Deck 1 (A-F) Flashcards
Maxwell AFB and Gunter Annex Base
Location - Montgomery, AL
Importance - Air University, HQ of Operations and Sustainment Systems Group
Eielson AFB
Location - Near Fairbanks & North Pole, AK (interior of AK (110 miles south of Arctic Circle))
Elmendorf AFB (Joint Base with Richardson for Army)
Location - Anchorage, AK
Davis-Monthan AFB
Location - Tucson AZ
Importance - deploy and sustain expeditionary combat and combat support forces and to enable critical JFACC and HLS operations.
Luke AFB
Location - Glendale, AZ
Importance - deploys F-16 fighters and other warfighters.
Little Rock AFB
Location - Jacksonville, AR (15 miles north)
Importance - trains C-130 combat air fighters.
Beale AFB
Location - Yuba City, CA
Edwards AFB
Location - Mojave Desert, CA
Importance - serves as a training center for bombing aircraft.
Los Angeles AFB
Location - El Segundo, CA (southern part of Los Angeles County)
Importance- HQ of Space and Missiles System Center, part of Air Force Space Command.
March AFB
Location- northwest Riverside County, CA.
Travis AFB
Location - Fairfield, CA
Importance - largest aerial military port in the United States that provides global mobility through airlift and aerial refueling.
Vandenberg SFB
Location - central coastline of California
Importance - only military base in the country where unmanned commercial and government satellites are launched into orbit.
Buckley SFB
Location - Aurora, CO (suburb of Denver)
Colorado Springs AFB
Location - Colorado Springs, CO
Peterson SFB
Location - Colorado Springs, CO
Importance - HQ of Space Command, which defends North America with its space and intercontinental ballistic missile operations.
