres, the 87,000 acres acquired in 1942 from about 150 families, Camp Beale functions, 13th Armored Division dates, 1948 transfer of about 23,000 acres, 1951 renaming, land sales 1959 to 1964, B-52s 1960 to 1976, Titan I and the 851st Strategic Missile Squadron.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beale.af.mil\/Information\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/279933\/beales-history-past-to-present\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beale&rsquo;s History: Past to Present<\/a><span>Camp Beale opening in October 1942, the 13th Armored and the 81st and 96th Infantry Divisions, 86,000 acres, more than 60,000 soldiers, the prisoner-of-war camp and 1,000-bed hospital, the 1948 transfer, and the origin of the name Edward Fitzgerald Beale.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.16af.af.mil\/About-Us\/Unit-Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/1962918\/9th-reconnaissance-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">9th Reconnaissance Wing fact sheet<\/a><span>Wing mission statement, more than 4,500 personnel in four groups, subordinate groups and squadrons, activation on 1 May 1949, redesignation as a strategic reconnaissance wing on 25 June 1966, SR-71 era, U-2 arrival on 1 July 1976, RQ-4 integration from 2001.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/104560\/u-2stu-2s\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U-2S\/TU-2S fact sheet<\/a><span>Engine, thrust, wingspan, length, weights, speed, ceiling above 70,000 feet, range over 7,000 miles, sensor types, full pressure suit, bicycle landing gear and the chase requirement, initial operating capability in 1956.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalmuseum.af.mil\/Visit\/Museum-Exhibits\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/197570\/flying-the-u-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flying the U-2<\/a><span>The hour of pre-breathing pure oxygen, partial versus full pressure suits, the coffin corner margin of about seven miles per hour at around 460 mph, ground effect on landing, the chase car radioing height, and the pogo outriggers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beale.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/667248\/why-does-the-u-2-need-chase-cars\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Why does the U-2 need chase cars?<\/a><span>The Mobil Officer role, restricted vision from the suit and helmet, canopy fogging, the vehicle types used at Beale, acceleration to close to 100 mph, callouts beginning at ten feet, and the LaValley quotation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/u-2-chase-cars-guide-pilots-and-plane-to-safety\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U-2 Chase Cars Guide Pilots and Plane to Safety<\/a><span>The landing technique of flying down to about two feet at idle and waiting for the aircraft to run out of energy, the consequences of touching down too high or too fast, pogo handling, and pilot fatigue after nine to ten hour sorties.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/109733\/fueling-the-high-flyers-u-2-tube-food-calms-cravings-in-the-cockpit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fueling the high flyers &mdash; U-2 tube food calms cravings in the cockpit<\/a><span>Tube food varieties, the sealed helmet port, consumption of roughly one tube an hour, and production by Combat Feeding at Natick, Massachusetts over some five decades.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beale.af.mil\/Library\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/279948\/9th-physiological-support-squadron\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">9th Physiological Support Squadron fact sheet<\/a><span>Origin as the Physiological Support Division on 11 June 1957, status as the sole Air Force full pressure suit depot serving the wing, the Department of Defense and NASA, about 105 active-duty and civilian members, chamber training, and the July 1993 redesignation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.torch.aetc.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/567570\/brain-lesions-in-spy-plane-pilots-upgrades-in-u-2-target-decompression-sickness\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brain lesions in spy plane pilots? Upgrades in U-2 target decompression sickness<\/a><span>The MRI study of 105 U-2 pilots led by Dr Stephen McGuire, the white-matter lesion finding, the rise in decompression sickness from 2002 to 2009, and the Cabin Altitude Reduction Effort reducing cabin altitude from 29,500 to 15,000 feet at a cost of 8.7 million dollars.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beale.af.mil\/Information\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/279960\/u-2-pilot-application\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U-2 Pilot Application<\/a><span>Flight-hour prerequisites, clearance requirement, the ten to fourteen day interview visit, the three acceptance sorties totalling about seven hours, the single-opportunity rule, about ten months of training including a 22-sortie syllabus, and the three-year commitment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/u-2-record-mission-70-years-retirement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facing Retirement, U-2 Flies Record Mission to Celebrate 70 Years<\/a><span>The 31 July to 1 August 2025 record flight, its duration and distance, the pilots involved, declining mission capable rates, and the verbatim Bartholomew quotation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beale.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/4262756\/team-beale-conducts-historic-u-2-dragon-lady-flight-11-years-in-the-making\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Team Beale conducts historic U-2 Dragon Lady flight, 11 years in the making<\/a><span>Official account of the 2025 endurance flight, its more than fourteen hours and over 6,000 nautical miles across all 48 contiguous states, and the supporting role of the 9th Aircraft Maintenance and 9th Physiological Support Squadrons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/u-2-fleet-half-of-a-10s-would-retire-air-force-plans-to-add-108-planes-in-27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2027 Budget: U-2 to Retire, Air Force to Buy Over 30 Billion Dollars in Aircraft<\/a><span>The proposal to retire all 23 remaining U-2s by the end of fiscal 2027, the fleet&rsquo;s average age of more than 43 years, and the record of Congress blocking earlier divestment attempts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensedaily.com\/no-more-than-8-u-2-retirements-allowed-in-fy-2026-house-appropriators-say\/air-force\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No More Than 8 U-2 Retirements Allowed in FY 2026, House Appropriators Say<\/a><span>Section 8151 of the House defence subcommittee&rsquo;s fiscal 2026 bill barring funds from being used to divest or prepare to divest more than eight U-2 aircraft.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/beale-afb-new-battle-management-squadron\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beale AFB Getting New Battle Management Squadron as U-2s Prepare to Retire<\/a><span>The new battle management squadron of roughly 140 airmen from summer 2025, its link to the Common Mission Control Center and the 427th Reconnaissance Squadron, and the base&rsquo;s post-U-2 role.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beale.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/667258\/this-day-in-beale-history-sr-71-blackbird-arrives-at-beale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This day in Beale History: SR-71 Blackbird arrives at Beale<\/a><span>The 7 January 1966 arrival date, service at Beale until January 1990, and development by Lockheed&rsquo;s Skunk Works under Clarence Johnson.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beale.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/667024\/sr-71-blackbird-gone-but-not-forgotten\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SR-71 Blackbird: Gone but not forgotten<\/a><span>SR-71 presence at Beale from January 1966 to its departure on 26 January 1990, the total of 32 aircraft built, and the fact that none was lost to enemy action.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalmuseum.af.mil\/Visit\/Museum-Exhibits\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/198054\/lockheed-sr-71a\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lockheed SR-71A fact sheet<\/a><span>The 28 July 1976 absolute records of 2,193.167 mph and 85,068.997 feet, J58 engines and thrust, dimensions and weights, and the Beale service record of airframe 61-7976 at 2,981 hours over 942 sorties.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/airandspace.si.edu\/collection-objects\/lockheed-sr-71-blackbird\/nasm_A19920072000\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, National Air and Space Museum<\/a><span>The 6 March 1990 Los Angeles to Washington flight by Lieutenant Colonels Ed Yeilding and Joseph Vida in 1 hour, 4 minutes and 20 seconds at an average 2,124 mph, titanium construction, pressure suits and repeated aerial refuelling.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ntrs.nasa.gov\/api\/citations\/20090007797\/downloads\/20090007797.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Design and Development of the Blackbird, NASA<\/a><span>JP-7 fuel properties and the pyrophoric igniter, fuel used as a heat sink, about 93 per cent titanium structural weight, surface temperatures of 462 to 622 degrees Fahrenheit with hot spots near 1,050, and the 10,000 linear feet of tank sealant that still leaked.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/PDF\/MagazineArchive\/Magazine%20Documents\/1998\/February%201998\/0298blackbird.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Blackbird, Air Force Magazine, February 1998<\/a><span>JP-7 characteristics, dedicated tankers plumbed to carry it, the wing&rsquo;s origin as the 4200th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, several thousand operational sorties over 25 years, coverage of 100,000 square miles per hour, and the cost arguments behind retirement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.127wg.ang.af.mil\/Media\/Articles\/Article-Display\/Article\/3352858\/blackbird-midair-collision-the-story-of-a-kc-135s-survival\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blackbird midair collision: the story of a KC-135&rsquo;s survival<\/a><span>The 17 June 1970 collision near El Paso at 26,000 feet, the crew of Major Buddy Brown and Major Matt Jarvis, the loss of the SR-71, the tanker&rsquo;s nearly 1,000-mile return to Beale, and KC-135Q segregated tanks for JP-7.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/104516\/rq-4-global-hawk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RQ-4 Global Hawk fact sheet<\/a><span>Endurance of more than 34 hours, 60,000-foot ceiling, 12,300-nautical-mile range, 130.9-foot wingspan, sensor fits by block, and operation by the 12th Reconnaissance Squadron at Beale.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beale.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/3121311\/beale-afb-says-farewell-to-the-rq-4-global-hawk-block-30\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beale AFB says farewell to the RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30<\/a><span>Departure of the final Beale-assigned RQ-4 on 7 July 2022, about 18 years of operations from October 2004, consolidation at Grand Forks, and transfer to Northrop Grumman for high-speed test work.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/950076\/pilot-identified-in-fatal-u-2-crash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pilot identified in fatal U-2 crash<\/a><span>Official Air Force identification of Lt. Col. Ira S. Eadie of the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, the 20 September 2016 date, the location near the Sutter Buttes at about 9.05 a.m., and the surviving pilot&rsquo;s condition.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2017\/04\/19\/pilot-error-to-blame-for-crash-of-u-2-trainer-in-september\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pilot error to blame for crash of U-2 trainer in September<\/a><span>Accident Investigation Board findings on the secondary stall, wing drop and nose-low attitude, the ejection order near minimum altitude, the instructor&rsquo;s seat striking the right wing, the acceptance-flight context, and the roughly 32 million dollar loss.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/news\/article\/Spy-Plane-Crashes-in-Oroville-Pilot-Resident-2971135.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spy Plane Crashes in Oroville &mdash; Pilot, Resident Die<\/a><span>Captain Randy Roby, aged 32 of Fresno, the ground fatality Jerri Vering, the impact on the Oroville Mercury-Register building and car park, the two injured bystanders, and the distance from Beale.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsnews.com\/sacramento\/news\/sutter-county-u2-spy-plane-crash-comes-20-years-after-oroville-crash\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sutter County U-2 Spy Plane Crash Comes 20 Years After Oroville Crash<\/a><span>Confirms the 7 August 1996 date of the Oroville crash and that the pilot reported mechanical trouble shortly after take-off.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thefallen.militarytimes.com\/air-force-maj-duane-w-dively\/935113\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Maj. Duane W. Dively<\/a><span>Rank, age of 43, assignment to the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron at Beale, the 22 June 2005 date, the crash in south-west Asia while returning from a mission supporting operations in Afghanistan, and his prior AC-130 background.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrc.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/854471\/kc-135-tanker-mission-returns-to-beale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KC-135 tanker mission returns to Beale<\/a><span>Arrival of the first of eight KC-135 Stratotankers for the 940th Air Refueling Wing at Beale on 10 July 2016, with the remainder expected by October 2016.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hill.af.mil\/Home\/Ogden-ALC\/AMARG\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AMARG &mdash; Ogden Air Logistics Complex<\/a><span>Official AMARG page: 2,600 acres, approximately 3,200 aircraft, 6,100 engines, 300,000 tooling line items, 5,000-6,000 parts reclaimed a year worth $250-300 million, about 100 aircraft regenerated annually, reporting chain to Hill AFB.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hill.af.mil\/Portals\/58\/documents\/OO-ALC\/AMARG%20FAQ.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group FAQ<\/a><span>Official FAQ: five core missions, customers across all five DoD services and allied governments, and the statement that AMARG cannot accommodate tours or visits.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/0213boneyard\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Living Boneyard<\/a><span>Spraylat cost and application window, temperature control within fifteen degrees of ambient, labour hours by airframe, storage type definitions, fiscal 2012 reclamation of more than 10,000 parts worth $472 million.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/historynet.com\/the-boneyard-of-amarg\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Aircraft Boneyard of AMARG<\/a><span>Caliche soil and desert climate rationale, four storage type definitions, peak 1970s inventory of 6,080 aircraft, redesignation history.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hill.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/837913\/309th-amarg-americas-national-level-airpower-reservoir-celebrates-70th-annivers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">309th AMARG celebrates 70th anniversary<\/a><span>April 1946 founding, first stored types (C-47, B-29), support to the Berlin Airlift, Korea, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam and the Gulf.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nuke.fas.org\/control\/start1\/text\/convpro.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">START I Conversion or Elimination Protocol (treaty text)<\/a><span>Verbatim elimination procedure for heavy bombers: tail severed at a location obviously not an assembly joint, wings separated, remaining fuselage cut in two within the wing attachment area, 60-day completion limit and the 90-day exposure to national technical means of verification.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/systems\/b-52.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">B-52 Stratofortress<\/a><span>The 13,000-pound steel guillotine blade, four drops per aircraft, five resulting pieces, about 90 tons of scrap, and the three-month wait for Russian satellite confirmation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/last-b-52g-falls-to-new-start\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Last B-52G Falls to New START<\/a><span>Elimination of 58-0224 on 19 December 2013, 39 B-52Gs eliminated under New START, the 5 February 2018 deadline, and the 97 B-52Gs and 13 B-52Hs then remaining in storage.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dm.af.mil\/About-DM\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/666235\/davis-monthan-355th-wing-fact-sheet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Davis-Monthan &amp; 355th Wing Fact Sheet<\/a><span>Official wing fact sheet: assigned aircraft types, the 563rd Rescue Group realignment under the 355th Wing on 1 October 2018, and AMARG&rsquo;s presence on the base.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aerotechnews.com\/davis-monthanafb\/2016\/03\/04\/history-of-the-355th-fighter-wing-at-davis-monthan-air-force-base\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History of the 355th Fighter Wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base<\/a><span>Reactivation on 1 July 1971 with the A-7D, first A-10 on 2 March 1976, redesignation on 1 September 1979, last A-7D mission 2 October 1979, Desert Storm sortie and mission-capable figures, Southern Watch from 27 August 1992.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/air-force-a-10-warthog-boneyard\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Davis-Monthan Begins Sending A-10s to the Boneyard<\/a><span>First retirement on 6 February 2024, tail number 82-0648, the 78-aircraft Davis-Monthan fleet, and quotes from the 355th Wing commander.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dm.af.mil\/Media\/News\/Article\/3907134\/two-historic-a-10-squadrons-inactivate-at-dm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Two historic A-10 squadrons inactivate at DM<\/a><span>Official account of the 13 September 2024 inactivation of the 354th Fighter Squadron and 354th Fighter Generation Squadron, with the unit&rsquo;s cumulative sortie, ammunition and rescue figures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/air_force\/2026-08-03\/a-10-warthog-final-flight-davis-monthan-22448306.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A-10 &#8216;Warthog&#8217; takes final active-duty flight at Arizona air base<\/a><span>The 29 July 2026 final sortie and the verbatim Dwyer quote used on this page.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/as-a-10s-leave-davis-monthan-special-operations-wing-ramps-up-moving-plans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">As A-10s Leave Davis-Monthan, Special Operations Wing Ramps Up Moving Plans<\/a><span>492nd SOW timeline accelerated to fiscal 2028, detachment stood up autumn 2024, headquarters activation summer 2027, more than 1,300 positions moving, the 18 September 2026 inactivation of four 355th Operations Group A-10 units, and the 5 August 2026 departure to Moody AFB.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/air-force-davis-monthan-a-10s-afsoc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New &#8216;Power Projection Wing&#8217; to Replace A-10s at Davis-Monthan<\/a><span>The 25 April 2023 announcement of the 492nd as a power projection wing under AFSOC, alongside Compass Call and HH-60W elements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/afsoc-wing-davis-monthan-cv-22\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFSOC Changes Plans for New Wing at Davis-Monthan<\/a><span>Revised force mix of two OA-1K squadrons and one CV-22 squadron, removal of MC-130J and special tactics units, and the additional theatre air operations and intelligence squadrons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/air_force\/2025-09-15\/davis-monthan-special-operations-wing-19098836.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force plans to move units from Florida to Arizona&rsquo;s Davis-Monthan AFB for new special ops wing<\/a><span>Named moving units including the 319th, 34th and 20th Special Operations Squadrons, the U-28 to OA-1K transition, and environmental study timing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/3886923\/first-acc-ea-37b-delivered-to-davis-monthan-afb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">First ACC EA-37B delivered to Davis-Monthan AFB<\/a><span>23 August 2024 delivery to the 55th Electronic Combat Group and 43rd Electronic Combat Squadron, replacing the EC-130H, with capability description.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dm.af.mil\/About-DM\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/313219\/563rd-rescue-group-afsoc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">563rd Rescue Group fact sheet<\/a><span>Official group composition: seven squadrons, about 1,125 personnel, two geographically separated locations, and the roles of the 48th, 55th, 68th and 79th Rescue Squadrons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/128637\/davis-monthan-airmen-en-route-rescue-injured-sailors-pacific-ocean\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Davis-Monthan Airmen en route to rescue injured sailors in Pacific Ocean<\/a><span>May 2014 long-range rescue: 38 airmen, two HC-130Js, three HH-60s, an Arizona Air National Guard KC-135, more than 1,100 nautical miles offshore.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/namesakes-davis-monthan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Namesakes: Davis-Monthan<\/a><span>Biographies and death details for Samuel H. Davis and Oscar Monthan, their burials in Tucson, and the 1941 and 1948 renamings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tucson.com\/news\/blogs\/morgue-tales\/tales-from-the-morgue-davis-monthan-dedicated-by-lindbergh-himself\/article_499e4fb8-33d3-11df-97d6-001cc4c03286.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tales from the Morgue: Davis-Monthan dedicated by Lindbergh himself<\/a><span>23 September 1927 dedication, the crowd of about 20,000, the two o&rsquo;clock arrival of the Spirit of St. Louis, and the field&rsquo;s standing as the largest municipal airport in the United States.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.azpm.org\/s\/38798-davis-monthan-witness-to-history\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History of Davis-Monthan: Empty Fields to Wartime Prep<\/a><span>September 1940 Army takeover and eight-month construction, third-largest B-24 training base, 1945 B-29 arrival after a $1.5 million upgrade, post-war transition to storage.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gvrhc.org\/Library\/TitanMissileSystem.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Titan II Missile System (Green Valley Rio Rico Historical Society)<\/a><span>390th SMW activation at Davis-Monthan on 28 November 1961, the 570th and 571st squadrons and their eighteen silos, operational dates, the W-53 nine-megaton warhead, deactivation from 1 October 1982 to May 1984, and Complex 571-7 as the Titan Missile Museum.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/1297world\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aerospace World (December 1997)<\/a><span>Capt. Craig Button&rsquo;s 2 April 1997 departure from formation, ordnance carried, the 495-mile flight, the Gold Dust Peak impact, and the 27 October 1997 accident investigation board conclusions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tucson.com\/article_e4656906-2c0b-11ea-9fff-274764f916dd.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dec. 19, 1967: Jet crashes into Tucson grocery store<\/a><span>Contemporary account of the Cactus Shopping Center crash: fuel load taken on at Davis-Monthan, the crew&rsquo;s ejection, the eight confirmed deaths and the higher toll feared at the time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tucson.com\/1978-jet-crashes-near-university-of-arizona\/article_8a7d9af0-c60f-11e5-abd1-fb7055e2ec81.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1978: Jet crashes near University of Arizona<\/a><span>26 October 1978 A-7D crash: unit, engine compression failure, the pilot&rsquo;s ejection, the single ground fatality and six injuries, and the political aftermath.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eacourier.com\/news\/air-force-rocket-unintentionally-released-near-mount-graham\/article_b0c7b1ae-d0c5-11e9-94a4-7b71c85adff6.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force rocket unintentionally released near Mount Graham<\/a><span>5 September 2019 unintentional M-156 white phosphorus rocket release by a 354th Fighter Squadron A-10C in the Jackal Military Operations Area, with the base&rsquo;s statement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asn.flightsafety.org\/reports\/2018\/20180502_C130_65-0968.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USAF Aircraft Accident Investigation Board report, WC-130H 65-0968<\/a><span>Official board report on the 2 May 2018 crash of a Hercules bound for retirement at Davis-Monthan: engine RPM fault, maintenance and crew findings, and the nine fatalities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/shredding-f-14s-to-keep-parts-from-iran\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shredding F-14s To Keep Parts From Iran<\/a><span>2 July 2007 report: 165 F-14s at the boneyard, 23 shredded for about $900,000 under a $3.7 million contract, the Pentagon&rsquo;s suspension of parts sales, and the verbatim Shocklee quote.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/plan-your-visit\/available-tours\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Available Tours &mdash; Pima Air &amp; Space Museum<\/a><span>Museum statement that AMARG bus tours have permanently ended because of Air Force security considerations, and the museum&rsquo;s own collection of more than 200 aircraft outdoors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/biztucson.com\/southern-arizonas-military-installations-at-a-glance\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Southern Arizona&rsquo;s Military Installations at a Glance<\/a><span>Base scale figures: 10,530 acres, a 13,643-foot runway, roughly 11,000 airmen, 34 federal mission partners and an annual economic impact of $2.6 billion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kadena.af.mil\/Portals\/40\/documents\/AFD-130514-115.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kadena Air Base airfield instruction (18th Wing), kadena.af.mil<\/a><span>Runway designations, 12,100 ft lengths and widths, 1,352 ft centreline separation, taxiway layout, ramp and shelter parking, field elevation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kadena.af.mil\/About-Us\/History\/Kadena-Air-Base-History\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kadena Air Base History<\/a><span>Yara Hikojo origin, 1 April 1945 capture by Tenth Army, 1,500 m coral runway, eight-day rebuild, Doolittle, 1950 and 1954 arrivals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kadena.af.mil\/About-Us\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">About Us, Kadena Air Base<\/a><span>Largest US installation in the Asia-Pacific, 1991 consolidation into the 18th Wing, four-billion-dollar fleet, associate units.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kadena.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/416975\/okinawa-information\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Okinawa Information fact sheet, Kadena Air Base<\/a><span>Keystone of the Pacific nickname, 900-mile distances, 4,900-acre base plus 6,300-acre munitions area, climate and typhoon season.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.5af.pacaf.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/1483830\/18th-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">18th Wing fact sheet, Fifth Air Force<\/a><span>Largest combat wing in the Air Force, six billion dollars in resources, about 80 aircraft, five groups and roughly 8,200 personnel.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kadena.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/1917408\/18th-civil-engineer-group\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">18th Civil Engineer Group fact sheet, Kadena Air Base<\/a><span>Largest civil engineer unit in the Air Force, 23.4 million square feet of facilities, explosive ordnance disposal workload.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacaf.af.mil\/Portals\/6\/documents\/Month%20in%20History\/PACAF%20History%20January%202016.pdf?ver=2016-04-05-152441-790\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This Month in USAF and PACAF History, January, Pacific Air Forces History Office<\/a><span>SR-71 arrival at Kadena 8 March 1968, first operational sortie 21 March 1968 by O&rsquo;Malley and Payne, Habu nickname, 1968 to 1972 sortie rates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/0109arc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arc Light, Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine<\/a><span>Arc Light dates, more than 126,000 sorties, Kadena staging from February 1968, U-Tapao becoming sole base in September 1970.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/historicaldocuments\/frus1964-68v29p2\/d125\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Memorandum from the Under Secretary of the Army (McGiffert), 14 June 1968, Foreign Relations of the United States 1964&ndash;68, vol. XXIX part 2, doc. 125<\/a><span>Primary US government record of the political problem created by B-52s at Kadena, including the April 1968 poll showing 86 per cent of residents apprehensive.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/english.ryukyushimpo.jp\/2019\/07\/05\/30710\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial: Sixty years after Miyamori Elementary School plane crash, Ryukyu Shimpo<\/a><span>Miyamori crash date, 18 killed including 12 pupils, 210 injured, pilot ejection, maintenance error as the accident report&rsquo;s main cause.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/english.ryukyushimpo.jp\/2017\/11\/01\/27963\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Army veteran gives interview on 1959 Naha accidental nuke missile firing, Ryukyu Shimpo<\/a><span>19 June 1959 accidental firing of a nuclear-armed Nike Hercules at Naha Air Base, two deaths, secrecy, Robert Roepke&rsquo;s 2017 account.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/english.ryukyushimpo.jp\/2017\/03\/02\/26544\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In third Kadena noise lawsuit, demand for flight injunction dismissed but 30.2 billion ordered in damages, Ryukyu Shimpo<\/a><span>23 February 2017 ruling, 22,048 plaintiffs, 30.2 billion yen, reasoning for refusing an injunction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/asia_pacific\/2026-01-29\/aircraft-noise-lawsuit-kadena-okinawa-20560141.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Japanese court awards 16.3 million dollars over aircraft noise from Air Force base on Okinawa, Stars and Stripes<\/a><span>23 January 2026 ruling, 5,028 plaintiffs, damages scaled by district, coverage period, the court&rsquo;s findings and refusal to restrict flights.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/asia_pacific\/2022-05-12\/okinawa-japan-reversion-50th-anniversary-us-military-world-war-ii-5975527.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Young Okinawans are optimistic, but feel weight of US military presence on their island, Stars and Stripes<\/a><span>15 May 1972 reversion, 70 per cent of Japan&rsquo;s US bases on Okinawa, 32 installations on about 18 per cent of the land, 30,000 service members, 84 per cent polling figure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/en\/d_act\/us\/anpo\/js2_e.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Progress on the Realignment of U.S. Forces in Japan, Japanese Ministry of Defense<\/a><span>Return of facilities south of Kadena, relocation of the Navy ramp across Kadena&rsquo;s runways, the 1996 joint committee agreement on noise abatement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/air-force-last-active-duty-f-15c-kadena\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force&rsquo;s Last Active-Duty F-15C Made Its Final Flight at Kadena, Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine<\/a><span>24 January 2025 final flight, 67th Fighter Generation Squadron activation, April 2023 farewell ceremony, 2022 start of the drawdown.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/air_force\/2026-02-17\/air-force-eagle-ii-kadena-boeing-20770728.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force delays arrival of permanent F-15EX Eagle II fighters on Okinawa, Stars and Stripes<\/a><span>July 2024 basing announcement of 36 F-15EX for 48 F-15C\/D, Boeing strike dates, rotational squadrons in place in October 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/air_force\/2026-05-27\/f15ex-fighters-kadena-okinawa-21792409.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">First F-15EX to arrive on Okinawa next year, Air Force secretary says, Stars and Stripes<\/a><span>Secretary Troy Meink&rsquo;s 21 May 2026 Senate testimony on 2027 first delivery and 2028&ndash;29 completion, 36 aircraft in two squadrons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/air_force\/2026-05-06\/kadena-okinawa-raptors-alaska-elmendorf-21589967.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F-22s arrive at Air Force base on Okinawa as F-15EX delivery stalled, Stars and Stripes<\/a><span>Twelve F-22s of the 90th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron arriving 4&ndash;5 May 2026, the 27th from Langley, the record of rotational types since late 2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kadena.af.mil\/News\/Display\/Article\/4530945\/f-15ex-returns-to-kadena-advances-transition-to-next-generation-airpower\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F-15EX returns to Kadena, advances transition to next-generation airpower, Kadena Air Base<\/a><span>29 June 2026 visit by one F-15EX and two F-15Es from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron; verbatim quotes from Brigadier General John Gallemore and Lieutenant Colonel Casey Watts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/forward-deployed-10\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Forward Deployed, Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine<\/a><span>Kadena as the largest US air base in the Pacific and sixth busiest in the Air Force, the mix of resident and transient aircraft, typhoon evacuation planning, and the Senior Airman Jessica Newman quote.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/life-in-typhoon-alley\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Life in Typhoon Alley, Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine<\/a><span>TCCOR system and 1 June to 30 November season, civil engineer checklists, hardened shelters, and the evacuation of 18 F-15s and eight F-22s to Yokota.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kadena.af.mil\/News\/Article\/3081402\/961st-aacs-our-eyes-in-the-sky\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">961st AACS: Our eyes in the sky, Kadena Air Base<\/a><span>E-3 Sentry mission at Kadena, detection range beyond 250 miles, and the battle-management role described by Lieutenant Colonel Robert Rankin Jr.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kadena.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/1338913\/909th-air-refueling-squadron\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">909th Air Refueling Squadron fact sheet, Kadena Air Base<\/a><span>KC-135 mission, the Young Tigers nickname, and the squadron&rsquo;s role as Pacific Air Forces&rsquo; primary refuelling force in contingencies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kadena.af.mil\/Units\/18th-Operations-Group\/33rd-Rescue-Squadron\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">33rd Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base<\/a><span>Combat search and rescue mission across the Indo-Pacific, the motto that others may live, and the training profile.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/asia_pacific\/2024-01-31\/jolly-green-helicopter-okinawa-12849580.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jolly Green II helicopters arrive on Okinawa to replace aging Pave Hawk fleet, Stars and Stripes<\/a><span>HH-60W arrival at Kadena on 26 January 2024 for the 33rd Rescue Squadron, replacing roughly forty-year-old HH-60G Pave Hawks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.353sow.af.mil\/About-Us\/Units\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Units, 353rd Special Operations Wing<\/a><span>Roughly 1,000 airmen, the only Air Force special operations unit in the Pacific, 1st SOS MC-130J, 21st SOS CV-22B and 320th Special Tactics Squadron.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/asia_pacific\/2025-06-09\/explosion-kadena-air-base-okinawa-18060826.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Munitions facility explosion injures 4 Japanese soldiers at US base on Okinawa, Stars and Stripes<\/a><span>9 June 2025 explosion during rust removal on wartime ordnance, four JGSDF injuries, and island-wide unexploded ordnance disposal figures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakenheath.af.mil\/About-Us\/Units\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Units &mdash; Royal Air Force Lakenheath<\/a><span>Wing size and population figures, the four fighter squadrons, the largest US fighter operation in Europe claim, and the only wing both numbered and named.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakenheath.af.mil\/Portals\/8\/documents\/48%20FW%202023%20Heritage%20Pamphlet.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The History of the 48th Fighter Wing (2023 Heritage Pamphlet)<\/a><span>Statue of Liberty Wing naming on 4 July 1954, aircraft succession, the 1986 launch of 24 F-111Fs, Desert Storm and Allied Force figures, Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakenheath.af.mil\/Portals\/8\/documents\/AFD-151006-007.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RAF Lakenheath station history (48th Fighter Wing History Office)<\/a><span>Decoy aerodrome of 1940, opening on 24 November 1941, wartime squadrons and raids, 1947 reopening, 1950 US assumption of control, SAC era, arrival of the 48th TFW on 15 January 1960.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk\/documents\/SN06808\/SN06808.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US military forces in the UK: legal agreements (House of Commons Library briefing SN06808)<\/a><span>NATO SOFA 1951 and Visiting Forces Act 1952, US colonel commanding visiting-forces bases, RAF commander normally of squadron leader rank, and the Churchill&mdash;Truman joint decision formula.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insidedio.blog.gov.uk\/2018\/11\/19\/proud-partnership-working-together-to-bring-us-f-35s-to-raf-lakenheath\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Proud partnership: working together to bring US F-35s to RAF Lakenheath<\/a><span>MOD Defence Infrastructure Organisation role, the F-35 construction campus, and confirmation that Lakenheath is an RAF station hosting the permanently stationed 48th Fighter Wing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/us-announces-first-f-35-in-europe-to-be-based-in-the-uk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US announces first F-35 in Europe to be based in the UK<\/a><span>UK government announcement of 8 January 2015 that two US F-35 squadrons would be based at RAF Lakenheath.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usafe.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/2874565\/raf-lakenheath-welcomes-first-5th-generation-f-35\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RAF Lakenheath welcomes first 5th generation F-35<\/a><span>Arrival of the first F-35A on 15 December 2021 with the 495th Fighter Squadron, and the Valkyries nickname.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/lakenheath-f-35-squadrons-near-full-readiness\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USAF F-35 Squadrons at Lakenheath Near Full Readiness<\/a><span>Two F-35 squadrons (495th Valkyries and 493rd Grim Reapers), 52 aircraft expected, second squadron reaching full operational capability in autumn 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twz.com\/air\/f-15e-strike-eagles-to-leave-england-for-good\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F-15E Strike Eagles To Leave England For Good<\/a><span>May 2025 Senate Armed Services Committee exchange on the two Strike Eagle squadrons returning stateside, and the caveats about timing and F-35 delivery.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/air_force\/2026-07-22\/europe-fighter-wings-deployed-iran-22336794.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force goes all in on use of Europe-based fighter wings to give support in Middle East<\/a><span>Confirms F-15Es and F-35s still operating from Lakenheath in July 2026 and deploying to the Middle East.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afhistory.af.mil\/FAQs\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/458950\/1986-operation-el-dorado-canyon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1986 &mdash; Operation El Dorado Canyon (Air Force Historical Support Division)<\/a><span>Official Air Force account of the 1986 raid: aircraft numbers, targets, timings and the flight restrictions requiring repeated refuelling.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/0399canyon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">El Dorado Canyon<\/a><span>France and Spain denying overflight, the Strait of Gibraltar routing, 6,400-mile round trip, 13 hours, 8 to 12 refuellings, and the loss of Karma 52 with Ribas-Dominicci and Lorence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakenheath.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/727502\/remembering-operation-el-dorado-canyon-30th-anniversary\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Remembering Operation El Dorado Canyon: 30th Anniversary<\/a><span>Wing account of the 14 April 1986 launch, the La Belle bombing that prompted it, and the description of the mission as the longest then flown by tactical aircraft.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fas.org\/publication\/lakenheath-air-base-added-to-nuclear-weapons-storage-site-upgrades\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lakenheath Air Base Added To Nuclear Weapons Storage Site Upgrades<\/a><span>The UK added to NATO storage upgrade lists, the 2008 disclosure of withdrawal, roughly 110 B61s in 33 vaults, and the Kristensen caveat quoted on the page.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/air_force\/2025-03-03\/air-force-lakenheath-nuclear-bombs-17017517.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RAF Lakenheath lays groundwork for possible return of US nuclear bomb storage, report says<\/a><span>The March 2025 FAS report, the surety dormitory funding language, contracting and imagery evidence, and the US policy of not discussing weapon locations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scalar.usc.edu\/works\/brokenarrowproject\/1956---overseas-base-england\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Broken Arrow Project: July 27, 1956 &mdash; Overseas Base, England<\/a><span>Department of Defense narrative of the 1956 Lakenheath B-47 accident: three Mark 6 bombs, no capsules present, no detonation, no contamination, four crew killed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/investigation-found-pilot-error-caused-june-f-15-crash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Investigation Found Pilot Error Caused Fatal June F-15 Crash<\/a><span>The 15 June 2020 F-15C loss in the North Sea, 1st Lt Kenneth Allen, and the accident investigation board findings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakenheath.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/727773\/air-force-releases-investigation-results-on-f-15d-accident\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force releases investigation results on F-15D accident<\/a><span>The 8 October 2014 F-15D crash near Spalding, Lincolnshire, and the board president&rsquo;s conclusions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/04\/08\/the-rescue-mission-that-brought-2-f-15e-strike-eagle-crew-members-home\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The rescue mission that brought 2 F-15E Strike Eagle crew members home<\/a><span>The 3 April 2026 F-15E shoot-down over Iran, the tentative 494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron attribution, and the recovery of both crew.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/raf-lakenheath-and-raf-mildenhall-military-aviation-noise-contour-report-2020\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall military aviation noise contour report 2020<\/a><span>Ministry of Defence noise contour mapping for the two Suffolk stations, produced by the RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/installations.militaryonesource.mil\/in-depth-overview\/raf-lakenheath\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RAF Lakenheath in-depth overview (MilitaryINSTALLATIONS, US Department of Defense)<\/a><span>Location in west Suffolk, distances to Cambridge and London, neighbouring village populations, and the description of the 48th as USAFE&rsquo;s only F-35\/F-15 fighter wing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aviano.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/280335\/31st-fighter-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">31st Fighter Wing fact sheet<\/a><span>Official statement of the wing mission, its squadrons, the rescue and air control squadrons, the 731st Munitions Squadron at Camp Darby, and the phrase describing it as the only US fighter wing south of the Alps.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aviano.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/280367\/31st-operations-group\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">31st Operations Group fact sheet, Aviano Air Base<\/a><span>Composition of the operations group, the figure of over 970 personnel, the F-16CM designation, the Guardian Angel squadron and the geographically separated MQ-9 unit in Romania.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aviano.af.mil\/Portals\/1\/documents\/31%20FW%20HERITAGE%20PAMPHLET_8%20Jan%2014.pdf?ver=2016-09-23-052357-163\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A History of the 31st Fighter Wing (heritage pamphlet)<\/a><span>Official wing history: the 1 April 1994 move from Homestead to Aviano, Block 40 F-16s, Deny Flight and Deliberate Force sortie figures, the Allied Force totals and O&rsquo;Grady&rsquo;s squadron.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aeronautica.difesa.it\/organizzazione\/AC_RRAA\/CSA\/CFC\/Pagine\/aviano.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Comando Aeroporto di Aviano, Aeronautica Militare<\/a><span>Italian Air Force account of the 1911 founding and 19 April 1911 first commander, the Pagliano e Gori name, the First World War history including Baracca and the Caproni squadrons, and the command&rsquo;s role in overseeing the bilateral agreements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aeronautica.difesa.it\/2017\/12\/30\/commemorato-il-centesimo-anniversario-dellabbattimento-della-coppia-eroica-pagliano-e-gori\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Centenary commemoration of the loss of Pagliano and Gori, Aeronautica Militare<\/a><span>Official Italian Air Force commemoration establishing that the two airmen after whom the airfield is named were lost in the First World War, marked a century later at the end of December 2017.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usafe.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/256786\/construction-gives-aviano-new-look\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Construction gives Aviano new look, US Air Forces in Europe<\/a><span>The Aviano 2000 programme: NATO contributions of 395 million dollars to the Air Force and 12 million to the Italian Air Force, 174 US projects at some 138 million dollars, and the facilities delivered including the medical treatment facility.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shape.nato.int\/page2148121621\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SHAPE History: the first combat action by NATO forces, 1994<\/a><span>NATO&rsquo;s own record that on 28 February 1994 NATO aircraft shot down four Bosnian Serb fighter-bombers violating the no-fly zone, the Alliance&rsquo;s first combat action, under Operation Deny Flight.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/en\/news-and-events\/articles\/news\/2005\/08\/30\/operation-deliberate-force-ten-years-on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Operation Deliberate Force: Ten years on, NATO<\/a><span>NATO confirmation that Deliberate Force opened with precision strikes early on 30 August 1995 and is regarded as the Alliance&rsquo;s first air campaign.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usni.org\/magazines\/proceedings\/1995\/november\/recovery-basher-52\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Recovery of Basher 52, US Naval Institute Proceedings, November 1995<\/a><span>Contemporaneous account of the 2 June 1995 shootdown, the Basher 52 call sign, the flight from Aviano, and the 8 June recovery by the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit from the USS Kearsarge.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsnews.com\/news\/marine-pilot-gets-6-months\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marine pilot gets 6 months, CBS News<\/a><span>Captain Richard Ashby&rsquo;s March 1999 acquittal on charges arising from the twenty deaths, his conviction for obstruction and conspiracy, and the May 1999 sentence of six months, dismissal and forfeiture of pay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/military-jury-dismiss-marine\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Military jury dismisses Marine, CBS News<\/a><span>Captain Joseph Schweitzer&rsquo;s guilty plea to obstruction of justice and conspiracy over the destroyed videotape, and the April 1999 sentence of dismissal without imprisonment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/2003-02-02\/cavalese-italy-to-mark-anniversary-of-ski-gondola-tragedy-1950442.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cavalese, Italy, to mark anniversary of ski gondola tragedy, Stars and Stripes<\/a><span>The disaster&rsquo;s facts and the state of local feeling five years on, including the quoted remark by Cavalese mayor Mauro Gilmozzi.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/2006-11-11\/americans-not-bad-neighbors-aviano-area-mayors-say-1899783.html1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Americans not bad neighbors, Aviano area mayors say, Stars and Stripes<\/a><span>Local mayors on the American presence, the dispersal of service families into rented housing across surrounding towns, and the economic effects on the comuni.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/europe\/2024-11-01\/exchange-strike-aviano-airforce-army-15687435.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Italian AAFES workers plan walkout in protest of job cuts at US base in Aviano, Stars and Stripes<\/a><span>The figure of about 760 Italian employees at Aviano, the forty-four posts at risk, and the collective bargaining structure covering Italian staff at US bases.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/europe\/2025-07-14\/diers-clark-aviano-strong-horrigan-vicenza-18438639.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US air base in Aviano switches to colonel in command, Stars and Stripes<\/a><span>The 11 July 2025 change of command from Brigadier General Tad Clark to Colonel Beau Diers, the shift to a colonel commanding the wing, and the quoted remark by Diers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/air_force\/2026-01-27\/aviano-receives-final-jolly-green-rescue-chopper-20541473.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aviano&rsquo;s fleet of Jolly Green II rescue helicopters filled out with arrival of No. 6, Stars and Stripes<\/a><span>Completion of the six-aircraft HH-60W fleet in mid-January 2026, the replacement of the HH-60G, and the statement that Aviano is the only US air base in Europe or Africa hosting combat search-and-rescue helicopters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/europe\/2026-06-22\/trump-meloni-aviano-independence-day-22044899.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Italian officials skip US base celebrations amid Trump-Meloni spat, Stars and Stripes<\/a><span>The June 2026 decision by Pordenone and by Confindustria Alto Adriatico not to attend the Aviano Independence Day event, with the named officials and their stated reasons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/spatial-disorientation-caused-fatal-f-16-crash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spatial Disorientation Caused Fatal F-16 Crash, Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine<\/a><span>The 28 January 2013 loss of an Aviano F-16 of the 555th Fighter Squadron in the Adriatic, the death of Major Lucas Gruenther, and the accident board&rsquo;s finding of spatial disorientation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/static.e-publishing.af.mil\/production\/1\/avianoab\/publication\/avianoabi15-101\/avianoabi15-101.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aviano Air Base Instruction 15-101, weather support<\/a><span>Official confirmation that mountains north of the field block radar returns from storms forming over them and that the Area F Doppler radar cannot see storms within five to ten nautical miles, plus local wind and thunderstorm criteria.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/31fss.com\/areas-of-base\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Areas of Base, 31st Force Support Squadron, Aviano Air Base<\/a><span>The dispersed layout of the installation: Area F for the flightline and most working functions, Area 1 for schools and community facilities, and the smaller lettered areas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aviano.af.mil\/News\/Display\/Article\/4195313\/31st-anniversary-of-the-31st-fighter-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">31st Anniversary of the 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base<\/a><span>The wing&rsquo;s own account of its continuous presence at Aviano since 1994 and its role as a NATO and US airpower component in southern Europe.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramstein.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/303604\/86th-airlift-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">86th Airlift Wing fact sheet<\/a><span>Wing structure, 29 squadrons in four countries, 14 C-130J and the C-21A and C-37A fleet, personnel numbers, four supported combatant commands, KMC population.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usafe.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/252923\/fact-sheet-usafe-afafrica\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FACT SHEET: USAFE-AFAFRICA<\/a><span>Dual air component role, 15 million square miles and 104 states, 35,000 personnel, 217 aircraft, seven main operating bases, 20 April 2012 redesignation, headquarters at Ramstein.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/104551\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United States Air Forces in Europe fact sheet<\/a><span>Post-Cold War drawdown, main operating bases cut by 67 per cent, shift to an expeditionary posture.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ac.nato.int\/about\/headquarters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Allied Air Command &mdash; Headquarters<\/a><span>NATO air headquarters at Ramstein since 1974, 2010 and 2012 changes, CAOCs at Uedem and Torrejon, DACCC Poggio Renatico, 500-plus staff from 25 nations, command arrangements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ac.nato.int\/archive\/2018\/ramstein-air-base-commemorates-victims-of-airshow-tragedy.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ramstein Air Base commemorates victims of airshow tragedy<\/a><span>Thirtieth anniversary ceremony, Gabellini quote, statement that German air show regulations were tightened and that the USAF stopped hosting air shows at the base.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.osi.af.mil\/News\/Features\/Display\/Article\/3129659\/looking-back-ramstein-air-show-crash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Looking Back: Ramstein air show crash<\/a><span>Official USAF account: time, altitude, sequence under seven seconds, 70 dead broken down by nationality and role, 346 seriously injured, OSI response.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaiserslauternamerican.com\/a-tale-of-two-bases\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A tale of two bases<\/a><span>1951 French design, 8,000 workers, Landstuhl AB 17 February and 5 August 1952, Ramstein AB 1 June 1953, merger on 1 December 1957, renaming in late 1958.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/133754\/rhein-main-transition-on-track\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rhein-Main transition on track<\/a><span>465 million dollar programme, 305 million from German states and the Frankfurt airport authority, Ramstein taking 65 per cent of the work, gateway role transferring 1 October 2005 and Rhein-Main closing 31 December 2005.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/2003-09-19\/rhein-main-closing-prompts-upgrades-at-ramstein-spangdahlem-1954866.html1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rhein-Main closing prompts upgrades at Ramstein, Spangdahlem<\/a><span>Construction detail at Ramstein including the runway extension to 10,560 feet with two 660-foot overruns.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/afhistory.org\/july-21-1994-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 21, 1994<\/a><span>Last F-16 departs the 86th Fighter Wing at Ramstein for Aviano, ending USAFE fighter operations at the base.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/2009-04-08\/new-c-130j-super-hercules-gets-rousing-reception-at-ramstein-1989399.html1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New C-130J Super Hercules gets rousing reception at Ramstein<\/a><span>First C-130J arrival on 8 April 2009 for the 37th Airlift Squadron, 14 aircraft planned, replacement of 16 C-130E.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramstein.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/303606\/521st-air-mobility-operations-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">521st Air Mobility Operations Wing fact sheet<\/a><span>En route mobility structure: 2,700-plus personnel, two groups, ten squadrons, 14 geographically separated units at 18 sites in 13 countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramstein.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/303602\/435th-air-ground-operations-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">435th Air Ground Operations Wing fact sheet<\/a><span>Contingency response, forward communications and air support operations groups, 1,400-plus personnel across eleven installations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramstein.af.mil\/About\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">About Ramstein Air Base<\/a><span>Global Gateway description, host and mission partner units, aircraft types, aeromedical evacuation role.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramstein.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/303639\/what-is-the-kmc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What is the KMC?<\/a><span>Official claim that the Kaiserslautern Military Community is the largest American military community outside the continental United States, and the installations it comprises.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/europe\/2025-03-19\/kaiserslautern-eighty-years-american-troops-17195189.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">80 years ago, Patton&rsquo;s Army rolled into what is now the largest US military community overseas<\/a><span>American presence in Kaiserslautern from March 1945, 1951 French authorisation for US reoccupation, community of over 50,000, local economic effect.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramstein.af.mil\/Resources\/Base-Facilities\/Kaiserslautern-Military-Community-Center\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kaiserslautern Military Community Center<\/a><span>About 800,000 square feet, 350-room visiting quarters, opened 2009, roughly 170 million dollars, first co-location of Exchange and Air Force Services business operations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/265460\/sole_american_medical_center_in_europe_to_celebrate_70_years\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sole American medical center in Europe to celebrate 70 years<\/a><span>Founded 7 April 1953 as the 320th General Hospital, renamed 1994, 65 beds and 53 specialities, 2,000-plus staff, more than 97,000 patients from 56 countries, 99 per cent survival rate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/2008-03-25\/ramstein-facility-has-seen-more-than-50000-patients-from-war-zones-1983135.html1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ramstein facility has seen more than 50,000 patients from war zones<\/a><span>435th Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility from March 2003 to March 2008: 50,000 patients, 44,000 Iraq, 7,000 Afghanistan, 11,000 battle injuries, about 100 beds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/europe\/2023-04-20\/landstuhl-hospital-70-year-legacy-construction-progress-9852236.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US military hospital to replace 70-year-old Landstuhl is on track for 2027<\/a><span>Rhine Ordnance Barracks Medical Center: 970 million dollars, 968,000 square feet, 68 beds plus 25 surge, German contribution over 165 million dollars, transfer time cut to about five minutes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2015\/04\/17\/ramstein\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Germany is the Tell-Tale Heart of America&rsquo;s Drone War<\/a><span>17 April 2015 reporting on the satellite relay station, the 2012 slide deck, the 2010 budget request language, completion of the relay in late 2013, German parliamentary answers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de\/SharedDocs\/Pressemitteilungen\/DE\/2025\/bvg25-059.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Erfolglose Verfassungsbeschwerde zu Drohneneinsaetzen unter Nutzung der Air Base Ramstein<\/a><span>Court press release for case 2 BvR 508\/21, 15 July 2025: complaint rejected, two conditions for an extraterritorial duty of protection, technical data link treated as of subordinate significance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de\/SharedDocs\/Entscheidungen\/EN\/2025\/07\/rs20250715_2bvr050821en.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Judgment of 15 July 2025 &mdash; 2 BvR 508\/21<\/a><span>English text of the judgment: findings on the relay station&rsquo;s central role, the fibre-optic link, the general mandate of protection and why the complaint failed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/europe\/2024-12-17\/federal-court-ramstein-role-drones-16195468.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legal saga over how Ramstein figured into deadly 2012 Yemen drone strike reaches German high court<\/a><span>Case background, the Khashamir strike of 29 August 2012, the notifications to the German defence ministry in April 2010 and November 2011, procedural history.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/case\/important-judgment-germany-obliged-to-scrutinize-us-drone-strikes-via-ramstein\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ramstein at court: Germany&rsquo;s role in US drone strikes in Yemen<\/a><span>Claimant-side chronology: 2014 filing, the March 2019 Muenster ruling, the November 2020 Leipzig reversal, the July 2025 constitutional judgment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.war.gov\/News\/Speeches\/Speech\/Article\/3010300\/secretary-austins-opening-remarks-at-the-ukraine-defense-consultative-group-ram\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Secretary Austin&rsquo;s opening remarks at the Ukraine Defense Consultative Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany<\/a><span>Official text of the 26 April 2022 remarks, including the verbatim quotation used here and the figure of more than 40 countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/europe\/2022-04-26\/austin-ukraine-ramstein-air-base-russia-5804405.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US and allies gather at Ramstein to discuss how to help Ukraine defeat Russia&rsquo;s unjust invasion<\/a><span>Attendance at the first contact group, named ministers present, German Gepard and Canadian commitments, agreement to meet monthly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mod.gov.ua\/en\/news\/30th-ramstein-how-the-ukraine-defense-contact-group-meetings-strengthen-ukraine-s-defense-capabilities\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">30th Ramstein: How the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meetings strengthen Ukraine&rsquo;s defense capabilities<\/a><span>Ukrainian government statement that the format is named after Ramstein, over 50 participating nations, rotation of venues, aid totals to September 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/en\/news-and-events\/articles\/news\/2026\/04\/15\/nato-secretary-general-welcomes-additional-aid-at-ukraine-defence-contact-group-meeting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NATO Secretary General welcomes additional aid at Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting<\/a><span>Confirms the group now meets away from Ramstein and is co-chaired by the German and British defence ministers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eucom.mil\/article\/41739\/ramstein-completes-role-in-historic-humanitarian-airlift\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ramstein completes role in historic humanitarian airlift<\/a><span>Operation Allies Refuge: nearly 35,000 evacuees over 71 days from 20 August to 30 October 2021, peak of about 21,000, 39 births, 6,500 personnel and 2,500 volunteers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcemedicine.af.mil\/News\/Display\/Article\/1616389\/this-month-in-afms-history-air-force-dentists-responded-to-1981-explosion-at-ra\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This Month in AFMS History: Air Force dentists responded to 1981 explosion at Ramstein Air Base<\/a><span>31 August 1981 bombing outside the USAFE headquarters: attribution, 15 wounded, damage and the clinic response.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Archives\/1990\/08\/29\/US-troops-killed-in-crash-of-gulf-bound-plane\/6957651902400\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US troops killed in crash of gulf-bound plane<\/a><span>29 August 1990 C-5A crash: 13 of 17 killed, units involved, cargo and destination, Texas reservists among the dead.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/europe\/2024-06-30\/us-military-bases-germany-terrorism-threat-14342506.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US military bases in Europe raise security threat levels<\/a><span>Force protection condition Charlie at Ramstein and other European installations in late June 2024 and the stated reasons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/ramstein-air-base-is-ready-for-a-russia-contingency-but-not-a-worst-case-scenario\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ramstein Air Base is Ready for a Russia Contingency, but Not a Worst-Case Scenario<\/a><span>February 2022 assessment of the three wings at Ramstein and the base&rsquo;s airlift and aeromedical posture on the eve of the invasion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holloman.af.mil\/News\/Features\/Display\/Article\/663846\/60-years-later-still-the-fastest-man-on-earth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">60 years later: still the fastest man on earth<\/a><span>Stapp&rsquo;s 632 mph run, 1.4-second stop, injuries, last manned run on the track, and his own words about the data.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nmspacemuseum.org\/inductee\/john-p-stapp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John P. Stapp<\/a><span>Stapp biography: Muroc runs, 1953 move to Holloman, 46.2 g figure, seat belt advocacy, Highway Safety Act, death in 1999.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/airandspace.si.edu\/stories\/editorial\/man-behind-high-speed-safety-standards\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Man Behind High-Speed Safety Standards<\/a><span>46.2 g, 40,000 pounds of thrust, the molar remark, and the Sonic Wind No. 1 restoration for the Nation of Speed gallery.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holloman.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/317315\/846-ts-the-need-for-speed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">846 TS &mdash; The Need for Speed<\/a><span>Track history from the 1950 Snark run, ten-mile length, 1969 and 2003 records, helium tube from 1982, over 1,000 ejection tests.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holloman.af.mil\/About\/Units\/704th-Test-Group\/846-TS\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">846th Test Squadron, Holloman High Speed Test Track<\/a><span>Track length of nearly 60,000 feet, continuously welded rails, demonstrated speeds above 9,400 feet per second, test categories.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/air-force-revives-sled-testing-for-hypersonics-work\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Revives Sled Testing for Hypersonics Work<\/a><span>Hypersonic Sled Recovery programme from July 2021, monorail lengths, the only track able to recover articles above Mach 5.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holloman.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/317268\/holloman-air-force-base-data\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Holloman Air Force Base Data<\/a><span>1942 founding, 1948 renaming for Col. George Holloman, 59,639 acres, 4,093 feet, 50,788-foot track, 6,453 mph record, current aircraft.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holloman.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/317262\/704th96th-test-group-history\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">704th\/96th Test Group History<\/a><span>Establishment on 10 June 1942, renaming on 13 January 1948, 2754th Experimental Wing, missile programmes, Stapp, Kittinger, Ham and Enos.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holloman.af.mil\/About\/Units\/49th-Wing-History\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">49th Wing History<\/a><span>Wing lineage, 678 victories, arrival at Holloman 1968, F-117A arrival 9 May 1992, Allied Force loss, F-22 era, RPA mission from 2009.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holloman.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/317271\/49th-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">49th Wing fact sheet<\/a><span>Current mission statement, F-16 and MQ-9 training, roughly 21,000 people supported.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holloman.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/663292\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F-16 Fighting Falcon at Holloman<\/a><span>Description of the 49th Wing as the Air Force&rsquo;s largest F-16 and MQ-9 formal training unit, 8th Fighter Squadron role.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luke.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/641191\/54th-fighter-group-activates-at-holloman-afb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">54th Fighter Group activates at Holloman AFB<\/a><span>Activation on 11 March 2014, detachment of the 56th Fighter Wing, F-35A ramp pressure at Luke, about 800 airmen moved.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/426624\/16th-trs-provides-combat-ready-mq-9-reaper-aircrew\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">16th TRS provides combat ready MQ-9 Reaper aircrew<\/a><span>More than 600 graduates a year since 2009, the three-month four-phase syllabus, links to the 6th, 9th and 29th Attack Squadrons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/476826\/49th-wing-assists-foreign-allies-mq-9-training\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">49th Wing assists foreign allies in MQ-9 training<\/a><span>Dutch permanent party from January 2024 and students from 2018, French, Spanish and Italian guest nations, 6th Attack Squadron integration.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raf.mod.uk\/news\/articles\/new-training-pathway-paves-way-for-protector\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New training pathway paves way for Protector<\/a><span>Holloman described as the largest RPA training establishment in the world, No 39 and No 54 Squadron roles, the 2020 restructure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.key.aero\/article\/raf-modifies-pilot-training-reaper-protector\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RAF modifies pilot training for Reaper, Protector<\/a><span>Confirms RAF training running at Holloman in parallel with the North Dakota centre and the transfer of No 54 Squadron&rsquo;s task to No 39.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holloman.af.mil\/About\/Units\/German-Air-Force\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">German Air Force at Holloman<\/a><span>German aircrew training in the United States since 1958, move to Holloman in 1992, Tornado courses, the six constituent units.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holloman.af.mil\/Article-Display\/Article\/1282098\/gaf-hafb-fly-last-mission-as-next-door-neighbors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GAF, HAFB fly last mission as next-door neighbors<\/a><span>Final joint mission on 17 August 2017, departure to complete by mid-2019, and the Breidenbach quote.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/home.army.mil\/bliss\/about\/news\/german-air-force-color-casing-ceremony\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">German Air Force Color Casing Ceremony<\/a><span>Closure of the German Air Force Air Defense Center at Fort Bliss on 17 May 2022, ahead of an official end on 30 June.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/185656\/german-air-force-trains-fort-bliss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">German air force trains at Fort Bliss<\/a><span>German liaison staff established at Fort Bliss on 9 November 1957 and the Patriot training mission there.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cem.va.gov\/docs\/wcag\/history\/NRHP\/Fort-Bliss-National-Cemetery-TX-NRHP.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Bliss National Cemetery, National Register of Historic Places documentation<\/a><span>Twenty-two German prisoners of war reburied at Fort Bliss in 1946 and a German civilian scientist interred there.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/farewellblackjet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Farewell Black Jet<\/a><span>F-117 retirement ceremonies in March and April 2008, the fifty-plus airframe fleet, and recallable storage at Tonopah.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dyess.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/1499939\/remembering-the-f-117-nighthawk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Remembering the F-117 Nighthawk<\/a><span>F-117 operations at Holloman from 1992 to 2008, the final four-ship to Palmdale, and the move to Tonopah.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/air-force-f-16-black-paint-f-117\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Black Jet: F-16 Squadron Gives Its Flagship an F-117 Paint Scheme<\/a><span>8th Fighter Squadron F-117 years, Black Sheep heritage, and the June 2024 commemorative F-16 scheme.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/1206vega\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Night They Saved Vega 31<\/a><span>Loss of the 49th Fighter Wing F-117 over Serbia on 27 March 1999, the pilot and the rescue.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/man.fas.org\/dod-101\/sys\/ac\/docs\/n19971215_971596.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F-117 accident investigation report released<\/a><span>Official findings on the 14 September 1997 F-117A crash at Bowleys Quarters, Maryland, including the missing fasteners.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afmc.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/1764203\/a-29-accident-report-released\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A-29 accident report released<\/a><span>22 June 2018 A-29 crash at Red Rio Bombing Range, the death of Navy Lt. Christopher Short, and the board&rsquo;s causal findings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/air-force-f-16-crash-holloman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pilot Ejects from F-16 Crash at Holloman Air Force Base<\/a><span>30 April 2024 crash west of the base near White Sands National Park and the pilot&rsquo;s survival.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/blind-spot-f-16-engine-fiery-crash-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blind Spot in F-16 Engine Led to Its Failure and Fiery Crash Last Year<\/a><span>Accident board findings on the turned fifth stage vane, the 1,460-foot ejection and the 21.7 million dollar loss.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/holloman-mq-9-damaged-in-runway-accident\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Holloman MQ-9 Damaged in Runway Accident<\/a><span>2 September 2020 Reaper runway excursion at Holloman.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/reaper-drone-crashes-on-runway-at-holloman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reaper Drone Crashes on Runway at Holloman<\/a><span>6 December 2021 MQ-9 crash on takeoff and the reference back to the September 2020 mishap.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holloman.af.mil\/News\/Display\/Article\/663718\/august-16-marks-kittingers-historic-step\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 16 marks Kittinger&rsquo;s historic step<\/a><span>Excelsior III on 16 August 1960 from 102,800 feet, the four world records and the Holloman ground link.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalmuseum.af.mil\/Visit\/Museum-Exhibits\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/197689\/hams-undergarment-flight-jacket\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HAM&rsquo;s Undergarment and Flight Jacket<\/a><span>Confirms HAM stood for Holloman Aerospace Medical Center, the 16.5-minute flight and the jacket made at Holloman.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/a-brief-history-of-animals-in-space\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A Brief History of Animals in Space<\/a><span>Albert I and Albert II on V-2s from White Sands in 1948 and 1949, Ham&rsquo;s altitude and speed, and the Enos orbital flight.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Almanac2022_Wings.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USAF Almanac 2022, Wings<\/a><span>Lists the tail code HO for the 49th Wing at Holloman Air Force Base.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whiteman.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/323963\/509th-bomb-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">509th Bomb Wing fact sheet<\/a><span>Wing structure, personnel numbers, squadrons, move to Whiteman in 1990, arrival of Spirit of Missouri, transfer to AFGSC in 2010, WWII lineage summary.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whiteman.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/886024\/b-2-spirit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">B-2 Spirit fact sheet, Whiteman Air Force Base<\/a><span>Internal payload of 40,000 pounds, depot maintenance at Tinker AFB, Allied Force and Iraqi Freedom sortie figures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whiteman.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/323964\/whiteman-air-force-base\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Whiteman Air Force Base fact sheet<\/a><span>Founding as Sedalia Glider Base in 1942, naming for 2nd Lt George Whiteman, B-47 era, B-2 arrival, current tenant wings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.442fw.afrc.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/1552916\/history-of-whiteman-air-force-base\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History of Whiteman Air Force Base, 442d Fighter Wing<\/a><span>442nd Troop Carrier Group activated at Sedalia in 1943, 442nd Fighter Wing move to Whiteman on 12 June 1994, 351st Strategic Missile Wing dates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.mo.gov\/waste-recycling\/sites-regulated-facilities\/federal\/former-minuteman-ii-missile-sites\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Former Minuteman II Missile Sites, Missouri Department of Natural Resources<\/a><span>150 silos and 15 launch control facilities across roughly 16,000 square miles of 14 counties, START deactivation from 1991, final silo imploded in December 1997.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whiteman.af.mil\/Community\/Base-Tours\/Oscar-01-Tours\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar-01 Tours, Whiteman Air Force Base<\/a><span>Oscar-01 commanded ten ICBMs from 1964 to 1993, the only launch control facility on an Air Force base, now open for guided tours.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/302606\/we-do-matters-low-observable-maintenance-keeps-b-2-stealthy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What we do matters: low-observable maintenance keeps B-2 stealthy<\/a><span>Low-observable coatings and adhesives, sensitivity to atmospheric conditions, signature diagnostics, work taking 30 minutes to half a day, and the Ramirez quote.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.131bw.ang.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/865473\/131st-bomb-wing-missouri-air-national-guard\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">131st Bomb Wing fact sheet, Missouri Air National Guard<\/a><span>Roots in the 110th Observation Squadron of 1923, redesignation as 131st Bomb Wing in October 2008, only ANG unit flying the B-2, only nuclear-certified ANG bomb wing, about 1,200 members.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whiteman.af.mil\/News\/Article\/324886\/131st-bomb-wing-milestone-mogar-makes-first-all-air-guard-b-2-flight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">131st Bomb Wing milestone: MOGAR makes first all-air guard B-2 flight<\/a><span>First all-Guard B-2 sortie on 18 June 2008 in Spirit of Arizona, BRAC-driven loss of the F-15 mission, the 2006 classic association with the 509th, and the Champagne quote.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whiteman.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/3974134\/stealth-bombers-land-precision-strike-against-houthi-militia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stealth bombers land precision strike against Houthi militia<\/a><span>16 October 2024 strikes on five hardened underground weapons storage sites in Yemen, participating units, and quotes from Col. Butler and Maj. Gen. Armagost.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whiteman.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/3904914\/air-force-announces-second-and-third-b-21-raider-bases\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force announces second and third B-21 Raider bases<\/a><span>13 September 2024 announcement naming Ellsworth, Whiteman and Dyess as the first three B-21 bases, and the plan to buy at least 100 Raiders.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/1099stealth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">With Stealth in the Balkans<\/a><span>30-hour non-stop Allied Force missions from Whiteman, four refuellings, share of sorties and bomb load, JDAM totals and accuracy, and the Barnidge quote.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/44-hours\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">44 Hours<\/a><span>Deaile and Neal, Spirit of America, 44 hours 20 minutes to Diego Garcia, the engines-running crew swap, over 70 hours without shutdown, and the folding lounge chair.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/PDF\/MagazineArchive\/Documents\/2011\/July%202011\/0711libya.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bombers Over Libya<\/a><span>Three B-2s from the 509th struck 45 targets on the first night of Odyssey Dawn in March 2011, each carrying sixteen 2,000-pound weapons with four refuellings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/moreontheb-2crash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More on the B-2 Crash<\/a><span>Spirit of Kansas lost at Andersen AFB Guam on 23 February 2008, moisture in port transducer units, 30-degree uncommanded pitch-up, both pilots ejected, roughly 5,200 airframe hours.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/hydraulic-failure-led-to-fire-that-destroyed-b-2-bomber-in-2022-air-force-says\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hydraulic Failure Led to Fire That Destroyed B-2 Bomber in 2022, Air Force Says<\/a><span>10 December 2022 sequence valve coupling failure, wing drag and fuel tank fire, damage over 300 million dollars, aircraft written off, delayed foam decision.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theaviationist.com\/2025\/08\/06\/b-2-2022-incident-aib-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hydraulic Fitting Failure Led to B-2 Gear Collapse, Wing Fire and $300M Damage at Whiteman AFB in 2022<\/a><span>Accident Investigation Board detail: CryoFit coupling on the truck position sequence valve, roughly one-hour fire, fleet grounded about five months with flying resumed on 22 May 2023.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theaviationist.com\/2025\/12\/03\/b-2-spirit-of-georgia-returns-to-operational-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">B-2 Damaged in Landing Mishap Returns to Service After Four Years of Major Structural Repairs<\/a><span>Spirit of Georgia, serial 89-0129, gear collapse on 14 September 2021, lock link spring and CryoFit findings, depot repairs completed 12 May 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/air_force\/2022-12-19\/air-force-b2-fleet-grounded-8479718.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force grounds B-2 stealth bomber fleet in wake of crash landing<\/a><span>Stand-down effective 16 December 2022 across all B-2s, the 10.1 million dollar damage figure for the 2021 Spirit of Georgia mishap, and the cancelled Rose Bowl flyover.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/b-2-safety-pause-lifted-flights-resume\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">B-2 Safety Pause Lifted, Flights Set to Resume Within Days<\/a><span>Return to flight approved by Gen. Thomas A. Bussiere with first flight projected 22 May 2023; 21 aircraft built and 19 at Whiteman; simulator and T-38 use during the pause.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/inside-story-b-2-mission-bomb-iran-nuclear-sites\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Inside Story of the B-2 Mission to Bomb Iran&rsquo;s Nuclear Sites<\/a><span>Seven B-2s, departure from Whiteman just after midnight on 21 June 2025, about 36 hours, 14 airmen, twelve GBU-57s on Fordow and two on Natanz, 125 aircraft in the package.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/photos-12-b-2s-fly-off-elephant-walk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PHOTOS: 12 B-2s Conduct Massive Fly-Off, Elephant Walk<\/a><span>Twelve B-2s launched in sequence at Whiteman on 15 April 2024 at the end of exercise Spirit Vigilance, with quotes from Col. Keith Butler and Col. Geoffrey Steeves.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/reserve-wing-whiteman-replacing-a-10s-with-f-15es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reserve Wing at Whiteman Takes First Step Toward Replacing A-10s with F-15Es<\/a><span>29 July 2026 announcement of Whiteman as sole candidate for 24 F-15E Strike Eagles, A-10 retirement by the end of 2028, IOC around 2032.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/PDF\/MagazineArchive\/Magazine%20Documents\/2012\/February%202012\/0212stealth.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spirits of Stealth<\/a><span>B-2 operations at Whiteman: maintenance intensity, coatings, seals and gap fillers, weapons bay door discipline, squadron structure and the 394th Combat Training Squadron.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airdatanews.com\/usaf-delays-retirement-of-b-1-and-b-2-bombers-as-b-21-transition-stretches-out\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USAF delays retirement of B-1 and B-2 bombers as B-21 transition stretches out<\/a><span>Current fleet of 19 B-2s, roughly 1.35 billion dollars of B-2 upgrades across fiscal years 2027 to 2031, and slowed bomber retirement plans.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whiteman.af.mil\/Portals\/53\/FY21%20Economic%20Impact%20Report%20Final%20220613_1.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Whiteman AFB FY21 Economic Impact Report<\/a><span>5,566 acres, 8,588 base employees across active duty, Guard, Reserve and civilians, and an annual economic impact of about 766.8 million dollars.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ahf.nuclearmuseum.org\/ahf\/history\/509th-composite-group\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">509th Composite Group, Nuclear Museum (Atomic Heritage Foundation)<\/a><span>Activation at Wendover on 17 December 1944 under Tibbets, strength of 225 officers and 1,542 enlisted, move to Tinian in late May 1945, Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions, departure from Tinian on 17 October 1945.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afgsc.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/454593\/air-force-global-strike-command-air-forces-strategic-air\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Global Strike Command &mdash; Air Forces Strategic-Air fact sheet<\/a><span>Activation on 7 August 2009, headquarters at Barksdale, 33,700 personnel, 12 wings, 400 Minuteman III, Sentinel, bomber types, MH-139A, Eighth and Twentieth Air Forces.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.8af.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/2748586\/8th-air-forcej-gsoc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">8th Air Force \/ J-GSOC fact sheet<\/a><span>Activation as VIII Bomber Command on 1 February 1942, headquarters at Barksdale, the five bomb wings it commands, J-GSOC activation on 24 August 2018, more than 21,000 personnel.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afgsc.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/2923601\/celebrating-the-mighty-eighth-air-force-80-years-of-warfighting-history\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celebrating the Mighty Eighth Air Force: 80 years of warfighting history<\/a><span>Second World War scale and casualties, 17 Medal of Honor recipients, first mission on 4 July 1942, assignment to Global Strike Command in 2010.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barksdale.af.mil\/Units\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/320182\/2nd-bomb-wing-history\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2nd Bomb Wing History fact sheet<\/a><span>1918 origin as the 1st Day Bombardment Group, Ostfriesland, first B-17, Mackay Trophy, Second World War tonnage and missions, move to Barksdale on 1 April 1963, motto.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barksdale.af.mil\/Units\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/320180\/2nd-bomb-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2nd Bomb Wing fact sheet<\/a><span>Three B-52H squadrons, four groups, roughly 9,000 personnel and 6,000 dependents, reporting chain through Eighth Air Force and to USSTRATCOM when nuclear-tasked.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.307bw.afrc.af.mil\/Home\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/182793\/307th-bomb-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">307th Bomb Wing fact sheet<\/a><span>Reserve bomb wing at Barksdale, 20 associated B-52Hs, 343rd Bomb Squadron nuclear certification, classic association with the 2nd Operations Group.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/104465\/b-52h-stratofortress\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">B-52H Stratofortress fact sheet<\/a><span>First flight and production figures, last delivery in October 1962, performance, crew, payload, cost, inventory, the 1996 34-hour 16,000-mile Barksdale record, 2003 CALCM mission, service to 2050.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barksdale.af.mil\/Units\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/637065\/b-52-stratofortress\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">B-52 Stratofortress fact sheet, Barksdale Air Force Base<\/a><span>Dimensions, ceiling, TF33 engine thrust, crew composition and Barksdale-specific notes on the 2nd and 307th Bomb Wings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aflcmc.af.mil\/NEWS\/Article\/4476320\/b-52-engine-replacement-program-holds-critical-design-review-paves-way-for-b-52\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">B-52 Engine Replacement Program Holds Critical Design Review, Paves Way for B-52J Upgrade<\/a><span>Rolls-Royce F130, eight engines per aircraft, B-52J designation, May 2026 critical design review, Boeing San Antonio modification, Edwards testing, service through 2050 and beyond.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/barksdale-b-52-crews-high-demand-upgrades\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">At Barksdale, B-52 Crews Are in High Demand &mdash; And Looking Forward to Upgrades<\/a><span>Operational tempo, 12 to 15 hour training days, deployments, and Col. Michael D. Maginness on demand exceeding supply.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/govinfo.library.unt.edu\/911\/report\/911Report_Ch10.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The 9\/11 Commission Report, Chapter 10: Wartime<\/a><span>Air Force One airborne at 9:55 a.m., Barksdale identified around 10:20, landing at about 11:45, taped statement, Offutt chosen and reached at 2:50 p.m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov\/news\/releases\/2001\/09\/20010911-1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Remarks by the President upon arrival at Barksdale Air Force Base, 11 September 2001<\/a><span>Verbatim text of the statement recorded at Barksdale.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/125396\/air-force-releases-b-52-munitions-transfer-investigation-results\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force releases B-52 munitions transfer investigation results<\/a><span>Official account of the 30 August 2007 transfer, six-week investigation, procedural breakdowns, decertification of the 5th Bomb Wing, suspension of tactical ferry operations, Maj. Gen. Newton&rsquo;s statement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/misplacednukes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Misplaced Nukes, Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine<\/a><span>Detailed reconstruction: loading on 29 August, flight on 30 August, the safe status check discovery, the five procedural failures, atrophied nuclear skills, commanders relieved, the Wynne and Moseley resignations, Schlesinger task force, creation of AFGSC.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2019\/Apr\/11\/2002115520\/-1\/-1\/0\/56UNAUTHMOVEMENTNUCLEAR.PDF\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Unauthorized Movement of Nuclear Weapons and Mistaken Shipment of Classified Missile Components<\/a><span>Account of the aircraft sitting unguarded on the Barksdale ramp for nine hours and the scale of the subsequent investigations and discipline.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barksdale.af.mil\/News\/Article\/321838\/honoring-the-airmen-of-raider-21\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Honoring the Airmen of Raider 21<\/a><span>Date and location of the 21 July 2008 crash, the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, the names of the six officers killed, and Col. Robert Wheeler&rsquo;s remarks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barksdale.af.mil\/News\/Article\/1054069\/celebrating-the-26th-anniversary-of-secret-squirrel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celebrating the 26th anniversary of Secret Squirrel<\/a><span>Seven B-52Gs of the 596th Bomb Squadron, 35 hours 24 minutes, 14,000 miles, 35 cruise missiles, the Senior Surprise and Secret Squirrel names, classification until January 1992.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/643292\/desert-storm-2nd-bomb-wing-leads-the-air-war\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Desert Storm: 2nd Bomb Wing leads the air war<\/a><span>First combat use of the AGM-86C, first GPS-guided missile employment, 35 CALCMs launched on 17 January 1991, campaign totals for the B-52G force.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barksdale.af.mil\/News\/Press-Releases\/Display\/Article\/3896563\/bafb-commemorates-30th-anniversary-of-global-power-94-7\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barksdale commemorates the 30th anniversary of Global Power 94-7<\/a><span>1 August 1994, 47-hour non-stop circumnavigation by Lucky Lady IV and Laissez le Bon Temps Roulez, first bombs dropped on a round-the-world flight.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barksdale.af.mil\/News\/Article\/321786\/2d-bomb-wing-conducts-global-power-mission\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2d Bomb Wing conducts Global Power mission<\/a><span>What a Global Power sortie involves, the 25-hour first leg, simulated weapons events, and Col. Robert Wheeler&rsquo;s aircraft carrier quotation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afgsc.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/3845671\/bomber-task-force\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bomber Task Force fact sheet<\/a><span>Purpose of BTF rotations, replacement of Continuous Bomber Presence from 2004, Dynamic Force Employment, and the first BTF to RAF Fairford in January 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barksdale.af.mil\/News\/Display\/Article\/4341640\/bomber-task-force-europe-26-1-concludes-demonstrating-global-reach-and-allied-i\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bomber Task Force Europe 26-1 concludes, demonstrating global reach and Allied integration<\/a><span>8 to 24 November 2025 deployment of the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron to Mor&#243;n Air Base, training with Finland, Lithuania and Sweden, and reach into Africa and the Middle East.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/drone-incursions-b-52-base-strategic-installations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drone Incursions Over B-52 Base Spark Concern, Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine<\/a><span>Shelter-in-place on 9 March 2026, subsequent multiple incursions, counter-drone flyaway kit, and officials&rsquo; assessment that the drones were not hobbyist machines.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barksdale.af.mil\/News\/Article\/1204379\/barksdale-global-power-museum-more-than-just-history\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barksdale Global Power Museum: more than just history<\/a><span>Renaming from the Eighth Air Force Museum in 2012, 17 aircraft in the air park from B-24 to SR-71, free admission and opening hours, and the display of the 11 September 2001 lectern.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barksdale.af.mil\/News\/Display\/Article\/4121633\/barksdale-air-show-to-feature-usaf-thunderbirds-heritage-bombers-and-first-ever\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barksdale Air Show to Feature USAF Thunderbirds, Heritage Bombers, and First-Ever KC-46 Demo<\/a><span>Defenders of Liberty Air Show on 29 and 30 March 2025, free admission and parking, the performer list and the bomber heritage flight.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afgsc.af.mil\/Portals\/51\/Base%20Econ%20Impact\/Barksdale%20Economic%20Impact%20FY%2024.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barksdale Air Force Base Economic Impact Statement, fiscal year 2024<\/a><span>22,000 acres, 1,144 buildings, 47 B-52s, personnel and dependent counts, sorties and flying hours, plant replacement value and total economic impact.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barksdale.af.mil\/News\/Article\/320500\/farmland-roots-bear-80-years-of-american-freedom\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Farmland roots bear 80 years of American Freedom<\/a><span>Dedication on 2 February 1933, the 22,000-acre cotton field, early P-12 and A-12 operations, the Air Corps flying school from November 1940, redesignation as an Air Force base in 1948 and arrival of the RB-45 in 1949.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eglin.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/390959\/96th-test-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">96th Test Wing fact sheet<\/a><span>Gulf range of approximately 120,000 square miles, 724-square-mile land range, 70 test areas, 19,000 personnel, budget over 630 million dollars, what the wing tests.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aftc.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/2382281\/96th-test-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">96th Test Wing, Air Force Test Center fact sheet<\/a><span>Land and airspace figures, test capability list, nine wings and 35-plus associate units, SEEK Eagle Office, group structure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eglin.af.mil\/Units\/96th-Test-Wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">96th Test Wing unit page<\/a><span>Group structure, description of the complex as the Department of Defense second largest test and training complex.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eglin.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/390964\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eglin Air Force Base history fact sheet<\/a><span>Founding dates, Plew airport, 1935 activation, 1937 renaming, 1940 forest transfer, Doolittle training, 2012 formation of the 96th Test Wing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eglin.af.mil\/Portals\/56\/documents\/history\/AFD-141104-075.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History of Eglin Air Force Base (base history office PDF)<\/a><span>1,460-acre donation of 1934, 1940 Choctawhatchee transfer, laser-guided bomb and GAU-8\/A dates, McKinley laboratory milestones.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aftc.af.mil\/Portals\/55\/Documents\/Historian\/E-Books\/Short%20History%20of%20Eglin.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Forging the Sword of the United States Air Force: a short history of Eglin<\/a><span>Proving ground test counts, wartime manning, JB-2 launch statistics, Wagner and Duke Fields, Sidewinder and Sparrow, McKinley dedication and landmark dates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eglin.af.mil\/Portals\/56\/documents\/history\/AFD-141104-076.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Air Force fact sheet: the Doolittle Raid, the mission and the man<\/a><span>Doolittle training at Eglin, 300-foot take-off target, Lieutenant Henry L. Miller, the Greening bombsight, 18 April 1942 raid date.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eglin.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/393148\/mother-of-all-bombs-celebrates-5-years\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mother of All Bombs celebrates 5 years<\/a><span>MOAB first test at 1 p.m. on 11 March 2003, development team names, 21,600-pound figure, first operational delivery on 1 April 2003.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/weapons\/gbu-43-moab\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GBU-43 MOAB weapons page<\/a><span>21,000-pound total weight with an 18,700-pound BLU-120\/B warhead, development by the AFRL Munitions Directorate at Eglin, April 2017 combat use.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/articles\/mckinley-climatic-laboratory.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McKinley Climatic Laboratory (National Park Service)<\/a><span>Main chamber dimensions and volume, construction timeline, 1968 C-5A enlargement, early test aircraft, McKinley&rsquo;s rationale, 300-plus aircraft tested.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aftc.af.mil\/News\/Commentaries\/Display\/Article\/2339612\/mckinley-climatic-laboratory-home-to-worlds-largest-climatic-chamber\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McKinley Climatic Laboratory home to world&rsquo;s largest climatic chamber<\/a><span>Claim to the largest climatic chamber in the world, minus 65 to 165 degrees Fahrenheit envelope, simulated weather capabilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/3687418\/t-7-red-hawk-undergoes-extreme-temps-during-climate-tests\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">T-7 Red Hawk undergoes extreme temps during climate tests<\/a><span>T-7A trial completed 23 February 2024, 110 degrees to minus 25 degrees with heavy humidity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrc.af.mil\/News\/Article\/3547776\/climatic-lab-returns-home-under-96th-test-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Climatic lab returns home under 96th Test Wing<\/a><span>Transfer of the laboratory from the Arnold Engineering Development Complex back to the 96th Test Wing on 1 October 2023.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.33fw.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/885702\/33rd-fighter-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">33rd Fighter Wing fact sheet<\/a><span>F-35A graduate training mission, first arrival 14 July 2011, 59 authorised aircraft, squadron names, annual pilot and maintainer output, personnel strength.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eglin.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/813642\/53rd-wing-factsheet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">53rd Wing fact sheet<\/a><span>Operational test and evaluation mission, 1,600 airmen, 25 aircraft types, 16 separated locations, reporting to the USAF Warfare Center.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eglin.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/2672794\/acc-activates-350th-spectrum-warfare-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ACC activates 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing<\/a><span>Activation on 25 June 2021, mission, transfer of the 53rd Electronic Warfare Group, Colonel William Young as first commander and his quoted remark.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eglin.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/810637\/7th-special-forces-group-a\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) fact sheet<\/a><span>Area of responsibility covering 32 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, presence at Eglin.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eglin.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/3329847\/from-the-commander-closed-test-areas-and-beach-access\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">From the commander: closed test areas and beach access<\/a><span>464,000 acres across three counties, 106 rare and endangered species, 250,000-plus acres open to recreation, Santa Rosa Island closed test areas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eglin.af.mil\/News\/Commentaries\/Display\/Article\/393871\/buy-a-permit-before-accessing-the-eglin-reservation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buy a permit before accessing the Eglin reservation<\/a><span>464,000-acre reservation, recreation permit system, Jackson Guard, unexploded ordnance briefing, penalties for trespass.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/story\/2024-05\/eglin-air-force-base-named-services-military-conservation-partner-year\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eglin Air Force Base named Service&rsquo;s Military Conservation Partner of the Year<\/a><span>75,000 to 100,000 acres burned annually, 585 red-cockaded woodpecker breeding groups, gopher tortoise relocations, stream restoration, the Oetker quote.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eglin.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/2365654\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force partnership helps rare woodpecker thrive<\/a><span>Growth from 184 to 507 potential breeding groups since 1994, 1,500 artificial cavities, 212 juveniles donated, longleaf pine acreage managed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/press-release\/2023-06\/service-delists-okaloosa-darter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Service delists the Okaloosa darter<\/a><span>Delisting on 27 June 2023, 1973 listing, population rise from under 10,000 to over 600,000, six streams on Eglin, 480 acres of restored habitat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/140432\/board-announces-cause-of-f-15-crash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Board announces cause of F-15 crash<\/a><span>30 April 2002 loss of a 46th Test Wing F-15 over the Gulf, structural failure of the left vertical stabiliser, death of Major James A. Duricy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eglin.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/813958\/black-hawk-crash-investigation-findings-released\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Black Hawk crash investigation findings released<\/a><span>10 March 2015 crash in Santa Rosa Sound, eleven killed, Louisiana National Guard unit, sea fog and spatial disorientation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/maintenance-error-brought-down-eglin-f-22-acc-declines-to-conduct-public-investigation-into-mishap\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maintenance error brought down Eglin F-22<\/a><span>15 May 2020 F-22 crash on the Eglin range, 43rd Fighter Squadron, maintenance error after washing, 201 million dollar loss.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/eglin-f-35-crash-blamed-on-landing-speed-but-software-helmet-oxygen-also-faulted\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eglin F-35 crash blamed on landing speed, but software, helmet, oxygen also faulted<\/a><span>19 May 2020 F-35A loss, 58th Fighter Squadron, 176 million dollar aircraft, accident board findings on speed, software, helmet display and oxygen.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eglin.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/1987303\/f-22-maintainers-resilient-a-year-after-hurricane-michael\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F-22 maintainers resilient a year after Hurricane Michael<\/a><span>October 2018 relocation of Tyndall F-22 operations to Eglin, 470 maintenance personnel dispersed, rapid crew swaps, flying again before Thanksgiving.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/gulf-coast-air-bases-emerge-from-hurricane-sally\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gulf coast air bases emerge from Hurricane Sally<\/a><span>September 2020 landfall, Eglin on mission-essential status, aircraft hangared, damage assessment on 17 September.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/macdill-evacuated-hurlburt-and-eglin-move-aircraft-as-hurricane-ian-makes-landfall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MacDill evacuated, Hurlburt and Eglin move aircraft as Hurricane Ian makes landfall<\/a><span>September 2022 evacuation of 25 F-35s from Eglin to Barksdale, HURCON 5 status.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eglin.af.mil\/About-Us\/Hurricane-Season\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hurricane season information, Eglin Air Force Base<\/a><span>Definitions of HURCON 5 through 1 and the 1C, 1E and 1R caution, emergency and recovery phases.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eglin.af.mil\/Portals\/56\/documents\/history\/AFD-150204-021.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Primary aircraft past and present of the 96th<\/a><span>Aircraft types operated by the wing and confirmation that ET stands for Eglin Test.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/afarmamentmuseum.com\/faq\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Armament Museum<\/a><span>Free-admission museum outside the Eglin main gate dedicated to Air Force armament and its delivery platforms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/3962041\/us-air-force-transitioning-from-a-10s-to-cutting-edge-upgrades-in-korea\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Air Force: Transitioning from A-10s to cutting-edge upgrades in Korea<\/a><span>12 November 2024 release: the 25th Fighter Squadron begins withdrawing its 24 A-10s in January 2025, complete by the end of FY2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/image\/9349571\/25th-fs-25th-fgs-inactivation-ceremony\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DVIDS: 25th FS and 25th FGS inactivation ceremony, Osan Air Base<\/a><span>51st Fighter Wing imagery caption dating the inactivation to 13 June 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.osan.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/4469765\/press-release-super-squadron-effort-concludes-informing-f-16-enterprise\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Osan Air Base: Super Squadron effort concludes, informing F-16 enterprise<\/a><span>23 April 2026 release: PACAF directs the Seventh Air Force F-16 fleet back to three squadrons across Osan and Kunsan<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ang.af.mil\/Media\/Article-Display\/Article\/4177212\/future-of-aviation-emerging-at-selfridge\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air National Guard: Future of aviation emerging at Selfridge<\/a><span>29 April 2025 announcement of 21 F-15EX for the 127th Wing, to be flown by the 107th Fighter Squadron<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/553219\/mission-next-takes-shape-selfridge-air-national-guard-base\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DVIDS: Mission Next takes shape at Selfridge Air National Guard Base<\/a><span>5 December 2025: final A-10 deployment in 2026, first F-15EX in 2028, first KC-46A expected 2030<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2026\/02\/11\/2026-02688\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Department of the Air Force: Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for an F-16 squadron at Gowen Field<\/a><span>11 February 2026: up to 21 F-16 Block 40 to replace 21 A-10C at the 124th Fighter Wing; full A-10 divestment by FY2029<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/air_force\/2025-05-28\/idaho-national-guard-a10-divestment-17939819.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stars and Stripes: Idaho Air National Guard begins A-10 divestment<\/a><span>the first 190th Fighter Squadron A-10 left Gowen Field for AMARG on 27 May 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/04\/20\/us-air-force-extends-a-10-warthog-through-2030\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Military Times: US Air Force extends A-10 Warthog through 2030<\/a><span>Air Force spokesperson: two active-duty squadrons at Moody and one Reserve squadron at Whiteman, 18 aircraft each<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/nsiad-84-153.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US General Accounting Office, GAO\/NSIAD-84-153<\/a><span>government record of the 18 January 1982 Thunderbirds accident at Indian Springs: four aircraft destroyed, four pilots killed<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Archives\/1982\/03\/31\/Thunderbird-accident-caused-by-mechanical-failure\/7504386398800\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UPI Archives: Thunderbird accident caused by mechanical failure<\/a><span>31 March 1982: General Wilbur Creech announces a jammed stabilizer in the lead T-38 as the cause<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/331275\/90th-missile-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">90th Missile Wing fact sheet, F.E. Warren Air Force Base<\/a><span>Mission, groups and squadrons, personnel, 150 launch facilities, 15 missile alert facilities, 9,600 square miles across three states, activation 1 July 1963.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.af.mil\/About-Us\/Wing-History\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The History of the 90th Missile Wing<\/a><span>Lineage from the 90th Bombardment Group, Minuteman I and III, Peacekeeper, redesignations and the 2020 Sentinel selection.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.af.mil\/About-Us\/Base-History\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The History of Fort D. A. Russell and F. E. Warren Air Force Base<\/a><span>Official base history: 1867 founding, 1885 permanence, 1930 renaming, 1949 Air Force base, first operational ICBM base.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.af.mil\/Portals\/69\/documents\/History%20of%20Francis%20E.%20Warren%20AFB.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Francis E. Warren Air Force Base (1867&ndash;2022)<\/a><span>Detailed official chronology: General Order No. 33, David Allen Russell, Far West Flying Circus 1918, Atlas, Cuban Missile Crisis alert dates, National Historic Landmark dates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fact Sheets index, F.E. Warren Air Force Base<\/a><span>Alternative personnel figures (3,361 military, 964 civilians), the Payload Transporter III, the motto Impavide and the oldest continuously active claim.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/2869085\/martin-marietta-lgm-118a-peacekeeper\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Marietta LGM-118A Peacekeeper fact sheet<\/a><span>Peacekeeper specifications, cold-launch technique, 50 missiles by 1988, deactivation 2003&ndash;2005.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.af.mil\/News\/Article\/3510768\/37-helicopter-squadron-aircraft-crashes-at-local-airport\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">37 Helicopter Squadron aircraft crashes at local airport<\/a><span>90th Missile Wing Public Affairs release on the 30 August 2023 UH-1N accident at Cheyenne Regional Airport.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/133297\/peacekeeper-missile-mission-ends-during-ceremony\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peacekeeper missile mission ends during ceremony<\/a><span>Air Force news report of the 19 September 2005 ceremony, with the Sega quotation and the Papa One confirmation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afgsc.af.mil\/About\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/4318361\/twentieth-air-force\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twentieth Air Force fact sheet, Air Force Global Strike Command<\/a><span>Headquarters at F. E. Warren from 1 October 1993, subordinate wings, more than 12,000 people, lineage.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afgsc.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/4249102\/ground-accident-investigation-board-report-released-for-fatal-fe-warren-air-for\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ground Accident Investigation Board report released for fatal F.E. Warren Air Force Base Up-Armored HMMWV mishap<\/a><span>Official account of the 16 September 2023 rollover that killed Airman Trinity Reinhart.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.20af.af.mil\/Units\/582nd-Helicopter-Group\/37th-Helicopter-Squadron\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">37th Helicopter Squadron, Twentieth Air Force<\/a><span>Squadron mission: launch facility security response, convoy support, transport and search and rescue under the 582nd Helicopter Group.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/library\/news\/usa\/2010\/usa-101027-afps01.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force news report on the October 2010 missile communications disruption<\/a><span>American Forces Press Service account: 45 minutes, 50 missiles, the wrong time slot explanation, physical checks of every site.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/facility\/warren.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F.E. Warren AFB, United States Nuclear Forces<\/a><span>5,866 acres, the Peacekeeper-era 220 remote facilities over 12,600 square miles, Atlas complexes, Minuteman conversion dates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/semspub.epa.gov\/work\/HQ\/181745.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F. E. Warren Air Force Base Superfund community profile<\/a><span>National Priorities List listing February 1990, contaminants, sources, ten operable units, 5,866 acres.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyohistory.org\/encyclopedia\/wyomings-nuclear-might-warren-afb-cold-war\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Whipple, &ldquo;Wyoming&rsquo;s Nuclear Might: Warren AFB in the Cold War&rdquo;<\/a><span>Wyoming State Historical Society encyclopedia: Atlas and Minuteman numbers, the Q-10 accident of 15 June 1988, the MX protests, the Kirkbride and Bush quotations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyohistory.org\/education\/toolkit\/missiles-and-f-e-warren-air-force-base\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Missiles and the F. E. Warren Air Force Base Education Toolkit<\/a><span>Summary of the Atlas, Minuteman and MX eras and their effect on southeastern Wyoming.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sah-archipedia.org\/buildings\/WY-01-021-0045\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F. E. Warren Air Force Base, SAH Archipedia<\/a><span>Society of Architectural Historians entry: more than 220 contributing buildings and structures over about five square miles, construction phases from 1885.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wyoshpo.wyo.gov\/index.php\/programs\/national-register\/wyoming-listings\/view-full-list\/643-fort-d-a-russell-national-historic-landmark-f-e-warren-air-force-base\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fort D. A. Russell National Historic Landmark listing<\/a><span>Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office record: National Register 1 October 1969, brigade-size expansion by 1906, surviving 1885 brick buildings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmdb.org\/m.asp?m=95171\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&ldquo;The Military 1867&ndash;1949&rdquo; historical marker, Cheyenne<\/a><span>Marker text: 1867 survey by Augur, 77 wooden buildings by 1870, Quartermaster Replacement Center processing 122,000 soldiers, 1929 renaming date.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/places.wyo.gov\/explore-more\/exhibits\/wyoming-pow-camps\/f-e-warren-camp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F.E. Warren POW Camp, Wyoming Places<\/a><span>1943&ndash;1946 camp: 3,560 Italian and German prisoners in total, about 900 at a time, the camp school and its two German-language newspapers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/act\/2005-10\/united-states-retires-mx-missile\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&ldquo;United States Retires MX Missile&rdquo;, Arms Control Today<\/a><span>50 MX, ten W87 warheads of about 300 kilotons each, retirement 19 September 2005, START II commitment, disposition of warheads and stages.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/act\/2018-06\/news-briefs\/missile-security-airmen-used-lsd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&ldquo;Missile Security Airmen Used LSD&rdquo;, Arms Control Today<\/a><span>14 airmen disciplined and six convicted, the 790th and 90th Security Forces Squadrons, discovery in March 2016.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/air-force-withheld-nuclear-mishap-from-pentagon-team\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&ldquo;Air Force withheld nuclear mishap from Pentagon team&rdquo;, CBS News<\/a><span>The May 2014 Juliet-07 accident near Peetz, Colorado: 1.8 million dollars of damage, decertification of three airmen, classification of the cause.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/sentinel-icbm-pentagon-review-result-cost\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&ldquo;Sentinel ICBM Survives Pentagon Review, But Cost Jumps 81%&rdquo;, Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine<\/a><span>LaPlante certification, 140.9 billion dollars, 45.3 billion dollars more, at least three years late, Milestone B maturity failure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/new-report-instructor-overconfidence-pilot-helicopter-crash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&ldquo;New Report: Instructor Pilot Faulted in UH-1N Helicopter Crash&rdquo;, Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine<\/a><span>Accident investigation board findings on the 30 August 2023 crash: descent rates, injuries, roughly 5 million dollars of loss.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/mh-139-reaches-initial-operational-capability\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&ldquo;MH-139 Reaches Initial Operational Capability&rdquo;, Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine<\/a><span>Grey Wolf IOC on 10 August 2026 at Malmstrom, the F. E. Warren operations facility opening and the fleet objective of 56 aircraft.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforce-technology.com\/news\/conti-federal-finishes-140-9m-helicopter-facility-at-f-e-warren-afb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&ldquo;Conti Federal finishes 140.9m dollar helicopter facility at F.E. Warren AFB&rdquo;, Airforce Technology<\/a><span>Cost, ribbon cutting in August 2026, the units housed and the UH-1N to MH-139A transition.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airnav.com\/airport\/KFEW\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AirNav: KFEW, Francis E Warren Air Force Base Heliport<\/a><span>Federal airport record: heliport, elevation about 6,160 feet, helipads H1 65 by 65 feet and H2 50 by 50 feet, no runways.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.warrenmuseum.com\/history\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History, Warren ICBM and Heritage Museum<\/a><span>Museum history: 27 brick buildings for 100,000 dollars, the 1919 Western Flying Circus under Carl Spaatz, the 564th declared the first operational ICBM squadron on 2 September 1960.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/installations.militaryonesource.mil\/in-depth-overview\/f-e-warren-afb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F. E. Warren AFB in-depth overview, Military OneSource<\/a><span>Official installation guide: location, 6,200 feet elevation, the 9,600 square mile field, Cheyenne Municipal Airport as the nearest airfield.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wyofile.com\/new-sentinel-missile-system-will-bring-major-changes-to-f-e-warren-missile-field\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&ldquo;New Sentinel missile system will bring major changes to F.E. Warren, missile field&rdquo;, WyoFile<\/a><span>Launch control centres dropping from 15 to 8, 2,000 miles of fibre, the Nebraska pilot stretch, Launch Facility Echo-10 as decommissioning prototype, the 2027 command centre.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/2025\/09\/air-force-general-pledges-to-get-sentinel-done-expects-milestone-b-in-2027\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&ldquo;Air Force general pledges to get Sentinel done, expects Milestone B in 2027&rdquo;, Breaking Defense<\/a><span>F. E. Warren leading the conversion, the first Minuteman III silo taken offline, new silos rather than reused ones, the 141 billion dollar cap.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/products\/gao-25-108466\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GAO-25-108466, ICBM Modernization: Air Force Actions Needed to Expeditiously Address Critical Risks to Sentinel Transition<\/a><span>September 2025 report: no transition risk management plan, no test facility schedule, Minuteman III potentially to 2050, six recommendations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/air_force\/2026-02-17\/new-icbm-prototype-end-of-year-20779065.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&ldquo;New ICBM program on track to potentially green light a prototype by the end of the year&rdquo;, Stars and Stripes<\/a><span>Sentinel status in 2026: site activation task force detachments including F. E. Warren, the first wing command centre, the first silo turnover.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.153aw.ang.af.mil\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard<\/a><span>The C-130 wing at Cheyenne Regional Airport, the nearest fixed-wing runway to F. E. Warren.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malmstrom.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/346869\/341st-missile-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">341st Missile Wing fact sheet<\/a><span>Official wing fact sheet: 150 launch facilities, 15 missile alert facilities, about 13,800 square miles, roughly 4,000 people, five groups, tenant squadrons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/346869\/341st-missile-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">341st Missile Wing fact sheet (Air Force mirror)<\/a><span>Service-level copy of the same fact sheet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com\/wordpressua.uark.edu\/dist\/3\/246\/files\/2016\/05\/Appendix-3.4-Wing-I-and-564-SMS-Chronology.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wing I and 564 SMS, Malmstrom AFB, MT, Chronology 1959&ndash;2014<\/a><span>Dated Air Force chronology used for construction, squadron activation, the October 1962 alert wording, the 1,000th silo and the 564th&rsquo;s inactivation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmdb.org\/m.asp?m=127800\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Ace in the Hole historical marker, Monarch, Montana<\/a><span>Full inscription of the Montana state marker on U.S. 89, dating the Alpha-06 alert to 26 October 1962.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afmissileers.org\/AAFM-and-the-Cuban-Missile-Crisis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AAFM and the Cuban Missile Crisis<\/a><span>Association of Air Force Missileers; dates the first Minuteman on alert at A-06 to 27 October 1962.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/minutemanmissile.com\/afbwing1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wing I &mdash; Malmstrom Air Force Base<\/a><span>Squadron activation dates, Alpha-09 emplacement, the 23,500 square mile figure and the 564th&rsquo;s deactivation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metabunk.org\/threads\/ufos-at-nuclear-weapons-sites-salas-malmstrom-eagle-flight-skeptical-resources.3284\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFOs at nuclear weapons sites: Salas, Malmstrom, Eagle Flight &mdash; skeptical resources<\/a><span>Reproduces the 341st SMW unit history wording and the declassified engineering conclusions on the noise pulse and logic coupler.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metabunk.org\/threads\/malmstrom-eagle-flight-was-this-an-emp-test.14272\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malmstrom and Eagle Flight: was this an EMP test?<\/a><span>Sets out the timeline objection to the EMP-simulator attribution.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicap.org\/malmstrom67dir.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malmstrom missile incident, 16 March 1967 &mdash; document directory<\/a><span>Index of the released documents, including the Boeing report of engineering investigation of the Echo Flight incident.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/506455\/air-force-relieves-disciplines-officers-cheating-scandal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force relieves, disciplines officers in cheating scandal<\/a><span>American Forces Press Service, 26&ndash;27 March 2014: 100 investigated, 91 disciplined, nine cleared, names of those removed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/library\/news\/usa\/2014\/usa-140327-afps01.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force relieves, disciplines officers in cheating scandal (mirror)<\/a><span>Used to verify the Lieutenant General Stephen Wilson quotation verbatim and the funding figures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2014\/10\/30\/15-air-force-officers-to-be-discharged-after-cheating\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">15 Air Force officers to be discharged after cheating<\/a><span>The October 2014 outcome and the 79-officer conduct breakdown; confirms the scandal surfaced during a drug investigation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malmstrom.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/825354\/341st-missile-wing-commander-issues-statement-on-nsi-results\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">341st Missile Wing commander issues statement on NSI results<\/a><span>Colonel Robert Stanley&rsquo;s statement on the August 2013 unsatisfactory Nuclear Surety Inspection.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/4586669\/initial-operating-capability-of-mh-139-grey-wolf-announced\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Initial operating capability of MH-139 Grey Wolf announced<\/a><span>IOC date of 10 August 2026, the 582nd Helicopter Group, and the quotations from General S. L. Davis and Colonel Bryant Bevan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theaviationist.com\/2024\/08\/09\/first-production-mh-139a-malmstrom\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Air Force receives first production MH-139A helicopter at Malmstrom AFB<\/a><span>First production delivery on 5 August 2024 to the 550th Helicopter Squadron.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/466487\/air-force-global-strike-command-malmstrom-fe-warren-and-minot-afbs-round-1-environmental-sampling-results-complete\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFGSC: Malmstrom, F. E. Warren and Minot round 1 environmental sampling results complete<\/a><span>Sample counts and PCB results at Malmstrom, and the cleaning programme ordered by General Thomas Bussiere.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/air-force-cancer-study-testicular-cancer-hodgkin-lymphoma\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force missile cancer study finds increased rate of two types<\/a><span>Missile Community Cancer Study results released 27 March 2026: elevated testicular cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma and melanoma.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/126791\/canadian-pilot-killed-as-jet-crashes-during-air-show-practice\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian pilot killed as jet crashes during air show practice<\/a><span>Captain Shawn McCaughey and Snowbird 2, 18 May 2007, with Major Robert Mitchell&rsquo;s statement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/snowbird-pilot-died-after-seatbelt-unfastened-report-1.664394\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Snowbird pilot died after seatbelt unfastened: report<\/a><span>Canadian Forces flight safety finding on the lap belt.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/vehicle-accident-malmstrom-one-airman-dead\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Humvee mishap at Malmstrom leaves one airman dead, five injured<\/a><span>The 29 June 2024 crash, Staff Sergeant Jorge Delgado, and Colonel Dan Voorhies&rsquo;s statement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/11\/16\/humvee-mishaps-kill-2-airmen-in-2-months-prompting-investigations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Humvee mishaps kill 2 airmen in 2 months, prompting investigations<\/a><span>Airman Alton John at Malmstrom and Airman Trinity Reinhart at F. E. Warren, with the Montana Highway Patrol findings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/library\/news\/usa\/2007\/usa-070713-afpn01.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Missile deactivation begins at Malmstrom<\/a><span>Air Force news release on the 564th Missile Squadron: 12 July 2007 start, 50 missiles, five alert facilities, the 2006 QDR cut from 500 to 450.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2014\/08\/07\/last-of-deactivated-malmstrom-missile-silos-eliminated\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Last of deactivated Malmstrom missile silos eliminated<\/a><span>Final silo T-49 eliminated 7 August 2014 under New START; gravel-fill method and the 110-ton closure door.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/facility\/malmstrom.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malmstrom AFB facility profile<\/a><span>Base acreage, the 23,500 square mile historic field, and the runway closure to fixed-wing traffic on 31 December 1996.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/space\/library\/news\/2025\/space-250527-ussf02.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Operational Test Launch GT 253 is a Glory Trip for wing<\/a><span>The 21 May 2025 Minuteman III test launch from Vandenberg by a Malmstrom crew, over 4,200 miles to the Marshall Islands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malmstrom.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/346866\/819th-red-horse-squadron\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">819th RED HORSE Squadron fact sheet<\/a><span>Reactivated at Malmstrom on 8 August 1997, about 240 personnel, associated with the Montana Air National Guard&rsquo;s 219th RED HORSE Squadron.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afgsc.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/4581755\/initial-operating-capability-of-mh-139-grey-wolf-announced\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Initial operating capability of MH-139 Grey Wolf announced (AFGSC)<\/a><span>Air Force Global Strike Command&rsquo;s release of 31 August 2026.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2014\/01\/30\/268880352\/air-force-cheating-scandal-widens-to-92-nuclear-officers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force cheating scandal widens to 92 nuclear officers<\/a><span>The growth of the case from 34 names in mid-January 2014 to 92 by 30 January.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minot.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/264277\/minot-air-force-base\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minot Air Force Base fact sheet<\/a><span>Official base fact sheet: only dual-wing nuclear capable base, 26 B-52s, 150 missile sites, 5,342 acres, population figures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minot.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/264267\/91st-missile-wing-minot-air-force-base\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">91st Missile Wing fact sheet, Minot Air Force Base<\/a><span>Wing mission, roughly 1,800 personnel, 8,500 square miles, groups and squadrons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minot.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/264218\/5th-bomb-wing-minot-air-force-base\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">5th Bomb Wing fact sheet, Minot Air Force Base<\/a><span>Personnel figures, four groups, motto Kiai O Ka Lewa, lineage from 1919 and arrival at Minot in 1968.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minot.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/264271\/91st-operations-group\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">91st Operations Group fact sheet<\/a><span>The three missile squadrons and the operations support squadron; the group&rsquo;s World War II bombardment lineage.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minot.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/264221\/newcomer-information\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newcomer Information, Minot Air Force Base<\/a><span>The base&rsquo;s own climate figures: January averages, 40 below ambient record, 69 below wind chill, 40 inches of snow, 107 degree high.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minot.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/1589755\/maintaining-the-fight-fmt-airmen-support-code-change\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maintaining the fight: FMT Airmen support code change<\/a><span>Official statement of the field&rsquo;s size: 150 launch facilities and 15 launch control centres, 1 August 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minot.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/3464449\/answering-our-nations-call-the-life-times-of-a-missile-alert-facility-manager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Answering Our Nation&rsquo;s Call: the Life and Times of a Missile Alert Facility Manager<\/a><span>Life at a missile alert facility, 742nd Missile Squadron, 19 July 2023.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minot.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/806130\/planes-of-minot-past-the-5th-fighter-interceptor-squadron-and-the-f-106-delta-d\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Planes of Minot Past: the 5th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron and the F-106 Delta Dart<\/a><span>The interceptor era, 1960 to 1988, F-106 then F-15, departure to Vance Air Force Base.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minot.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/2317046\/minuteman-iiis-50th-anniversary\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minuteman III&rsquo;s 50th Anniversary<\/a><span>First Minuteman III on alert at Minot, 19 August 1970, 741st Strategic Missile Squadron.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minot.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/3053935\/rough-riders-continuing-the-legacy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rough Riders: Continuing the Legacy<\/a><span>Source of the verbatim Colonel Kenneth C. McGhee quotation on the base motto, 6 June 2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afgsc.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/454715\/csaf-cmsaf-agree-with-minots-mottoonly-the-best-come-north\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CSAF, CMSAF agree with Minot&rsquo;s motto&hellip;&ldquo;Only the Best Come North&rdquo;<\/a><span>Chief of Staff and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force visit; the motto in official use.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afgsc.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/3496644\/54th-helicopter-squadron-groundbreaking-ceremony\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">54th Helicopter Squadron Groundbreaking Ceremony<\/a><span>15 August 2023: eight UH-1N to eleven MH-139A, 133,000 square foot complex, 35 airmen on 24-hour shifts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afgsc.af.mil\/Portals\/51\/Base%20Econ%20Impact\/Minot%20Economic%20Impact%20FY%2024.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minot Air Force Base Economic Impact Statement, fiscal year 2024<\/a><span>651.6 million dollars impact; 5,459 active duty, 591 civilians, 6,346 dependents, 12,825 total.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/524255\/air-force-relieves-commanders-involved-nuclear-weapons-incident\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Relieves Commanders Involved in Nuclear Weapons Incident<\/a><span>American Forces Press Service, 18&ndash;19 October 2007: names of the officers relieved and the verbatim Wynne quotation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2019\/Apr\/11\/2002115520\/-1\/-1\/0\/56UNAUTHMOVEMENTNUCLEAR.PDF\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Unauthorized Movement of Nuclear Weapons and Mistaken Shipment of Classified Missile Components: An Assessment<\/a><span>Spencer, Ludin and Nelson, USAF Counterproliferation Center, Air University, January 2012: the step-by-step reconstruction of the Bent Spear.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fas.org\/blogs\/security\/2008\/02\/nuclear_safety_and_the_saga_ab\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nuclear Safety and the Saga About the Missing Bent Spear<\/a><span>Federation of American Scientists on the Defense Science Board task force findings and recommendations, February 2008.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/17-air-force-officers-stripped-of-power-to-launch-intercontinental-nuclear-missiles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">17 Air Force officers stripped of power to launch intercontinental nuclear missiles<\/a><span>CBS News on the Associated Press report of May 2013 and the Folds memorandum.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/air-force-crew-dozes-off-with-launch-codes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Crew Dozes Off With Launch Codes<\/a><span>The 12 July 2008 incident at a Minot missile alert facility and the Air Force response, 24 July 2008.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asn.flightsafety.org\/asndb\/331944\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Accident report, Boeing KC-135A 58-0026, 17 January 1968<\/a><span>Aviation Safety Network: over-rotation in a snowstorm, thirteen killed, General Eisenhart aboard.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baaa-acro.com\/crash\/crash-boeing-b-52h-175-bw-stratofortress-minot-afb-6-killed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crash of a Boeing B-52H-175-BW Stratofortress at Minot AFB: 6 killed<\/a><span>Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives: 21 January 1969, serial 61-0037, full crew list and probable cause.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minotdailynews.com\/news\/local-news\/2024\/03\/minot-afb-jet-crashed-into-lake-sakakawea-55-years-ago\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minot AFB jet crashed into Lake Sakakawea 55 years ago<\/a><span>Minot Daily News, 9 March 2024: Captain Merlin Riley, the 10 March 1969 ejection and the later search for the wreck.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/minotb52ufo.com\/introduction.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Minot AFB UFO case, 24 October 1968: documentation<\/a><span>Research compilation of the 145 pages of Project Blue Book records, security controller logs and fourteen radarscope photographs for the case.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.prairiepublic.org\/show\/dakota-datebook-archive\/2022-05-16\/minot-air-force-base\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dakota Datebook: Minot Air Force Base<\/a><span>Prairie Public: the 12 July 1955 groundbreaking, the roughly 50,000 dollars raised locally and the men who lobbied for the base.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/111886\/record-long-range-bomber-flight-turns-50\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Record long-range bomber flight turns 50<\/a><span>Air Force account of the January 1962 Kadena to Torrej&#243;n flight by a Minot-assigned B-52H, Operation Persian Rug.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/air-force-significantly-change-sentinel-silos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Set to &ldquo;Significantly&rdquo; Change Facilities for Sentinel ICBM<\/a><span>May 2025: the decision to build new silos rather than convert Minuteman III launch facilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/construction-begins-prototype-silo-new-sentinel-icbm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Construction Begins on Prototype Silo for New Sentinel ICBM<\/a><span>March 2026: prototype silo at Promontory, Utah, and the higher cost figures then circulating.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minotdailynews.com\/news\/local-news\/2026\/02\/delivering-deterrence\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Delivering deterrence<\/a><span>Minot Daily News, 25 February 2026: Sentinel conversion order of F. E. Warren, Malmstrom and Minot, and the early 2030s target.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/regulations.justia.com\/regulations\/fedreg\/2023\/06\/08\/2023-12273.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Record of Decision, Sentinel Program Deployment and Minuteman III Decommissioning and Disposal<\/a><span>Federal Register notice of the 19 May 2023 Record of Decision covering F. E. Warren, Malmstrom and Minot.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stratcom.mil\/Media\/News\/News-Article-View\/Article\/3575143\/5th-bomb-wing-carries-out-exercise-prairie-vigilance-24-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">5th Bomb Wing carries out Exercise Prairie Vigilance 24-1<\/a><span>United States Strategic Command, 30 October 2023: the annual readiness exercise at Minot.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/489479\/defensor-fortis-watchful-guards-missile-fields\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Defensor Fortis: watchful guards of the missile fields<\/a><span>22 January 2025: the 91st Security Forces Group across 8,500 square miles and the 54th Helicopter Squadron&rsquo;s role.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoeven.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/hoeven-congratulates-minot-air-force-bases-91st-missile-wing-and-5th-bomb-wing-for-receiving-omaha-trophy-awards\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hoeven Congratulates Minot Air Force Base&rsquo;s 91st Missile Wing and 5th Bomb Wing for Receiving Omaha Trophy Awards<\/a><span>25 September 2020: both Minot wings take United States Strategic Command Omaha Trophies for 2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2017\/04\/19\/air-force-bird-scare-led-to-aborted-takeoff-that-wrecked-b-52\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force: Bird scare led to aborted takeoff that wrecked B-52<\/a><span>Accident investigation board findings on the 19 May 2016 loss of a Minot-deployed B-52H at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/library\/news\/2026\/07\/mil-260702-usaf01.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Secretary of the Air Force sees ongoing modernization at Minot AFB<\/a><span>Air Force release of 2 July 2026 on Secretary Troy Meink&rsquo;s visit, the B-52J re-engining and Sentinel.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minotdailynews.com\/news\/local-news\/2025\/03\/minot-afb-airmen-complete-nuclear-surety-inspection\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minot AFB airmen complete Nuclear Surety Inspection<\/a><span>Minot Daily News, 1 March 2025: both wings inspected by the Air Force Global Strike Command inspector general.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minot.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/265056\/minot-on-road-to-recovery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minot on road to recovery<\/a><span>29 June 2011: the Souris River crest and its effect on the base community.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.offutt.af.mil\/Portals\/97\/Documents\/AFD-130718-033.pdf?ver=2016-02-17-122154-040\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fact Sheet: History of Offutt Air Force Base<\/a><span>The base&rsquo;s own history sheet: Fort Crook, Offutt Field, the Martin plant and the arrival of SAC.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.offutt.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/3765225\/offutt-afb-through-the-years\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Offutt AFB through the years<\/a><span>Base chronology; gives 402 B-29s, at odds with the history fact sheet&rsquo;s 531.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.offutt.af.mil\/News\/Commentaries\/Display\/Article\/3958382\/lt-jarvis-offutt-a-heros-legacy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lt. Jarvis Offutt: A Hero&rsquo;s Legacy<\/a><span>Official account of Jarvis Offutt&rsquo;s service, death and the 1924 dedication.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tile.loc.gov\/storage-services\/master\/pnp\/habshaer\/ne\/ne0100\/ne0121\/data\/ne0121data.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Glenn L. Martin-Nebraska Bomber Plant, Building D (HABS NE-121)<\/a><span>Library of Congress documentation: construction cost, workforce, and 515 B-29s plus the Silverplate modifications.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/item\/ne0105\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Offutt Air Force Base, Strategic Air Command Headquarters and Command Center (HAER NE-9)<\/a><span>Library of Congress survey of Building 500 and the underground command centre.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/104608\/rc-135vw-rivet-joint\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RC-135V\/W Rivet Joint fact sheet<\/a><span>Official mission, crew, performance and inventory of seventeen aircraft.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.offutt.af.mil\/Resources\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/1748019\/rc-135s-cobra-ball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RC-135S Cobra Ball fact sheet<\/a><span>Official Cobra Ball mission, crew composition and the 1994 move to Offutt.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.offutt.af.mil\/Resources\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/1747986\/rc-135u-combat-sent\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RC-135U Combat Sent fact sheet<\/a><span>Official Combat Sent mission, antennae description and crew of Ravens.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/weapons\/rc-135s\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RC-135S Cobra Ball<\/a><span>Air and Space Forces Magazine weapons entry: sensors, fleet size and baseline upgrades.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/air-force-wc-135-nuke-sniffer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WC-135 Nuke-Sniffer Fleet Upgrades Are Complete, USAF Says<\/a><span>Delivery dates of the three WC-135R Constant Phoenix aircraft to the 45th Reconnaissance Squadron.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/399416\/oc-135b-retirement\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OC-135B Retirement<\/a><span>Official account of the last Open Skies aircraft going to storage on 9 June 2021 after the 22 November 2020 withdrawal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/104503\/e-4b\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">E-4B fact sheet<\/a><span>Official E-4B mission, hardening, endurance, crew capacity and fleet of four.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.offutt.af.mil\/Units\/55th-Wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">55th Wing<\/a><span>Wing mission statement, groups, personnel and nickname.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.offutt.af.mil\/Resources\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/311412\/55th-wing-history\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">55th Wing History fact sheet<\/a><span>Lineage from 1940, the 1966 move to Offutt and the claim to be Air Combat Command&rsquo;s largest wing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nuke.fas.org\/guide\/usa\/c3i\/ec-135.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EC-135 Looking Glass<\/a><span>Dates of continuous airborne alert, the 281,000 accident-free hours and the 1998 handover to the E-6B.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nuke.fas.org\/guide\/usa\/c3i\/cmdctr.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Strategic Command Command Center<\/a><span>Dimensions and hardening of the 1957 underground post, the 1989 rebuild and the present command centre.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/432140\/storm-before-calm-october-1962-part-3-cuban-missile-crisis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Storm Before the Calm &mdash; October 1962, Part 3: The Cuban Missile Crisis<\/a><span>Official source for the 24 October 1962 DEFCON 2 order and peak alert force numbers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acc.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/965021\/595th-command-and-control-group-activates-at-offutt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">595th Command and Control Group activates at Offutt<\/a><span>Activation on 6 October and the four squadrons brought under the group.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/04\/26\/sierra-nevada-wins-13b-contract-to-build-air-force-doomsday-plane\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sierra Nevada wins $13B contract to build Air Force doomsday plane<\/a><span>Award date, value and the July 2036 completion date for the Survivable Airborne Operations Center.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2018\/Jun\/19\/2001933086\/-1\/-1\/1\/DODIG-2018-122.PDF\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DODIG-2018-122, U.S. Strategic Command Facility Construction Project<\/a><span>Inspector General audit of the headquarters project: cost growth, 29-month delay, mould, fire and design failures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stratcom.mil\/Media\/News\/News-Article-View\/Article\/2019173\/us-strategic-commands-command-control-facility-dedicated-to-gen-curtis-lemay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Strategic Command&rsquo;s Command and Control Facility Dedicated to Gen. Curtis LeMay<\/a><span>Official dedication release with the 916,000 square-foot figure and the Norquist quotation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/11\/19\/military-dedicates-new-headquarters-for-strategic-commands-nuclear-control-unit-at-offutt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Military dedicates new headquarters for Strategic Command&rsquo;s nuclear control unit at Offutt<\/a><span>Dedication date of 18 November 2019 and the reported $1.3 billion programme cost.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/publication\/sir20235053\/full\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Floodwater Drainage Assessment of Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, 2020&ndash;22 (SIR 2023-5053)<\/a><span>US Geological Survey account of the levee breach, buildings inundated and the standing-water bird hazard.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.offutt.af.mil\/Portals\/97\/Draft_EA_Offutt_20200710.pdf?ver=2020-07-15-122419-687\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Draft Environmental Assessment for Offutt Air Force Base (July 2020)<\/a><span>Gives the 4,041-acre base area, the R-613 and R-616 levee failures and 137 damaged facilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.offutt.af.mil\/Home\/Flood-Rebuild\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flood Rebuild<\/a><span>Official rebuild page: 137 base facilities affected and an eight-campus plan of more than 24 new facilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/03\/18\/floodwaters-overwhelm-one-third-of-offutt-nine-aircraft-evacuated\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Floodwaters overwhelm one-third of Offutt; nine aircraft evacuated<\/a><span>Contemporary account of the evacuation to Lincoln and MacDill and the depth of water in base buildings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/08\/07\/after-massive-floods-offutt-looks-to-build-a-better-base\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">After massive flood, Offutt looks to build a better base<\/a><span>Figures for workspace and SCIF lost, personnel displaced, simulator replacement and levee works.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/rebuilding-offutt-cost-1-1-1-2-billion-congressman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cost of Rebuilding Offutt Will Top $1B, Congressman Says<\/a><span>Rep. Don Bacon&rsquo;s January 2022 estimate of $1.1&ndash;1.2 billion and the earlier $650 million and $790 million figures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.offutt.af.mil\/News\/Article\/2543545\/remembering-the-crew-of-cobra-ball-flight-664\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Remembering the crew of Cobra Ball flight 664<\/a><span>Official account of the 15 March 1981 Shemya crash and the six crew lost.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/340359\/remembering-rivet-amber-50-years-later\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Remembering Rivet Amber 50 years later<\/a><span>Official account of the 5 June 1969 loss of nineteen aircrew, six of them on temporary duty from Offutt.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/content\/history\/nhhc\/about-us\/leadership\/director\/directors-corner\/h-grams\/h-gram-029\/h-029-3.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">H-029-3: Cold War Aviation Incidents<\/a><span>Naval History and Heritage Command account of the 29 July 1953 RB-50G shootdown and the destroyer rescue.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/historicaldocuments\/frus1958-60v10p1\/d157\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Foreign Relations of the United States 1958&ndash;1960, Volume X, Part 1, Document 157<\/a><span>State Department record of the 1 July 1960 RB-47 shootdown, the six-man crew and the diplomatic exchanges.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jfklibrary.org\/archives\/other-resources\/john-f-kennedy-press-conferences\/news-conference-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News Conference 1, 25 January 1961<\/a><span>President Kennedy announcing the release of Captains Olmstead and McKone.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/PDF\/SiteCollectionDocuments\/Reports\/2010\/August%202010\/Day23\/AIB_E4B_Mishap_082010.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aircraft Accident Investigation Board Report, E-4B 73-1676, 12 May 2010<\/a><span>Official finding on the tail strike, the pitch angles involved and the $3.1 million damage.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.16af.af.mil\/Newsroom\/Article\/3411273\/usindopacom-statement-on-unprofessional-intercept-of-us-aircraft-over-south-chi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USINDOPACOM Statement on Unprofessional Intercept of U.S. Aircraft over South China Sea<\/a><span>Official statement on the 26 May 2023 J-16 intercept of an RC-135.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.16af.af.mil\/About-Us\/Unit-Fact-Sheets\/Article\/2004918\/557th-weather-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">557th Weather Wing fact sheet<\/a><span>Offutt&rsquo;s other headquarters wing: about 1,500 people and two weather groups.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andersen.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/414606\/36th-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">36th Wing fact sheet, Andersen Air Force Base<\/a><span>Host wing mission, about 8,000 joint personnel, 22 tenant units, 7.5 million square feet of ramp, claim to the largest fuel and munitions storage in the Air Force.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andersen.af.mil\/Portals\/43\/Documents\/Base%20Fact%20Sheet%202021-Andersen%20AFB-20210805.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Base Fact Sheet, Andersen Air Force Base, 2021<\/a><span>14,600 acres, 4,400-acre munitions storage area, 66 million gallons of jet fuel, runway and apron figures, personnel breakdown and military construction totals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andersen.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/4455982\/36th-wing-celebrates-20-years-as-indo-pacific-strategic-hub\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">36th Wing celebrates 20 years as Indo-Pacific strategic hub<\/a><span>Source of both quotes; also the 48-hour airfield restoration after Typhoon Mawar and the wing&rsquo;s 2006 redesignation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andersen.af.mil\/Portals\/43\/2024-25%20AAFB%20Heritage%20Pamphlet__%20WWII%20Special%20Edition%20V4.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andersen Air Force Base Heritage Pamphlet, Second World War special edition<\/a><span>Official base history: 13 November 1944 survey, 3 February 1945 opening, 314th Bombardment Wing, Henry E. Erwin&rsquo;s Medal of Honor, James Roy Andersen&rsquo;s career and loss.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andersen.af.mil\/Portals\/43\/Documents\/Early%20AAFB%20Heritage%20Pamphlet_USAF%2075th%20Anniv%20(2022-23).pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Early Andersen Air Force Base Heritage Pamphlet, USAF 75th anniversary edition<\/a><span>Redesignations from North Field to Andersen Air Force Base, Korean War deployments, Strategic Air Command arrival and base construction history.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andersen.af.mil\/Portals\/43\/Early%2036WG%20Heritage%20Pamphlet_USAF%2075th%20Anniv%20(2022-23).pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Early 36th Wing Heritage Pamphlet, 1940&ndash;1994<\/a><span>36th Wing lineage from 1940, Bitburg years, F-15 era, inactivation at Bitburg on 30 September 1994 and activation at Andersen on 1 October 1994.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tile.loc.gov\/storage-services\/master\/pnp\/habshaer\/gu\/gu0000\/gu0017\/data\/gu0017data.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Historic American Engineering Record GU-9: Andersen Air Force Base, North Field<\/a><span>Library of Congress documentation: 854th Engineer Aviation Battalion, construction quantities, runway dimensions, 314th Bombardment Wing, Cold War significance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afhistory.af.mil\/FAQs\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/458962\/1965-operation-arc-light\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1965 &mdash; Operation Arc Light, Air Force Historical Support Division<\/a><span>Official fact sheet giving 27 B-52Fs on the first mission of 18 June 1965 and annual sortie and tonnage figures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/PDF\/MagazineArchive\/Documents\/2009\/January%202009\/0109arc.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arc Light, Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine, January 2009<\/a><span>More than 126,000 sorties, Bullet Shot, 155 aircraft on five miles of Andersen ramp, monthly sortie rates, 303rd Maintenance Wing (Provisional) manning.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/1197linebacker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Linebacker II, Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine, November 1997<\/a><span>729 of 741 sorties, 99 B-52Gs and 53 B-52Ds at Andersen, 15 bombers lost, crew outcomes, SAM and MiG counts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aviation-safety.net\/wikibase\/48385\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aviation Safety Network, Boeing B-52F 57-0047, 18 June 1965<\/a><span>The mid-air collision on the first Arc Light mission: both serials, the 320th Bombardment Wing, the ejections and the eight deaths.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andersen.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/3871742\/remembering-operation-new-life-100k-refugees-housed-on-guam\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Remembering Operation New Life &mdash; 100K+ refugees housed on Guam<\/a><span>Base account of Tin City, the 1966 steel dormitories, more than 39,000 refugees at Andersen and the site near the Top of the Rock club.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/media\/publications\/assessments\/Super_Typhoon_Paka_December1997.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Typhoon Paka, National Weather Service service assessment<\/a><span>The 205-knot Andersen gust and the statement that it is not supported by post-analysis; eyewall winds, damage above 600 million dollars, no deaths on Guam or Rota.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/media\/publications\/assessments\/Pongsona.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Typhoon Pongsona, National Weather Service service assessment<\/a><span>8 December 2002 timings, 144 mile per hour sustained winds with gusts to 173, more than 700 million dollars of damage, 193 injuries, one indirect death, radar failure at Andersen.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsb.gov\/investigations\/accidentreports\/reports\/aar0001.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Controlled Flight Into Terrain, Korean Air Flight 801, NTSB AAR-00\/01<\/a><span>Probable cause, the minimum safe altitude warning system modification, and the casualty accounting for the 6 August 1997 crash on Guam.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aviationpros.com\/home\/press-release\/10404405\/air-force-sensor-moisture-caused-1st-b-2-crash\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force: sensor moisture caused first B-2 crash, Associated Press<\/a><span>Accident investigation board findings under Major General Floyd L. Carpenter, three of 24 sensors affected, the 1.4 billion dollar loss figure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/air-force\/corporate\/reports-publications\/flight-safety-investigation-reports\/cc150-polaris-150003-epilogue.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CC150 Polaris 150003, flight safety investigation report epilogue, Royal Canadian Air Force<\/a><span>Official Canadian finding on the 22 July 2023 ramp collision at Andersen: missing chocks, expired parking brake hold, serious damage to both aircraft.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/air-force-ends-continuous-bomber-presence-in-guam\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force ends continuous bomber presence in Guam, Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine<\/a><span>16 April 2020 end date, the 69th Bomb Squadron&rsquo;s departure, the Global Strike Command statement and the move to dynamic force employment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/crs_external_products\/R\/PDF\/R47643\/R47643.2.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guam: Defense Infrastructure and Readiness, Congressional Research Service R47643<\/a><span>Department of Defense holds about 25 per cent of Guam; 170,000 residents; 3.4 billion dollars of military construction 2015&ndash;2023 and 7.3 billion planned to 2028; Marine relocation cost split.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.everycrsreport.com\/reports\/IF10672.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Military Presence on Okinawa and Realignment to Guam, Congressional Research Service IF10672<\/a><span>2006 roadmap and 2012 revision, 5,000 Marines to Guam, 8.7 billion dollar cost with 3.1 billion from Japan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/gao-25-108187.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Missile Defense: DOD Faces Support Challenges for Defense of Guam, GAO-25-108187<\/a><span>16 Guam Defense System sites as of August 2024, first element in fiscal year 2027 and last in 2032, 805 people by 2027 rising to 1,044 by 2031, Andersen as one of three host bases.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marines.mil\/News\/News-Display\/Article\/2367980\/marine-corps-activates-camp-blaz-in-guam\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marine Corps activates Camp Blaz in Guam, United States Marine Corps<\/a><span>Activation on 1 October 2020, the naming for Brigadier General Vicente Tomas Garrido Blaz and the first new Marine Corps base since 1952.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guampedia.com\/land-ownership-on-guam\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Land Ownership on Guam, Guampedia<\/a><span>52,000 acres taken, holdings exceeding 85,000 acres or 63 per cent of the island, 1941 valuations applied to 1948 takings, the Chamorro Land Trust Act of 1975.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guampedia.com\/update-land-ownership-on-guam\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Update: Land Ownership on Guam, Guampedia<\/a><span>About 36,000 acres held by the Department of Defense, the Guam Excess Lands Act of 1994, fifteen deeds and 2,767 acres returned by 2011, the Guam Ancestral Lands Commission.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/facility\/guam-gulp94.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guam Land Use Plan 1994, GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><span>More than 8,000 acres of Air Force and Navy property identified as releasable, the 1993 Pacific Command review and the 1995 disposal recommendation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/147883\/A_win_win_for_THAAD_in_Guam\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A win-win for THAAD in Guam, United States Army<\/a><span>Task Force Talon&rsquo;s arrival in 2013 and its site, Site Armadillo, on Northwest Field at Andersen.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andersen.af.mil\/News\/Features\/Article\/1346152\/andersen-receives-15m-pounds-of-munitions-during-annual-in-shipment\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andersen receives 1.5M pounds of munitions during annual in-shipment<\/a><span>816,393 munitions assets worth more than 95 million dollars delivered between 21 August and 30 September 2017, a rise of more than ten per cent in the Guam stockpile.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacaf.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/4074523\/cn25-concluded-at-andersen-afb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cope North 25 concluded at Andersen Air Force Base, Pacific Air Forces<\/a><span>February 2025 trilateral exercise with the United States, Japan and Australia, about 2,300 participants and the aircraft types flown.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacom.mil\/Media\/NEWS\/Article\/3417307\/andersen-afb-remains-operational-after-typhoon-mawar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andersen AFB remains operational after Typhoon Mawar, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command<\/a><span>Post-storm operations from 24 May 2023: FEMA airlift, 180,000 pounds of aid and the return of the airfield to use.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/air-force-natural-disaster-recovery-team-guam-typhoon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force dispatches natural disaster recovery team to Guam after typhoon<\/a><span>Winds at Andersen measured up to about 140 miles per hour, two feet of rain, aircraft evacuated or hangared with none reported damaged.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/usafunithistory.com\/PDF\/T-Z\/THIRTEENTH%20AIR%20FORCE.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thirteenth Air Force lineage and stations, usafunithistory.com<\/a><span>Headquarters move to Andersen on 2 December 1991 after Clark Air Base closed, and the inactivation in September 2012.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/facility\/\/andersen.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andersen AFB, GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><span>Alternative figures used for cross-checking: 30 B-52s on the first Arc Light mission, 87 departing on 18 December 1972, over 150 B-52s on the flight line, base population above 15,000 in 1972.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunsan.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/412721\/kunsan-air-base\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kunsan Air Base fact sheet<\/a><span>Official base fact sheet: 1938 Japanese construction, 1950 loss and recapture, 1951 and 1974 unit arrivals, mission statement, about 2,800 personnel, one-year unaccompanied tours.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7af.pacaf.af.mil\/News\/Article\/769792\/ok-wolf-pack-go-get-em-operation-bolo-2-january-1967\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&ldquo;OK, Wolf Pack, go get &rsquo;em!&rdquo; Operation BOLO &mdash; 2 January 1967<\/a><span>Seventh Air Force history of Operation Bolo: the deception plan, the Olds quotation, seven confirmed and two possible MiG-21 kills, 38.5 wartime aerial victories.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunsan.af.mil\/News\/Article\/413464\/operation-bolo-the-wolf-pack-gets-its-name\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Operation Bolo: the Wolf Pack gets its name<\/a><span>Kunsan Air Base commentary on the origin of the nickname; gives a different wording of the Olds line and the 16 September 1974 move date.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/facility\/kunsan.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kunsan Air Base facility profile, GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><span>Elevation, 1949 American withdrawal, 30 September 1950 recapture by 3rd Battalion 24th Infantry, 22 August 1951 arrival of the 3rd Bombardment Wing, 6175th Air Base Wing caretaker years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/agency\/usaf\/8fw.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">8th Fighter Wing profile, GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><span>Tail code WP, squadron names Pantons and Juvats, the Olds nickname, September 1974 arrival, 1981 F-16 conversion, 2000&ndash;01 Block 40 changeover.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunsan.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/412725\/80th-fighter-squadron\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">80th Fighter Squadron fact sheet, Kunsan Air Base<\/a><span>Squadron lineage from 1942, 225 WWII aerial victories, first American unit to fly jets in combat in August 1950, first overseas unit to convert to the F-16 in September 1981.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmohs.org\/recipients\/john-s-walmsley-jr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Medal of Honor citation, Captain John S. Walmsley Jr.<\/a><span>Congressional Medal of Honor Society citation: 14 September 1951, near Yangdok, 8th Bombardment Squadron, 3d Bombardment Group.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmohs.org\/recipients\/charles-j-loring\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Medal of Honor citation, Major Charles J. Loring Jr.<\/a><span>Citation for 22 November 1952 near Sniper Ridge, 80th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 8th Fighter-Bomber Wing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kunsanfss.com\/loring-club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Loring Club, 8th Force Support Squadron<\/a><span>Confirms the club&rsquo;s existence and name at Kunsan; the page does not state whom it is named after.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunsan.af.mil\/News\/Article\/2301980\/hardened-aircraft-shelters-constructed-at-kunsan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hardened aircraft shelters constructed at Kunsan<\/a><span>20 third-generation shelters, $125 million of Republic of Korea funding, 51-month project, 31 July 2020 ribbon-cutting, the Hammond quotation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.safety.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/2302675\/hardened-aircraft-shelters-constructed-at-kunsan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hardened aircraft shelters constructed at Kunsan (Air Force Safety Center copy)<\/a><span>Second official copy of the shelter release, used to verify the figures and the ventilation and engine exhaust detail.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/8th-fighter-wing-takes-new-approach-to-defending-kunsan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">8th Fighter Wing takes new approach to defending Kunsan<\/a><span>Base defence concept, the Patriot battery, Army Gray Eagle units and the ROKAF 38th Fighter Group flying KF-16s from the same field.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunsan.af.mil\/-Wolf-Pack-News\/Display\/Article\/4038017\/beverly-pack-25-1-kicks-off-at-kunsan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beverly Pack 25-1 kicks off at Kunsan<\/a><span>Exercise start on 12 January 2025 and the description of Beverly Pack as Seventh Air Force&rsquo;s largest agile combat employment exercise.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunsan.af.mil\/-Wolf-Pack-News\/Display\/Article\/4135122\/wolf-pack-continues-ace-operations-for-freedom-shield-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wolf Pack continues ACE operations for Freedom Shield 25<\/a><span>Deployment to Gwangju Air Base from 9 to 14 March 2025 and integrated combat turn training with the ROKAF.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theaviationist.com\/2025\/02\/12\/8th-fighter-wing-f-16s-first-ace-south-korea\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USAF&rsquo;s 8th Fighter Wing F-16s execute first agile combat employment in South Korea<\/a><span>Account of the 12&ndash;16 January 2025 movement of F-16s from Kunsan to Gwangju as the first ACE operation on the peninsula.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/wolf-pack-return-repaired-runway-kunsan-air-base\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">After five months away for runway repairs, Wolf Pack F-16s return home to Kunsan<\/a><span>2023 runway reconstruction: more than 1,500 concrete slabs, $22 million, 9,000-foot runway, about 600 people relocated to Osan, return on 30 August 2023.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrc.gov\/docs\/ML0302\/ML030240313.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USAF Aircraft Accident Investigation Board report, F-16C collision, Kunsan Air Base, 27 July 1993<\/a><span>Official board narrative held in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission document system: the deaths and survivals, the tower and pilot causal findings, the Runway 36 location.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Archives\/1993\/07\/27\/Two-US-F-16s-collide-on-runway-in-South-Korea\/8289743745600\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Two US F-16s collide on runway in South Korea<\/a><span>Contemporary wire report of the 27 July 1993 collision, timing and first casualty reports; superseded on detail by the accident board report.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.f-16.net\/f-16-news-article674.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US pilot dies as F-16 crashes into South Korea rice paddy<\/a><span>Associated Press report of the fatal 14 June 2001 night crash about 40 miles south-east of Kunsan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/1100kunsan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kunsan pilot blamed for F-16 crash<\/a><span>Air Force Magazine summary of the investigation into the 14 March 2006 loss of an F-16C off Kunsan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/inspections-cost-8th-fighter-wing-chief-his-job-new-commander-says-1.85790\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Inspections cost 8th Fighter Wing chief his job, new commander says<\/a><span>Relief of Colonel Bryan Bearden on 10 November 2008, the marginal maintenance inspection ratings and the Chandler statement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/air_force\/2023-10-31\/kunsan-korea-8th-fighter-wing-commander-11889720.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">8th Fighter Wing commander is stepping down after 5 months in South Korea<\/a><span>Colonel Timothy Murphy took command on 25 May 2023 and handed over on 8 November 2023 for family reasons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afjag.af.mil\/Portals\/77\/AIB-Reports\/2019\/191202-PACAF-KunsanAB-Korea-F-16%20AIB%20NARRATIVE%20REPORT.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USAF Aircraft Accident Investigation Board report, F-16CM 90-0714, Kunsan Air Base, 2 December 2019<\/a><span>Right main landing gear downlock actuator failure, 2,200-foot skid, $19.4 million aircraft destroyed, pilot released the same day.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/new-report-fiery-f-16-crash-south-korea-cause\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New report: electrical issue, poor weather led to fiery F-16 crash in South Korea<\/a><span>6 May 2023 crash of a Kunsan F-16 flying from Osan: electrical failure eleven seconds after take-off, ejection at 710 feet, $29.39 million aircraft.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/f-16-navigation-system-bad-weather-crash-korea\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F-16 navigation system failure in bad weather led to crash<\/a><span>11 December 2023 loss 81 nautical miles west of Kunsan: EGI and standby attitude indicator failures, aircraft valued at $28,259,045.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/air-force-f-16-crash-korea-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Engine stall led to F-16 crash in Korea last year<\/a><span>31 January 2024 loss of F-16 89-2013 during air refuelling from a KC-46, ejection at about 2,000 feet, aircraft valued at about $25.8 million.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seoul.co.kr\/news\/society\/2022\/08\/02\/20220802500037\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gunsan airfield military noise compensation set at 748 million won<\/a><span>Seoul Shinmun report of 2 August 2022: second-round award of 748 million won to 2,225 residents, up from 703 million won, and 41 objections.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/asia_pacific\/2022-06-03\/south-korea-aircraft-noise-compensation-6218369.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Korean city approves $9.5 million in payouts for US aircraft noise complaints<\/a><span>Explains the 2020 Military Noise Compensation Act, the noise control area concept and the residence-date rules that also govern the Gunsan payments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/kunsan-air-base-to-expand-by-315-acres-1.64985\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kunsan Air Base to expand by 315 acres<\/a><span>196 acres already deeded plus 119 acres to be bought, 92 households facing relocation, the pyong price dispute and the second Pyeongtaek crisis warning.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.koreajoongangdaily.com\/business\/bidding-begins-for-airport-on-blighted-jamboree-site\/10666747\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bidding begins for airport on blighted Jamboree site<\/a><span>Saemangeum International Airport: 807.7 billion won budget, 2,500-metre runway, opening targeted as early as 2028, Gunsan Airport&rsquo;s use of the US military runway, the 46-organisation lawsuit of September 2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/ops\/dprk_nuke.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">North Korea nuclear crisis, February 1993 &ndash; June 1994, GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><span>General Luck&rsquo;s February 1994 request for about three dozen Patriot launchers, the March agreement, batteries at Kunsan and Suwon, the Carter visit and the 21 October 1994 Agreed Framework.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacom.mil\/Media\/NEWS\/Article\/1357868\/exercise-courageous-channel-2017\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Exercise Courageous Channel 2017<\/a><span>US Indo-Pacific Command account of the 24&ndash;27 October 2017 noncombatant evacuation exercise, with more than 1,700 participants at Osan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunsan.af.mil\/News\/Article\/623575\/neo-exercise-tests-evacuation-capabilities\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NEO exercise tests evacuation capabilities<\/a><span>Kunsan account of the semi-annual Courageous Channel exercise as run at the base for civilians and command-sponsored family members.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/air_force\/2024-07-22\/f16-fighters-south-north-korea-14558053.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force moves F-16 fighter squadron closer to North Korea for yearlong trial<\/a><span>Phase one of the Super Squadron test: nine Kunsan F-16s and about 150 airmen to Osan in July 2024, building the 36th Fighter Squadron to 31 aircraft.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/osan-f-16-second-super-squadron\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USAF starts building second F-16 Super Squadron in Korea<\/a><span>Phase two: 31 F-16s and about 1,000 airmen from Kunsan, start dated 28 July 2025, completion targeted October 2025 and conclusion October 2026.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theaviationist.com\/2025\/11\/24\/35th-fs-osan-super-squadron-phase-ii\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kunsan&rsquo;s 35th Fighter Squadron arrives at Osan for Super Squadron Phase II<\/a><span>Reports the 35th Fighter Squadron&rsquo;s 31 F-16s arriving at Osan on 19&ndash;21 November 2025, a later date than other accounts give for the move.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.osan.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/4469765\/press-release-super-squadron-effort-concludes-informing-f-16-enterprise\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Press release: Super Squadron effort concludes, informing F-16 enterprise<\/a><span>Pacific Air Forces release: General Kevin Schneider directs the Seventh Air Force F-16 fleet reset to three squadrons across Osan and Kunsan, in deliberate phases.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/asia_pacific\/2026-02-04\/air-force-f16-super-squadrons-korea-20620322.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Multiday flight surge tests Air Force&rsquo;s new Super Squadrons in South Korea<\/a><span>Five-day surge ending 31 January 2026, flight operations more than 50 per cent above routine levels, and a summary of both phases of the test.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunsan.af.mil\/-Wolf-Pack-News\/Display\/Article\/3623617\/team-kunsan-welcomes-new-rokaf-38th-fighter-group-commander\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Team Kunsan welcomes new ROKAF 38th Fighter Group commander<\/a><span>Confirms the Republic of Korea Air Force 38th Fighter Group as a resident unit sharing the base, with its change of command hosted by the 8th Fighter Wing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twz.com\/8313\/gray-eagle-drones-are-not-being-deployed-to-south-korea-as-a-reactionary-measure\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gray Eagle drones are not being deployed to South Korea as a reactionary measure<\/a><span>Background on the US Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle deployment to Korea and its expected bed-down at Kunsan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.misawa.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/773149\/35th-fighter-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">35th Fighter Wing fact sheet<\/a><span>Host wing, squadrons, groups and Wild Weasel role.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.misawa.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/402284\/35th-fighter-wing-mission\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">35th Fighter Wing Mission fact sheet<\/a><span>Source of the phrase &ldquo;the only combined, joint service installation in the Western Pacific&rdquo;, and of the Draughon Range distance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.misawa.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/402287\/35th-fighter-wing-history\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">35th Fighter Wing History fact sheet<\/a><span>Wing lineage from 1948 through George Air Force Base, Keflavik and Misawa.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.misawa.af.mil\/Portals\/41\/documents\/About_Us\/AFD-140223-001.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">35th Fighter Wing Heritage<\/a><span>Base history from the 1939 Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force construction through occupation and the 1994 arrival of the wing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.misawa.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/773356\/this-month-in-35th-fighter-wing-and-misawa-air-base-history-january\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This Month in 35th Fighter Wing and Misawa Air Base History: January<\/a><span>Start of civil aviation in 1953, the 1966 town fire, the 1987 activation of the 14th Tactical Fighter Squadron.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.misawa.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/773337\/this-month-in-35th-fighter-wing-and-misawa-air-base-history-march\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This Month in 35th Fighter Wing and Misawa Air Base History: March<\/a><span>39th Air Division 1952, the first landing at Misawa in 1942, and the 2003 Iraqi Freedom missions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.misawa.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/773494\/this-month-in-35th-fighter-wing-and-misawa-air-base-history-april\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This Month in 35th Fighter Wing and Misawa Air Base History: April<\/a><span>First F-16 arrival in 1985 and the 2003 dedication of Draughon Range.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.misawa.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/773470\/this-month-in-35th-fighter-wing-and-misawa-air-base-history-june\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This Month in 35th Fighter Wing and Misawa Air Base History: June<\/a><span>Draughon Range in 1949, the 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron in 1985 and the MJ to WW tail flash change in 1996.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.misawa.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/773427\/this-month-in-35th-fighter-wing-and-misawa-air-base-history-august\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This Month in 35th Fighter Wing and Misawa Air Base History: August<\/a><span>The Misawa Air Group at Rabaul in 1942 and the carrier attack of 8 and 9 August 1945.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.misawa.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/773415\/this-month-in-35th-fighter-wing-and-misawa-air-base-history-september\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This Month in 35th Fighter Wing and Misawa Air Base History: September<\/a><span>1939 runway construction, the 1950 Misawa tank, the 1995 F-16CJ conversion and the 1996 first HARM shot.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.misawa.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/773402\/this-month-in-35th-fighter-wing-and-misawa-air-base-history-october\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This Month in 35th Fighter Wing and Misawa Air Base History: October<\/a><span>The 1931 transpacific flight, the first Japanese unit in 1954, Naval Air Facility Misawa in 1975 and the 1994 wing change.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.misawa.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/773370\/this-month-in-35th-fighter-wing-and-misawa-air-base-history-december\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This Month in 35th Fighter Wing and Misawa Air Base History: December<\/a><span>The 1994 earthquake damage and the 1982 Japanese early warning unit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.misawa.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/773391\/iconic-elephant-cage-laid-to-rest\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iconic &ldquo;Elephant Cage&rdquo; laid to rest<\/a><span>AN\/FLR-9 cost, service life, 4,000 nautical mile range, demolition start and the money and jobs the teardown put into the local economy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/pacific\/misawa-to-tear-down-massive-elephant-cage-antennae-1.197638\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Misawa to tear down massive &ldquo;Elephant Cage&rdquo; antennae<\/a><span>Height, builder, operator group and the Okinawa and Alaska arrays.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.misawa.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/402304\/misawa-security-operations-center\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Misawa Security Operations Center fact sheet<\/a><span>The four service units that make up the intelligence centre on Security Hill.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacaf.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/1504955\/lake-used-to-practice-for-pearl-harbor-now-unites-us-and-japan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lake used to practice for Pearl Harbor now unites U.S. and Japan<\/a><span>Pacific Air Forces states that Imperial Japanese Navy units at Misawa used Lake Ogawara to practise for Pearl Harbor.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.misawa.af.mil\/Newcomers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Misawa Air Base newcomers page<\/a><span>Distance from Tokyo, city population and base personnel figures &mdash; about 3,500 service members, 300 American civilians and over 1,000 Japanese staff.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/facility\/misawa.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Misawa Air Base facility profile<\/a><span>Alternative personnel figures of about 5,200 military, 300 civilians and 900 Japanese employees, plus runway and arresting gear details.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/crs-product\/R41690\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Japan 2011 Earthquake: U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Response, CRS report R41690<\/a><span>Misawa&rsquo;s minor damage, its role as a forward operating base, the 14 helicopters, voluntary departure numbers and the overall cost of Operation Tomodachi.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/library\/news\/2011\/03\/mil-110315-afns01.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Misawa AB recovering from historic earthquake<\/a><span>Air Force News Service account of damage, the readiness exercise and the first days of relief work.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacaf.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/594203\/military-families-return-to-misawa-air-base\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Military families return to Misawa Air Base<\/a><span>The 22 April 2011 charter carrying more than 150 returning family members.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2018\/Nov\/19\/2002064783\/-1\/-1\/0\/180220-PACAF-MISAWAAB-JAPAN-F-16-AIB%20NARRATIVE%20REPORT.PDF\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USAF Accident Investigation Board report, F-16CM 92-3883, Misawa, 20 February 2018<\/a><span>Engine fire on take-off, tanks jettisoned into Lake Ogawara, 987,545.57 dollars of damage and the obsolete fairing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacaf.af.mil\/Portals\/6\/191106-PACAF-MisawaAB-Japan-F-16%20AIB-NARRATIVE%20REPORT.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USAF Accident Investigation Board report, F-16CM 90-816, Misawa, 6 November 2019<\/a><span>Inert GBU-12 released 3.4 miles from the target and landing on private property near Lake Ogawara.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacaf.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/592528\/air-force-releases-findings-on-misawa-f-16-mishap\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force releases findings on Misawa F-16 mishap<\/a><span>The 22 July 2012 loss of an F-16C and the uncommanded fuel shutoff valve closure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/misawaf-16pilotrecoveredafterejectingoverpacificocean\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Misawa F-16 pilot recovered after ejecting over Pacific Ocean<\/a><span>Ejection about 250 miles north-east of Hokkaido and the joint recovery.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/asia_pacific\/japanese-fishermen-to-seek-compensation-after-f-16-ditches-fuel-tanks-into-lake-1.512767\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Japanese fishermen to seek compensation after F-16 ditches fuel tanks into lake<\/a><span>The Lake Ogawara fishing ban and the daily shellfish losses after the February 2018 jettison.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/asia_pacific\/japan-says-f-35a-pilot-was-likely-disoriented-before-fatal-crash-in-april-1.585357\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Japan says F-35A pilot was likely disoriented before fatal crash in April<\/a><span>Date, pilot, descent profile and findings of the 2019 Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A loss off Misawa.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/asia_pacific\/2021-11-30\/f-16-emergency-landing-misawa-air-base-35th-fighter-wing-3812728.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Japan wants US to ground F-16s after pilot dropped fuel tank during emergency<\/a><span>The 30 November 2021 jettison over Fukaura and the Japanese request to ground the fleet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/asia_pacific\/2021-12-03\/misawa-air-base-japan-f-16-fuel-tanks-aomori-governor-3841691.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Japanese governor disappointed by F-16s&rsquo; return to skies after fuel tanks fell on seaside town<\/a><span>Governor Shingo Mimura&rsquo;s statement after flying resumed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/japan-protest-f16-bomb-private-land-1470686\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Japan issues severe protest after U.S. F-16 drops simulated bomb on private land<\/a><span>Japanese reaction to the November 2019 inert weapon release and the delay in notification.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theaviationist.com\/2025\/05\/03\/protest-b-1b-emergency-closes-misawa-airport\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local officials protest after U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer emergency landing closes Misawa Airport<\/a><span>The 29 April 2025 closure, the diverted Haneda service and the prefectural protest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.misawa.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/4446667\/f-35a-lightning-iis-arrive-at-misawa-air-base\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F-35A Lightning IIs arrive at Misawa Air Base<\/a><span>The 28 March 2026 arrival for the 13th Fighter Squadron and the wing commander&rsquo;s quoted remarks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/air_force\/2026-04-24\/f35a-fleet-misawa-japan-21471668.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force fighter wing in northern Japan unveils its new fleet of F-35As<\/a><span>The 24 April 2026 unveiling, the 36 F-16 to 48 F-35A swap and the side-by-side American and Japanese F-35A basing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/air-force-f-15ex-f-35-japan-kadena-misawa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force will swap in F-15EX and F-35 fighters in Japan<\/a><span>The 3 July 2024 Department of Defense announcement and Misawa&rsquo;s place as the first Indo-Pacific F-35 base.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/usaf-japan-korea-misawa-osan-f-16-f-35\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USAF moves F-16s from Japan to Korea, clearing way for F-35s<\/a><span>The late June 2025 transfer of upgraded Misawa F-16s to Osan Air Base.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missveedol.org\/1931-flight\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The 1931 flight of Miss Veedol<\/a><span>Departure from Sabishiro Beach, the 41-hour crossing and the 25,000-dollar Asahi Shimbun prize.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/files\/declassification\/pidb\/meetings\/where-they-were.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Where They Were, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, November 1999<\/a><span>December 1954 approval to move non-nuclear components to bases in Japan and their removal in June 1965.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fas.org\/publication\/the-history-of-u-s-decision-making-on-nuclear-weapons-in-japan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The history of U.S. decision-making on nuclear weapons in Japan<\/a><span>Storage of weapons without fissile cores at Misawa until 1965 and the criticism of the arrangement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aviation-safety.net\/wikibase\/46425\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Accident record, General Dynamics F-16C 90-0804, Misawa, July 1998<\/a><span>Aborted take-off into the localiser array, the pilot&rsquo;s injuries and his death on 17 September 1998.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.f-16.net\/inmemoriam_tribute100.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In Memoriam: 1st Lieutenant Melvin Brice &ldquo;Ronin&rdquo; Simpson<\/a><span>Confirms the pilot&rsquo;s full name and unit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/News\/world\/2021\/12\/21\/Japan-to-pay-9-33-billion-for-US-forces-over-five-years-to-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Japan to pay 9.33 billion dollars for US forces over five years<\/a><span>The December 2021 special measures agreement: about 1.06 trillion yen over five years from April 2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eielson.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/3276349\/354th-fighter-wing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">354th Fighter Wing fact sheet<\/a><span>Host wing mission, lineage summary and wartime record, from the base&rsquo;s own site.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eielson.af.mil\/About-Us\/Units\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Units, Eielson Air Force Base<\/a><span>Current squadron list, including the 18th Fighter Interceptor Squadron.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eielson.af.mil\/About-Us\/Units\/Tenant-Units\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tenant Units, Eielson Air Force Base<\/a><span>168th Wing, Detachment 460, the Arctic Survival School and other lodgers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eielson.af.mil\/News\/Display\/Article\/3483989\/repairing-north-americas-second-longest-runway\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Repairing North America&rsquo;s second longest runway<\/a><span>Official runway length of 14,507 ft and the 2023 month-long repair closure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eielson.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/3361864\/red-flag-alaska\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RED FLAG-Alaska fact sheet<\/a><span>COPE THUNDER origins, the 1992 move from Clark, the 2006 renaming and exercise scale.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eielson.af.mil\/News\/Display\/Article\/4248498\/press-release-red-flag-25-3-to-begin-in-alaska\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Press release: Red Flag 25-3 to begin in Alaska<\/a><span>2025 exercise dates and the more than 77,000 square mile airspace figure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jber.jb.mil\/Portals\/144\/units\/JPARC\/PDF\/JPARC-FAQ.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex FAQ<\/a><span>Official JPARC definition and the 65,000 square mile airspace and 2,490 square mile land figures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacom.mil\/Media\/News\/News-Article-View\/Article\/3025032\/managing-alaskas-77000-square-mile-airspace\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Managing Alaska&rsquo;s 77,000 square mile airspace<\/a><span>INDOPACOM account of the 354th Range Squadron and the largest instrumented range claim.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacaf.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/3035152\/eielson-celebrates-f-35-beddown-completion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eielson celebrates F-35 beddown completion<\/a><span>13 May 2022 ceremony, 54 aircraft, and the verbatim Berkland and Wilsbach quotes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eielson.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/3591523\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F-35 Lightning II fact sheet, Eielson Air Force Base<\/a><span>Assignment of the F-35A to the 355th and 356th Fighter Squadrons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2016\/04\/26\/2016-09683\/united-states-air-force-f-35a-operational-beddown-pacific\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Record of Decision, F-35A Operational Beddown-Pacific<\/a><span>4 April 2016 decision for 48 primary assigned aircraft plus 6 backup at Eielson.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/library\/news\/2014\/08\/mil-140807-dod02.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eielson named preferred alternative for Pacific F-35As<\/a><span>Department of Defense announcement of 7 August 2014 with the James and Welsh quotes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/eielson-receives-pacafs-first-two-f-35s\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eielson receives PACAF&rsquo;s first two F-35s<\/a><span>21 April 2020 arrival date and the roughly 500 million dollars of supporting construction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eielson.af.mil\/News\/Display\/Article\/3728567\/18th-agrs-redesignates-to-18th-fis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">18th AGRS redesignates to 18th FIS<\/a><span>2 February 2024 ceremony and the verbatim Roper, Nahom and White quotes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eielson.af.mil\/News\/Features\/Display\/Article\/3209682\/making-bad-look-good-18th-agrs-f-16s-receive-new-paint-scheme\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Making bad look good: 18th AGRS F-16s receive new paint scheme<\/a><span>The wraith aggressor scheme applied to the squadron&rsquo;s F-16s from October 2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.f-16.net\/units_article197.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">18th Aggressor Squadron unit page<\/a><span>AK tail code, F-16C\/D Block 30 transfer from the 80th Fighter Squadron at Kunsan, 24 August 2007 activation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/article\/1205brac\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Where BRAC came out<\/a><span>The 2005 enclave proposal for Eielson and the Commission&rsquo;s rejection of it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktoo.org\/2015\/04\/15\/eielson-will-keep-f-16-squadron\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eielson will keep F-16 squadron<\/a><span>15 April 2015 reversal of the plan to move the F-16s to Elmendorf, with Murkowski and Young quotes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eielson.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/382402\/detachment-460\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detachment 460 fact sheet<\/a><span>AFTAC seismic and atmospheric monitoring: five arrays, thirty-five instruments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nsarchive2.gwu.edu\/nukevault\/ebb286\/index.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. intelligence and the detection of the first Soviet nuclear test, September 1949<\/a><span>The 3 September 1949 WB-29 flight from Misawa to Eielson and the 112th alert.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adn.com\/alaska-life\/we-alaskans\/2017\/06\/09\/when-off-course-u-2-spy-plane-out-of-alaska-nearly-triggered-war\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">When an off-course U-2 spy plane out of Alaska nearly triggered war<\/a><span>Detailed account of Captain Charles Maultsby&rsquo;s 27 October 1962 Project Star Dust sortie.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.explorenorth.com\/library\/history\/bl-eielsonafb2.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eielson Air Force Base history: significant people and events<\/a><span>Chronology of the base from the first landing at Mile 26 in June 1944 onwards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/facility\/eielson.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eielson AFB, GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><span>SAC bomber era, the 1944 600-acre field, and the range complex comparison with Nellis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/space\/facility\/sts-els.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Space Shuttle emergency landing sites<\/a><span>Published list of shuttle emergency landing sites, which contains no Alaskan airfield.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/semspub.epa.gov\/work\/10\/501000187.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NPL site narrative for Eielson Air Force Base<\/a><span>EPA listing narrative: 19,790 acres, contaminants, and the 9,000 people on nearby wells.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pfasproject.com\/eielson-air-force-base\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eielson Air Force Base near Moose Creek<\/a><span>PFOA and PFOS above the health advisory in 150 of 152 wells, at 0.01 to 2.24 ppb.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eielson.af.mil\/microreactor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Microreactor, Eielson Air Force Base<\/a><span>Department of the Air Force micro-reactor pilot programme timeline and structure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eielson.af.mil\/News\/Display\/Article\/4213214\/microreactor-pilot-reaches-major-project-milestone\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Microreactor pilot reaches major project milestone<\/a><span>Selection of Oklo, Inc., the 1 to 50 MW range and the 30-year firm-fixed-price arrangement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gem.wiki\/Eielson_AFB_Central_Heat_%26_Power_Plant\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eielson AFB Central Heat and Power Plant<\/a><span>Coal plant capacity of about 25 MW across five units with service dates from 1952 to 1987.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eielson.af.mil\/News\/Display\/Article\/3732988\/air-force-approves-cold-weather-assignment-incentive-pay-for-alaskan-service-me\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force approves cold weather assignment incentive pay for Alaskan service members<\/a><span>2,000 and 4,000 dollar payments effective 1 April 2024 for bases below minus 20 Fahrenheit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eielson.af.mil\/News\/Features\/Display\/Article\/383770\/weather-unique-to-interior-alaska\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather unique to interior Alaska<\/a><span>Base temperature extremes of minus 64 Fahrenheit in January 1971 and 93 in June 1969.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eielson.af.mil\/News\/Features\/Display\/Article\/382627\/cool-school-teaches-arctic-survival\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cool School teaches arctic survival<\/a><span>Arctic Survival Training course structure, season and conditions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eielson.af.mil\/News\/Display\/Article\/3960396\/how-arctic-crew-chiefs-stay-resilient\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How Arctic crew chiefs stay resilient<\/a><span>Distance to the Arctic Circle and the effect of cold on F-35 maintenance routines.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twz.com\/air\/dramatic-f-35-crash-at-alaskan-air-base-caused-by-iced-up-landing-gear\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dramatic F-35 crash at Alaskan air base caused by iced-up landing gear<\/a><span>Accident investigation board findings for the 28 January 2025 loss of F-35A 19-5535.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alaskasnewssource.com\/2025\/08\/28\/cause-january-f-35-crash-eielson-detailed-new-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cause of January F-35 crash at Eielson detailed in new report<\/a><span>Corroborates the 196.5 million dollar figure, the 50-minute engineering call and the Lewis findings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eielson.af.mil\/News\/Display\/Article\/4183904\/press-release-f-16-aib-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Press release: F-16 AIB report<\/a><span>28 May 2024 bird strike, fuel tank jettison and recovery by an 18th FIS F-16.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eielson.af.mil\/News\/Display\/Article\/4212632\/press-release-republic-of-korea-f-16-incident-at-eielson-afb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Press release: Republic of Korea F-16 incident at Eielson AFB<\/a><span>Official account of the runway departure and the safe ejection of both crew.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/defence-blog.com\/south-korean-kf-16-crash-in-usa-caused-by-human-error\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Korean KF-16 crash in USA caused by human error<\/a><span>ROKAF investigation findings, the grounding and the return to the exercise.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alaskapublic.org\/news\/public-safety\/2025-06-11\/south-korean-fighter-jet-crashes-at-eielson-air-force-base\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Korean fighter jet crashes at Eielson Air Force Base<\/a><span>Local reporting with the 354th Fighter Wing spokesperson and the exercise context.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/136653\/officials-release-a-10-accident-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Officials release A-10 accident report<\/a><span>Findings on the 25 February crash that killed Captain Jonathan P. Scheer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dec.alaska.gov\/spar\/ppr\/spill-information\/response\/2004\/08-eielson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eielson Air Force Base A-10 jet crash, Alaska DEC<\/a><span>State spill response record giving the date, time and location of the 2004 A-10 crash.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/library\/news\/2007\/06\/mil-070611-afpn05.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aircraft incident at Eielson Air Force Base<\/a><span>Air Force Print News report of the 11 June 2007 F-15 and F-16 mid-air collision.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baaa-acro.com\/crash\/ground-explosion-boeing-kc-135e-stratotanker-eielson-afb-2-killed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ground explosion of a Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker at Eielson AFB<\/a><span>20 September 1989 loss of 57-1481, two killed and five survivors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/collections.dartmouth.edu\/arctica-beta\/html\/EA15-27.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carl Ben Eielson, Encyclopedia Arctica<\/a><span>Biography and the Nanuk rescue flight, with the wreck located near the Amguema River.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"verified\">Figures verified 2026-09-13. 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