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'''AFB''' is a common [[:Category:Military Glossary|military term]] referring to an [[Air Force]] base.
'''AFB''' is a common [[:Category:Military Glossary|military term]] referring to an [[Air Force]] base.
==List of Major American Air Force Bases==
==List of American Air Force Bases - Naval Air Stations - Radar Installations ==
* [[Alabama]: Primary: Gunter AFB (Montgomery), Maxwell AFB (Montgomery), Redstone [[arsenal]] (Huntsville).
* [[Alaska]]: Warning [[radar]] [[network]] at Eielson AFB ([[Fairbanks]]), Elmendorf AFB ([[Anchorage]]), Fort Richardson. Secondary: Adak Island, Shemya Island ([[space]] radar), Clear (BMEWS radar)
* [[Arizona]]: Primary: Davis-Monthan AFB at [[Tucson]] ([[Titan]] [[missile]]s, area within a line connecting Nogales, [[Cochise]], Mammoth, Eloy, south to [[Mexican]] border), Luke AFB (Glendale), [[Marine Corps]] Air Station ([[Yuma]]), Williams AFB (Chandler), Yuma Proving Ground.
* [[Arkansas]]: Primary: [[Little Rock]] AFB (Titan missiles, area within a line connecting Shirley, Newport, Des Arc, [[Little Rock]], Russellville, Nogo, back to Shirley), Blytheville AFB ([[SAC]] [[bomber]]s). Secondary: Pine Bluff, West [[Memphis]] (Memphis, [[Tennessee]]). Tertiary: Fort Smith, Texarkana, and Little Rock
* [[California]]: Primary: [[Alameda]] NAS, Castle AFB (Merced), Beale AFB (Marysville), [[Edwards AFB]] (Kern), El Toro (Santa Ana), George AFB (Victorville), Hamilton AFB (Marin), March AFB ([[Riverside]]), Mather AFB ([[SAC]] [[bomber]]s, [[Sacramento]]), McClellan AFB (Sacramento), [[Miramar]] NAS ([[San Diego]]), Norton AFB ([[San Bernardino]]), Oxnard AFB Point Mugu (Point Hueneme), Travis AFB (Fairfield), [[Vandenberg AFB]] (Lompoc). Secondary: [[San Francisco]] (area within a line connecting Point Reyes Radar Station, St. Helena, Antioch, [[Palo Alto]], [[Redwood City]], and along the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] coast to Point Reyes Station), [[San Jose]], El Centro, China Lake, Camp Pendleton, Fort Ord, Twentynine Palms, Lemoore, Portola, [[Los Angeles]] (area within a line connecting [[Malibu]], Camarillo, Lake Arrowhead, Perris, Laguna, and along the coast to Malibu), Oro Grande, Oceanside, [[San Diego]], Lathrop, [[Santa Barbara]], Oxnard, Ventura, Thousand Oaks, Mt. Laguna, Mill Valley. Tertiary: [[Bakersfield]], Barstow, Banning, Gilroy, Milford, [[Modesto]], [[Monterey]], [[Mojave]], [[Sacramento]], Santa Rosa, [[Stockton]], Salinas, [[Fresno]], Ridgecrest, Lancaster, Wrightwood, Yermo, Victorville, Warner Springs.
[[Colorado]]: Primary: [[Colorado Springs]] ([[NORAD]] HQ), Warren AFB Complex ([[Minuteman]] [[missile]]s, area within a line connecting Grover, Briggsdale, Fort Morgan, Sedgwick, and along state line to Grover again), Fort Carson. Secondary: [[Denver]], [[Pueblo]]. Tertiary: Aurora, [[Boulder]], Cheraw, Greeley, Pueblo-Boone area, Broomfield, Rocky Flats (target is 10 miles west of Sedalia).