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Erding Air Base. Turned over to West German Air Force, 1960. Remained in occasional use by USAFE until 1989. Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base. Turned over to West German Air Force, 1957. Giebelstadt Air Base. Turned over to United States Army, 1968. Hahn Air Base (Closed 1994) Landsberg Air Base.
Andrews Air Force Base is located at 38°48′13″N 76°52′17″W (38.803490, −76.871508), [ 17] a few miles southeast of Washington, D.C. near the town of Morningside in Prince George's County, Maryland. It is delineated as a census-designated place by the United States Census Bureau.
Joint Base Andrews ( JBA) ( IATA: ADW, ICAO: KADW, FAA LID: ADW) is a United States military facility located in Prince George's County, Maryland. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force (USAF) 316th Wing, Air Force District of Washington (AFDW). [ 2] The base was established in 2009, when Andrews Air Force Base ...
The number of active duty Air Force Bases within the United States rose from 115 in 1947 to peak at 162 in 1956 before declining to 69 in 2003 and 59 in 2020. This change reflects a Cold War expansion, retirement of much of the strategic bomber force, and the post–Cold War draw-down.
With the establishment of the United States Air Force (USAF) on September 18, 1947, the facility was renamed Dover Air Force Base on January 13, 1948. * Was a subbase of Camp Springs AAF , Maryland , June 6, 1943 – April 15, 1944.
Category:Military installations in Maryland - Wikipedia. Category:Military installations in Maryland. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML. GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This category is for all current and historic military facilities located in the State of Maryland.
This is a list of air bases operated by the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). Facilities included in the list include all aerodromes at which the PLAAF maintains a regular presence. These may include those exclusively for military use as well as those portions of mixed-use aerodromes operated by the military.
Air Force Base. Site history. Built. 1940. In use. 1940–1975. McCoy AFB (1940–1947, 1951–1975) is a former U.S. Air Force installation located 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Orlando, Florida. It was a training base during World War II. From 1951 to 1975, it was a frontline Strategic Air Command (SAC) base during the Cold War and Vietnam War.