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Cannon Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base, located approximately 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Clovis, New Mexico. The host unit at Cannon is the 27th Special Operations Wing (27 SOW) also known as "The Steadfast Line". [ 2] It is under the jurisdiction of Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) which activated at the base on ...
The United States is the largest operator of military bases abroad, with 38 "named bases" [note 1] with active duty, national guard, reserve, or civilian personnel as of September 30, 2014. Its largest, in terms of personnel, was Ramstein AB in Germany, with almost 9,200 personnel.
Military installations in New Mexico. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. All current and historic military facilities located in the State of New Mexico.
Kirtland AFB is the largest installation in Air Force Global Strike Command and sixth largest in the United States Air Force. The base occupies 51,558 acres and employs over 23,000 people, including more than 4,200 active duty and 1,000 Guard, plus 3,200 part-time Reserve personnel. [ 3]
The greater roadrunner is the state bird of New Mexico. This list of birds of New Mexico are the species documented in the U.S. state of New Mexico and accepted by the New Mexico Bird Records Committee (NMBRC). As of August 2022, 552 species were included in the official list. Of them, 176 are on the review list (see below), five species have been introduced to North America, and three have ...
Joint Base San Antonio – located 8 kilometers (5 miles) north of San Antonio, Texas. Joint Base Langley-Eustis – located 12 kilometers (8 miles) east of Newport News, Virginia. Joint Region Marianas – combines Naval Base Guam, Andersen Air Force Base and Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz. Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall – located 1 kilometer ...
White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) is a United States Army military testing area and firing range located in the US state of New Mexico.The range was originally established in 1941 as the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, where the Trinity test site lay at the northern end of the Range, in Socorro County near the towns of Carrizozo and San Antonio.
The New Mexico State Defense Force (NMSDF; Spanish: Fuerza de Defensa del Estado de Nuevo México ), formerly the New Mexico State Guard (NMSG; Spanish: Guardia Estatal de Nuevo México ), is part of the armed forces of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is a reserve military force that works parallel to the state's National Guard.