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The 621st Contingency Response Wing is part of the USAF Expeditionary Center which is also based there. Minot Air Force Base: Minot: North Dakota: Air Force Global Strike Command: 5th Bomb Wing: The 5th Bomb Wing operate the B-52H Stratofortress.
The base is named for Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822–1893), an American Navy Lieutenant and a Brigadier General in the California Militia who was an explorer and frontiersman in California. Beale Air Force Base covers nearly 23,000 acres (93 km 2) of rolling hills in northern California. It is a large base in terms of land and has five gates ...
The base was renamed Travis Air Force Base in 1951 for Brigadier General Robert F. Travis, who was killed when a B-29 Superfortress crashed shortly after takeoff on 5 August 1950. The ensuing fire caused the 10,000 pounds of high explosives in the plane's cargo — a Mark 4 nuclear weapon (minus its nuclear core) — to detonate, killing ...
Pages in category "Installations of the United States Air Force in California" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Namesake: Lieutenant Eugene Hoy Barksdale Second Air Force 1949–1975. Eighth Air Force 1975–1992. 4th Air Division 1952–1964. 311th Air Division 1949. 2d Bomb Wing 1963–1991.
Formerly Used Defense Sites in California (2 C, 66 P) Forts in California (4 C, 52 P) G. Military facilities in Greater Los Angeles (4 C, 6 P) I.
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HAER No. CA-235, "Edwards Air Force Base, X-15 Engine Test Complex", 5 photos, 17 data pages, 1 photo caption page HAER No. CA-236, " Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory ", 15 photos, 45 data pages, 4 photo caption pages