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Military veteran who spent most if his active military career outside US and never made back and currently lives in Europe but still haven't lost passion about military forces.
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Little Rock Plane in Action

Little Rock Air Force Base

Little Rock Air Force BaseFacts Location: Jacksonville, Arkansas Website: Visit Little Rock Website › Phone: (501) 987-1110 Longitude: -92.146389 Latitude: 34.918056 DSN: 731-1110 In central Arkansas you will find Little Rock AFB near the Arkansas city of Jacksonville. You can reach LRAFB from Jacksonville by taking the highway to the main gate exit. Laughingly, if you […]

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Naval Air Station Lemoore F-117 plane

Naval Air Station Lemoore

Lemoore NAS Facts Location: Kings County and Fresno County, California Website: Visit Lemoore Website › Phone: (559) 998-0100 Longitude: -119.92851 Latitude: 36.322852 DSN: 949-0100 NAS Lemoore is a Navy fighter pilot training facility that often works with a similar NAS in Nevada. The Navy has termed that Lemoore is their newest NAS they have since […]

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Naval Air Facility El Centro Plane Show Off

Naval Air Facility El Centro

Naval Air Facility El Centro Facts Location: California’s Imperial Valley Website: Visit El Centro Website › Phone: (760) 339-2220 Longitude: -115.676311 Latitude: 32.824367 DSN: 658-2220 El Centro is a Naval Air Facility, it is located in California’s Imperial Valley, and this location is just 117 miles east of the major city of San Diego. It […]

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Harsh Obstacle course Fort Hunter Liggett

Fort Hunter Liggett

Fort Hunter Liggett Facts Location: Central coast of California Website: Visit Fort Hunter Liggett Website › Phone: (831) 386-2506 Longitude: -121.2306495 Latitude: 35.97 DSN: N/A FHL is a fort located in central coast of California. It is about 250 miles north of L A and about 150 miles south of San Francisco. In 1940 the War […]

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Fort Irwin Military from sky

Fort Irwin

Fort Irwin Facts Location: California Website: Visit Fort Irwin Website › Phone: (760) 380-1110 Longitude: -116.702614 Latitude: 35.463606 DSN: 470-111 While the history of Fort Irwin can probably traced back into the 1700s, it is no surprise that the sheer beauty of the area has kept many visitors as well as its residents a sense […]

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Camp Pendleton hospital injured soldier

Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton

Camp Pendleton Hospital Facts Location: Southern California Website: Visit Camp Pendleton Hospital Website › Phone: (760) 725-4110 Longitude: -117.355167 Latitude: 33.301333 DSN: 365-4111 Since the WWII era the military training facility known as Camp Pendleton has been said to be the largest facility on the West coast. The base is on 250 square miles of […]

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Fort Carson Soldiers Parade

Fort Carson

Fort Carson Facts Location: El Paso, Colorado Website: Visit Fort Carson Website › Phone: (719) 526-5811 Longitude: -104.75 Latitude: 38.68 DSN: 691-5811 The US Army Fort Carson was constructed in 1942 and has a prominent location in El Paso, Colorado. Another name for the Fort Carson facility is the Mountain Post and it is nestled […]

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Naval Amphibious Base Coronado

Naval Amphibious Base Coronado Facts Location: San Diego, California Website: Visit Coronado Website › Phone: (619) 545-1011 Longitude: -117.161293 Latitude: 32.675795 DSN: 735-1011 The NAB Coronado is a leading Military service command. The facilities on the   base conceal 57 thousand acres of terrain which makes the base at Coronado the largest naval base in the […]

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Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Plain Combat Practice

Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Facts Location: Northeast of California’s Mojave Desert in San Bernardino Website: Visit China Lake Website › Phone: (866) 493-9699 Longitude: -117.690697 Latitude: 35.687697 DSN: 437-1683 Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake (NAWS China Lake) is an airborne weapon testing and training range located in the northeast of California’s Mojave […]

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Buckley Air Force Base

Buckley Air Force Base Facts Location: Colorado Website: Visit Buckley AFB Website › Phone: (720) 847-9011 Longitude: -104.753718 Latitude: 39.7033 DSN: 847-9011 In 1942, the Buckley Air Force Base, in Colorado was established to oversee training and facilitation of the B-24 and B-17 armored and bombardier special operatives. The Lowry Air Force Base assigned Buckley, […]

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Most Expensive Plane B2 Taking Off Edwards AFB

Edwards Air force Base

Edwards Air force Base Facts Location: Antelope Valley in California Website: Visit Edwards AFB Website › Phone: (661) 277-1110 Longitude: -117.890339 Latitude: 34.914933 DSN: 527-1110 Edwards Air force Base is a US AFB located in the Antelope Valley on the borders of Kern County, Los Angle County, and San Bernardino County in California. Edwards is […]

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Kodiak US Coast Guard helicopter

Integrated Support Command Kodiak

Integrated Support Command Kodiak Facts Location: The city of Kodiak, South central Alaska Website: Visit Kodiak Website › Phone: (800) 833-3489 Longitude: -152.495384 Latitude: 57.751809 DSN: N/A The city of Kodiak, on Kodiak Island is the most far flung of the destinations in South central Alaska and once the capital of czarist Alaska, the island […]

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US Coast Guard Marine Safety Units Soldiers Valdez

Marine Safety Unit Valdez

Marine Safety Unit Valdez Facts Location: City of Valdez in Alaska Website: Visit Valdez Website › Phone: (907) 835-7200 Longitude: -146.348 Latitude: 61.13 DSN: N/A Despite its natural attractions, city of Valdez in Alaska is not just a touristic Mecca. Nor, despite its proximity to the sound, is it mainly a fishing village. On August […]

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USCG Juneau

USCG Juneau Facts Location: Alexander Archipelago in Alaska, United States Website: Visit USCG Juneau Website › Phone: (907) 463-2025 Longitude: -134.4194 Latitude: 58.3016 DSN: N/A The Borough and city of Juneau is a united municipality situated on the Gastineau channel on the Alexander Archipelago in the United States, Alaska State, and is the capital of […]

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Fort Wainwright Alaska Military hospital

Fort Wainwright

Fort Wainwright Facts Location: Fairbanks in the inner region of Alaska Website: Visit Fort Wainwright Website › Phone: (907) 353-1110 Longitude: -147.643032 Latitude: 64.827762 DSN: 317-353-1110 Alaska Fort Wainwright is situated next to Fairbanks in the inner region of Alaska. The base is situated in the North Start Borough. An Alaska borough is same to […]

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Plains show-off at Point Mugu

Naval Base Ventura County – Point Mugu

Point Mugu Facts Location: Near Oxnard, California Website: Visit Point Mugu Website › Phone: (805) 989-1110 Longitude: -119.119263 Latitude: 34.119337 DSN: 351-1110 California Point Mugu is famous for its legendary Naval Air Warfare center weapons divisions. Making out this place brings you into deeper understanding about what behind that place. It is basically the foremost […]

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