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Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Louisiana (11 P) Pages in category "Military installations in Louisiana" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Louisiana 38°51′00″N 94°33′00″W / 38.85000°N 94.55000°W / 38.85000; -94.55000 ( Marine Corps Individual Reserve Support Marine Corps Reserve Detachment , Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth
The U.S. military maintains hundreds of installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases located outside of its national territory as of July 2024). [2] According to the U.S. Army, Camp Humphreys in South Korea is the largest overseas base in terms of area. [3]
In 2013, there were 10,877 troops stationed at Fort Johnson, which generated an annual payroll of $980 million. Louisiana officials lobbied the Army and the United States Congress to keep troop strength at full capacity despite looming defense cuts. [1] Fort Johnson began as a base for the Louisiana Maneuvers in the 1940s.
It is operated and owned by the Louisiana National Guard as one of their main training areas. The current base covers 12,500 acres (51 km 2) and is home to many different units and elements of the Louisiana Army National Guard. The camp was originally named for Louisiana native and Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard. [1]
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous air facilities in Louisiana for antisubmarine defense in the Gulf of Mexico and for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. The larger facilities were Army Air Bases (AAB) while the Army Air Fields ( AAFld) were lesser facilities.
It contains a military airport known as Alvin Callender Field (IATA: NBG, ICAO: KNBG, FAA LID: NBG) which is located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of New Orleans. [3] The base's predecessor, NAS New Orleans, occupied the current location of the University of New Orleans's principal campus until 1957.
England Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base in Louisiana, located 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Alexandria and about 170 miles (270 km) northwest of New Orleans. Originally known as Alexandria Army Air Base , on 23 June 1955 the facility was renamed England Air Force Base in honor of Lt Col John Brooke England (1923–1954).