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Arizona Air Force Bases
     
   Barry M. Goldwater Range Phoenix    
   The Barry M. Goldwater Range, formerly known as the Luke Air  Force Range, is located in southwest Arizona. It operates as an  armament and high hazard testing site for the U.S. Air Force and the  U.S. Marine Corps. It also facilitates training for electronic warfare,  tactical maneuvering, rocketry and aerial gunnery, as well as the  development of equipment and tactics and defense-related purposes.  Approximately 95% of all the fighter pilots who took part in the Persian  Gulf War were trained at the Barry M. Goldwater Range. It was  established in 1941 to train U.S. Army Air Corps pilots for World War  II. At the time, military aircraft was able to shoot down a target from a  distance of 600 feet. Now, with the development of both equipment and  training, pilots can shoot down an enemy target from as far as 25 miles.  The Barry M. Goldwater Range is run by 56th Fighter Wing Range  Management Office, Airspace and Range Operations office.
     
   Davis-Monthan AFB Tucson    
   The Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is a United States Air Base  located near Tucson, Arizona. The air base was completed on 1925 and is  currently operated by the Air Combat Command. It is home to the 355th  Fighter Wing which is composed mostly of A-10s and is tasked to train  A-10 pilots and provide close support to ground forces around the world.  The air base is named after famed World War I pilots, Samuel H. Davis  and Oscar Monthan. The air base was renamed Tucson Municipal Airport in  October 6, 1927 but the original name, Davis-Monthan Field, was retained  on December 1941. In 1927, Charles Lindbergh, flew Spirit of St. Louis  to Tucson to dedicate Davis-Monthan Field, during his famous crossing of  the Atlantic Ocean. The air base is also popular because of the nearby  aircraft boneyard, where hundreds of retired aircraft are stored.
     
   Luke AFB Glendale    
   Luke AFB is a military base in Glendale, Arizona. It is  commanded by Brigadier General Kurt F. Neubauer and is home to the 56th  Fighter Wing. The Air Base is named after Medal of Honor recipient,  Lieutenant Frank Luke, Jr., who had shot down 14 German Balloons and 4  enemy planes in World War I. It was completed on 1941. On July 1942,  barely a year after completion, the base was ravaged by a flood that  disrupted fighter training for more than 2 weeks. The base is currently  home to 22,000 military and civilian personnel together with their  15,000 family members as well as 80,000 retired members. Every odd  numbered year in the month of March, the air base celebrates the Luke  Days, a popular air show.
     
     
Arizona Army Bases  
   Camp Navajo Flagstaff    
   Camp Navajo is, in essence, a training site for multiple  braches of the military, from the Army to the Air Force, Navy and  Marines (which includes both active and reserve forces). Camp Navajo is  the number one training site in the state of Arizona offering maneuver  training and can also capacitate battalion-sized units. It stretches  over an area more than 114 square kilometers, or approximately 28,255  acres, in size. All this space contains a fire department, medical  clinic, living quarters, firing range, hand grenade range, classrooms,  helicopter landing zone, obstacle course, training site and company  headquarters to name a few. Camp Navajo is located in Bellemont,  north-central Arizona and consists of 227 miles of roads, and 38 miles  of railroads. It also boasts multiple storage areas for ammunition and  its own water, waste and electrical systems. It is run by the Arizona  National Guard and its primary mission is training, with a secondary  mission of leasing space for storage to other federal and state  organizations.
     
   Fort Huachuca Cochise    
   Fort Huachuca is an Army fort located in Cochise County,  Arizona. It is operated by the United States Army Installation  Management Command and is home to the US Army Intelligence Center, the  9th Signal Command, the 11th Signal Brigade, and the 1st Battalion of  the 210th Aviation. The installation was established in 1877 as Camp  Huachuca and was designated as a fort 5 years later. Among other tenants  in the fort is the Military Auxiliary Radio System headquarters, the  Joint Interoperability Test Command, the Advanced Airlift Tactics  Training Center’s Western Division, the Electronic Proving Ground, and  one of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s radar-equipped aerostat.  Libby Army Airfield, located within the fort also serves as an  alternative landing site for Space Shuttle missions. This Airfield  shares its runway with Sierra Vista Municipal Airport under a joint-user  agreement.
     
   Yuma Proving Ground Yuma County    
   Yuma Proving Ground is one of the largest military bases in  the entire world covering 1,300 square miles in the Sonoran Desert. The  base has a tremendous economic impact on the area and is the single  largest employer in the county. Yuma conducts tests on almost every  weapon system used in ground combat within its 2,000 square miles of  restricted airspace. Annually, half a million mortars and missiles are  fired, 36,000 parachute drops take place, 200,000 miles are driven by  vehicles, and 4000 air sorties are flown from the airfield. While most  of the proving ground is used for evaluation and testing of munitions  systems, units do come here for desert training.    
     
Arizona Marine Corps Bases    
   MCAS Yuma Yuma    
   Marine Corps Air Station Yuma is the busiest air station in  the Marine Corps located in Yuma, Arizona. It was established in 1928 as  Fly Field using temporary dirt runways to serve military and civilian  aircraft. The station is now commanded by Colonel Mark A. Werth and is  home to the Marine Aircraft Group 13 and the Marine Aviation Weapons and  Tactics Squadron 1. The air station is now the third busiest air  station of the Navy. The air station is tasked with supporting aerial  weapons training of Marine and Navy Forces assigned to the Atlantic and  Pacific Fleet. The station shares its airfield with Yuma International  Airport under a shared-use agreement. MCAS Yuma maintains bombing and  training ranges with 2.8 million acres in land area.
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