Installation name |
Location |
State |
End date |
Fate |
Ref. |
Alexandria Air Force Base |
Alexandria |
Louisiana |
1955 |
Redesignated as England Air Force Base |
|
Amarillo Air Force Base |
Amarillo |
Texas |
1969 |
Closed |
|
Amchitka Air Force Base |
Rat Islands |
Alaska |
1948 |
Closed |
|
Andrews Air Force Base |
Camp Springs |
Maryland |
2009 |
Realigned as part of Joint Base Andrews |
[2] |
Anniston Air Force Base |
Talladega |
Alabama |
1952 |
Closed |
|
Ardmore Air Force Base |
Ardmore |
Oklahoma |
1959 |
Closed |
|
Atterbury Air Force Base |
Columbus |
Indiana |
1954 |
Redesignated as Bakalar Air Force Base |
|
Avon Park Air Force Base |
Avon Park |
Florida |
1956 |
Redesignated as Avon Park Air Force Range |
|
Bainbridge Air Base |
Bainbridge |
Georgia |
1961 |
Closed |
|
Bakalar Air Force Base |
Columbus |
Indiana |
1970 |
Closed |
|
Barking Sands Air Force Base |
Kekaha |
Hawaii |
1954 |
Redesignated as Bonham Air Force Base |
|
Bartow Air Base |
Bartow |
Florida |
1961 |
Closed |
|
Bellows Air Force Base |
Oahu |
Hawaii |
1958 |
Redesignated as Bellows Air Force Station |
|
Benjamin Harrison Air Force Base |
Indianapolis |
Indiana |
1950 |
Realigned to the US Army as Fort Benjamin Harrison |
|
Bergstrom Air Force Base |
Austin |
Texas |
1993 |
Closed |
|
Big Delta Air Force Base |
Big Delta |
Alaska |
1950 |
Realigned to the US Army |
|
Big Spring Air Force Base |
Big Spring |
Texas |
1952 |
Redesignated as Webb Air Force Base |
|
Biggs Air Force Base |
El Paso |
Texas |
1966 |
Realigned to the US Army as Biggs Army Airfield in 1973 |
|
Blytheville Air Force Base |
Blytheville |
Arkansas |
1988 |
Redesignated as Eaker Air Force Base |
|
Bolling Air Force Base |
Southeast |
Washington, D.C. |
2010 |
Realigned as part of Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling |
[3] |
Bonham Air Force Base |
Kekaha |
Hawaii |
1956 |
Realigned to the US Navy as the Pacific Missile Range Facility |
|
Brookley Air Force Base |
Mobile |
Alabama |
1969 |
Closed |
|
Brooks Air Force Base |
San Antonio |
Texas |
2002 |
Redesignated as Brooks City-Base |
|
Brooks City-Base |
San Antonio |
Texas |
2011 |
Closed |
|
Bryan Air Force Base |
Bryan |
Texas |
1958 |
Closed |
|
Buckley Air Force Base |
Aurora |
Colorado |
2020 |
Realigned to the US Space Force as Buckley Space Force Base |
[4] |
Bunker Hill Air Force Base |
Bunker Hill |
Indiana |
1968 |
Redesignated as Grissom Air Force Base |
|
Camp Hood Air Force Base |
Killeen |
Texas |
|
Redesignated as Gray Air Force Base |
|
Camp Stewart Air Force Base |
Hinsville |
Georgia |
1953 |
Realigned to the US Army |
|
Campbell Air Force Base |
Fort Campbell |
Kentucky |
1959 |
Realigned to the US Army as Campbell Army Airfield |
|
Cape Air Force Base |
Umnak |
Alaska |
1950 |
Closed |
|
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
Cocoa Beach |
Florida |
2020 |
Realigned to the US Space Force as Cape Canaveral Space Force Station |
[5] |
Cape Cod Air Force Station |
Sagamore |
Massachusetts |
2020 |
Realigned to the US Space Force as Cape Cod Space Force Station |
[6] |
Carswell Air Force Base |
Fort Worth |
Texas |
1993 |
Redesignated as Carswell Air Reserve Station |
|
Carswell Air Reserve Station |
Fort Worth |
Texas |
1994 |
Realigned to the US Navy as Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth |
|
Castle Air Force Base |
Atwater |
California |
1995 |
Closed |
|
Cavalier Air Force Station |
Cavalier |
North Dakota |
2021 |
Realigned to the US Space Force as Cavalier Space Force Station |
[7] |
Chanute Air Force Base |
Rantoul |
Illinois |
1993 |
Closed |
|
Charleston Air Force Base |
Charleston |
South Carolina |
2010 |
Realigned as part of Joint Base Charleston |
[8] |
Chatham Air Force Base |
Savannah |
Georgia |
1950 |
Redesignated as Savannah Air National Guard Base |
|
Cheli Air Force Station |
Bell |
California |
1961 |
Closed |
|
Chennault Air Force Base |
Lake Charles |
Louisiana |
1963 |
Closed |
|
Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Base |
Colorado Springs |
Colorado |
1995 |
Redesignated as Cheyenne Mountain Air Station |
|
Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station |
Colorado Springs |
Colorado |
2021 |
Realigned to the US Space Force as Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station |
[9] |
Cheyenne Mountain Air Station |
Colorado Springs |
Colorado |
2000 |
Redesignated as Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station |
|
Clear Air Force Station |
Anderson |
Alaska |
2021 |
Realigned to the US Space Force as Clear Space Force Station |
[10] |
Clinton County Air Force Base |
Wilmington |
Ohio |
1972 |
Closed |
|
Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base |
Clinton |
Oklahoma |
1969 |
Closed |
|
Congaree Air Force Base |
Eastover |
South Carolina |
1961 |
Redesignated as McEntire Air National Guard Base |
|
Craig Air Force Base |
Selma |
Alabama |
1977 |
Closed |
|
Davis Air Force Base |
Adak |
Alaska |
1950 |
Realigned to the US Navy as Naval Air Facility Adak |
|
Dillingham Air Force Base |
Oahu |
Hawaii |
1975 |
Realigned to the US Army |
|
Dobbins Air Force Base |
Marietta |
Georgia |
1968 |
Redesignated as Dobbins Air Reserve Base |
|
Donaldson Air Force Base |
Greenville |
South Carolina |
1963 |
Closed |
|
Dow Air Force Base |
Bangor |
Maine |
1968 |
Redesignated as Bangor Air National Guard Base |
|
Eaker Air Force Base |
Blytheville |
Arkansas |
1992 |
Closed |
|
Edward Gary Air Force Base |
San Marcos |
Texas |
1956 |
Realigned to the US Army as Camp Gary |
|
Ellington Air Force Base |
Houston |
Texas |
1976 |
Redesignated as Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base |
|
Ent Air Force Base |
Colorado Springs |
Colorado |
1976 |
Closed |
|
Ethan Allen Air Force Base |
Burlington |
Vermont |
1960 |
Redesignated as Burlington Air National Guard Base |
|
Forbes Air Force Base |
Topeka |
Kansas |
1973 |
Redesignated as Forbes Field Air National Guard Base |
|
Foster Air Force Base |
Victoria |
Texas |
1959 |
Closed |
|
Galena Air Force Station |
Galena |
Alaska |
1993 |
Closed. Transferred to civilian use as Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport. |
|
Gary Air Force Base |
San Marcos |
Texas |
1955 |
Redesignated as Edward Gary Air Force Base |
|
George Air Force Base |
Victorville |
California |
1992 |
Closed |
|
Glasgow Air Force Base |
Glasgow |
Montana |
1977 |
Closed |
|
Godman Air Force Base |
Louisville |
Kentucky |
1954 |
Realigned to the US Army as Godman Army Airfield |
|
Graham Air Base |
Marianna |
Florida |
1961 |
Closed |
|
Gray Air Force Base |
Killeen |
Texas |
1955 |
Realigned to the US Army as Robert Gray Army Airfield |
|
Greenville Air Force Base |
Greenville |
Mississippi |
1966 |
Closed |
|
Grenier Air Force Base |
Manchester |
New Hampshire |
1966 |
Closed |
|
Griffiss Air Force Base |
Rome |
New York |
1994 |
Closed. Parts in use as Rome Laboratory and Eastern Air Defense Sector. |
|
Gunter Air Force Base |
Montgomery |
Alabama |
1992 |
Redesignated as Gunter Annex, part of Maxwell Air Force Base |
|
Grissom Air Force Base |
Bunker Hill |
Indiana |
1994 |
Redesignated as Grissom Air Reserve Base |
|
Hamilton Air Force Base |
Novato |
California |
1976 |
Realigned to the US Army as Hamilton Army Airfield in 1983 |
|
Harlingen Air Force Base |
Harlingen |
Texas |
1962 |
Closed |
|
Hobbs Air Force Base |
Hobbs |
New Mexico |
1948 |
Closed |
|
Homestead Air Force Base |
Homestead |
Florida |
1994 |
Redesignated as Homestead Air Reserve Base |
|
Hondo Air Base |
Hondo |
Texas |
1958 |
Closed |
|
Horsham Air National Guard Station |
Horsham Township |
Pennsylvania |
2021 |
Redesignated as Biddle Air National Guard Base |
|
Hunter Air Force Base |
Savannah |
Georgia |
1967 |
Realigned to the US Army as Hunter Army Airfield |
|
James Connally Air Force Base |
Waco |
Texas |
1968 |
Closed |
|
Kearney Air Force Base |
Kearney |
Nebraska |
1949 |
Closed |
|
Kelly Air Force Base |
San Antonio |
Texas |
2001 |
Redesignated as Kelly Field Annex, part of Lackland Air Force Base |
|
K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base |
Marquette |
Michigan |
1995 |
Closed |
|
Kincheloe Air Force Base |
Kinross |
Michigan |
1977 |
Closed |
|
Kinross Air Force Base |
Kinross |
Michigan |
1959 |
Redesignated as Kincheloe Air Force Base |
|
Kinston Air Base |
Kinston |
North Carolina |
1952 |
Redesignated as Stallings Air Base |
|
Lackland Air Force Base |
San Antonio |
Texas |
2010 |
Realigned as part of Joint Base San Antonio |
[11] |
Ladd Air Force Base |
Fairbanks |
Alaska |
1961 |
Realigned to the US Army as Ladd Army Airfield |
|
Lake Charles Air Force Base |
Lake Charles |
Louisiana |
1947 |
Redesignated as Chennault Air Force Base |
|
Langley Air Force Base |
Newport News |
Virginia |
2010 |
Realigned as part of Joint Base Langley-Eustis |
[12] |
Laredo Air Force Base |
Laredo |
Texas |
1973 |
Closed |
|
Larson Air Force Base |
Moses Lake |
Washington |
1966 |
Closed |
|
Laurinburg-Maxton Air Force Base |
Maxton |
North Carolina |
1956 |
Closed |
|
Lawson Air Force Base |
Columbus |
Georgia |
1954 |
Realigned to the US Army as Lawson Army Airfield |
|
Limestone Air Force Base |
Limestone |
Maine |
1954 |
Redesignated as Loring Air Force Base |
|
Lincoln Air Force Base |
Lincoln |
Nebraska |
1966 |
Redesignated as Lincoln Air National Guard Base |
|
Lockbourne Air Force Base |
Columbus |
Ohio |
1994 |
Redesignated as Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base |
|
Loring Air Force Base |
Limestone |
Maine |
1994 |
Closed |
|
Lowry Air Force Base |
Denver |
Colorado |
1994 |
Closed |
|
Lubbock Air Force Base |
Lubbock |
Texas |
1997 |
Closed |
|
Malden Air Base |
Malden |
Missouri |
1961 |
Closed |
|
Marana Air Base |
Marana |
Arizona |
1961 |
Closed |
|
Marks Air Force Base |
Nome |
Alaska |
1950 |
Closed |
|
Marshall Air Force Base |
Fort Riley |
Kansas |
1953 |
Realigned to the US Army as Marshall Army Airfield |
|
Mather Air Force Base |
Sacramento |
California |
1993 |
Closed |
|
McChord Air Force Base |
Lakewood |
Washington |
2010 |
Realigned as part of Joint Base Lewis–McChord |
[13] |
McClellan Air Force Base |
Sacramento |
California |
2001 |
Partially realigned to US Coast Guard as CGAS Sacramento |
|
McCoy Air Force Base |
Orlando |
Florida |
1975 |
Closed |
|
McGuire Air Force Base |
Wrightstown |
New Jersey |
2009 |
Realigned as part of Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst |
[14] |
Mitchel Air Force Base |
Hempstead |
New York |
1961 |
Closed |
|
Moore Air Base |
Mission |
Texas |
1961 |
Closed |
|
Moses Lake Air Force Base |
Moses Lake |
Washington |
1950 |
Redesignated as Larson Air Force Base |
|
Mount Hebo Air Force Station |
Hebo |
Oregon |
1980 |
Closed |
|
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base |
Myrtle Beach |
South Carolina |
1993 |
Closed |
|
Naknek Air Force Base |
Naknek |
Alaska |
1990 |
Transferred to civilian use as King Salmon Airport |
|
New Boston Air Force Station |
New Boston |
New Hampshire |
2021 |
Realigned to the US Space Force as New Boston Space Force Station |
[15] |
Newark Air Force Base |
Heath |
Ohio |
1996 |
Closed |
|
Newcastle Air Force Base |
Wilmington |
Delaware |
1958 |
Redesignated as New Castle Air National Guard Base |
|
Norton Air Force Base |
San Bernardino |
California |
1994 |
Closed |
|
Olmsted Air Force Base |
Harrisburg |
Pennsylvania |
1969 |
Redesignated as Harrisburg Air National Guard Base |
|
Onizuka Air Force Station |
Sunnyvale |
California |
2010 |
Closed |
|
Orlando Air Force Base |
Orlando |
Florida |
1968 |
Realigned to the US Navy as Naval Training Center Orlando |
|
Oscoda Air Force Base |
Oscoda Township |
Michigan |
1953 |
Redesignated as Wurtsmith Air Force Base |
|
Otis Air Force Base |
Mashpee |
Massachusetts |
1977 |
Partially Redesignated as Otis Air National Guard Base |
|
Oxnard Air Force Base |
Camarillo |
California |
1970 |
Closed |
|
Paine Air Force Base |
Everett |
Washington |
1972 |
Redesignated as Paine Air National Guard Base |
|
Palm Beach Air Force Base |
West Palm Beach |
Florida |
1962 |
Closed |
|
Parks Air Force Base |
Pleasanton |
California |
1959 |
Realigned to as the US Army |
|
Patrick Air Force Base |
Cocoa Beach |
Florida |
2020 |
Realigned to the US Space Force as Patrick Space Force Base |
[5] |
Pease Air Force Base |
Portsmouth |
New Hampshire |
1991 |
Redesignated as Pease Air National Guard Base |
|
Peterson Air Force Base |
Colorado Springs |
Colorado |
2021 |
Realigned to the US Space Force as Peterson Space Force Base |
[9] |
Perrin Air Force Base |
Sherman |
Texas |
1971 |
Closed |
|
Pinecastle Air Force Base |
Orlando |
Florida |
1958 |
Redesignated as McCoy Air Force Base |
|
Plattsburgh Air Force Base |
Plattsburgh |
New York |
1995 |
Closed |
|
Pocatello Air Force Base |
Pocatello |
Idaho |
1948 |
Closed |
|
Point Spencer Air Force Base |
Seward |
Alaska |
1948 |
Closed |
|
Pope Air Force Base |
Fayetteville |
North Carolina |
2011 |
Realigned to the US Army as Pope Field |
[16] |
Portsmouth Air Force Base |
Portsmouth |
New Hampshire |
1957 |
Redesignated as Pease Air Force Base |
|
Presque Isle Air Force Base |
Presque Isle |
Maine |
1961 |
Closed |
|
Pyote Air Force Base |
Pyote |
Texas |
1954 |
Closed. Re-opened in 1958 as Pyote Air Force Station, an air defense radar station |
|
Randolph Air Force Base |
San Antonio |
Texas |
2010 |
Realigned as part of Joint Base San Antonio |
[11] |
Reese Air Force Base |
Lubbock |
Texas |
1997 |
Closed |
[17] |
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base |
Kansas City |
Missouri |
1994 |
Closed |
|
Sampson Air Force Base |
Geneva |
New York |
1956 |
Realigned to the US Army as Sampson Army Airfield |
|
San Bernardino Air Force Base |
San Bernardino |
California |
1948 |
Redesignated as Norton Air Force Base |
|
San Marcos Air Force Base |
San Marcos |
Texas |
1953 |
Redesignated as Gary Air Force Base |
|
Schilling Air Force Base |
Salina |
Kansas |
1965 |
Closed |
|
Schriever Air Force Base |
Colorado Springs |
Colorado |
2021 |
Realigned to the US Space Force as Schriever Space Force Base |
[9] |
Selfridge Air Force Base |
Detroit |
Michigan |
1971 |
Redesignated as Selfridge Air National Guard Base |
|
Sewart Air Force Base |
Smyrna |
Tennessee |
1970 |
Closed |
|
Shemya Air Force Base |
Shemya Island |
Alaska |
1994 |
Redesignated as Eareckson Air Station |
|
Sherman Air Force Base |
Leavenworth |
Kansas |
1953 |
Realigned to the US Army as Sherman Army Airfield |
|
Slocum Air Force Base |
Davids Island |
New York |
1950 |
Realigned to the US Army as Fort Slocum |
|
Smoky Hill Air Force Base |
Salina |
Kansas |
|
Redesignated as Schilling Air Force Base |
|
Smyrna Air Force Base |
Smyrna |
Tennessee |
1950 |
Redesignated as Sewart Air Force Base |
|
Stallings Air Base |
Kinston |
North Carolina |
1957 |
Closed |
|
Standiford Air Force Base |
Louisville |
Kentucky |
1951 |
Redesignated as Louisville Air National Guard Base |
|
Stewart Air Force Base |
Newburgh |
New York |
1970 |
Redesignated as Stewart Air National Guard Base |
|
Stead Air Force Base |
Reno |
Nevada |
1966 |
Closed |
|
Suffolk County Air Force Base |
Westhampton Beach |
New York |
1969 |
Redesignated as Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base in 1970. |
|
Sunnyvale Air Force Station |
Sunnyvale |
California |
1994 |
Redesignated as Onizuka Air Force Station |
|
Thornbrough Air Force Base |
Cold Bay |
Alaska |
1953 |
Closed |
|
Tonopah Air Force Base |
Tonopah |
Nevada |
1948 |
Closed |
|
Topeka Air Force Base |
Topeka |
Kansas |
|
Redesignated as Forbes Air Force Base |
|
Turner Air Force Base |
Albany |
Georgia |
1966 |
Realigned to the US Navy as Naval Air Station Albany |
|
Vandenberg Air Force Base |
Lompoc |
California |
2021 |
Realigned to the US Space Force as Vandenberg Space Force Base |
[18] |
Vincent Air Force Base |
Yuma |
Arizona |
1959 |
Realigned to the US Marines as Marine Corps Air Station Yuma |
|
Waco Air Force Base |
Waco |
Texas |
1966 |
Redesignated as James Connally Air Force Base |
|
Walker Air Force Base |
Roswell |
New Mexico |
1967 |
Closed |
|
Walseth Air Force Base |
Seward |
Alaska |
1947 |
Closed |
|
Webb Air Force Base |
Big Spring |
Texas |
1978 |
Closed |
|
Wendover Air Force Base |
Wendover |
Utah |
1958 |
Closed |
|
Westover Air Force Base |
Chicopee |
Massachusetts |
1991 |
Redesignated as Westover Air Reserve Base |
|
Wheeler Air Force Base |
Oahu |
Hawaii |
1993 |
Realigned to the US Army as Wheeler Army Airfield |
|
Williams Air Force Base |
Chandler |
Arizona |
1993 |
Closed |
|
Wolters Air Force Base |
Mineral Wells |
Texas |
1948 |
Realigned to the US Army as Fort Wolters |
|
Wurtsmith Air Force Base |
Oscoda Township |
Michigan |
1993 |
Closed |
|