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San Antonio. Dyess Air Force Base. Abilene. Goodfellow Air Force Base. San Angelo. Laughlin Air Force Base. Del Rio. Sheppard Air Force Base. Wichita Falls.
GPX (secondary coordinates) 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 installations located in the State of Texas .
Fort Sam Houston is a U.S. Army post in San Antonio, Texas. [3] Known colloquially as "Fort Sam," it is named for the U.S. Senator from Texas, U.S. Representative from Tennessee, Tennessee and Texas governor, and first president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston . The installation's missions include serving as the command headquarters for ...
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 ...
Origins Major Horace S. Carswell, Jr. (1916–1944) Carswell Air Force Base was named after Medal of Honor recipient Major Horace S. Carswell, Jr., USAAF (1916–1944). Major Carswell was returning from an attack on Japanese shipping in the South China Sea on 26 October 1944 when he attempted to save a crewmember whose parachute had been destroyed by flak.
489th Bomb Group. 502d Air Base Wing. 543rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group. 558th Flying Training Squadron. 559th Flying Training Squadron. 560th Flying Training Squadron. 688th Cyberspace Wing. 720th Military Police Battalion. 1700th Air Transport Group.
The same ranks and insignia are used and National Guardsmen are eligible to receive all United States military awards. The Texas Guard also bestows a number of state awards for local services rendered in or to the state of Texas. The Texas Army National Guard is composed of approximately 19,000 soldiers, and maintains 117 armories in 102 ...
United States ( Alaska ) 52°42′44″N 174°06′49″E. / 52.71222°N 174.11361°E / 52.71222; 174.11361 ( Eareckson Air Station) Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center. Contractor operated diversion airfield and AN/FPS-108 COBRA DANE surveillance radar. [194] [195] Eielson Air Force Base.