Military Bases in Texas

Air Force Bases (7)

Brooks City-Base is located 11 km away from San Antonio and is operated by the local authorities. The local authorities have gained the control over the base in 2002, after an agreement between them and the government. Before 2002...

Dyess Air Force base is located on the southern edge of the city of Abilene, Texas in Taylor County. Abilene has a population of 100,000 people and is considered the economic center of a 22 county area in West Texas. The base is 1...

Unlike most air bases in the United States, the Goodfellow AFB is a non-flying base. Its primary purpose is to serve as a training ground for the personnel in the U. S. Air Force, Army, Marine Corps and the Navy. It is located in ...

Lackland is a U.S. Air Force base that is located in San Antonio, Texas and is named after Brigadier General Frank Lackland. It is currently under the authority of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command...

Laughlin AFB is located in the southwestern part of Texas, only 8 km away from Del Rio. It is controlled by the Air Force and represents the largest military base dealing with pilot training sessions in USAF. During the weekdays, ...

Randolph AFB is an Air Force operated military base located in the middle of Texas, only 24 km away from San Antonio. It is also part of Joint Base San Antonio, along with Fort Sam Houston and Lackland Air Force Base. The merge to...

Built in the northern part of the state, Sheppard AFB Texas is the most important and largest site for Air Education and Training Command. It is not just large, but also widely diversified, preparing the troops for plenty of unusu...

Army Bases (4)

Fort Bliss, a United States Army installation, is located in the metropolitan city of El Paso, Texas, and New Mexico. Fort Bliss was originally established in 1848. After being closed and relocated, Fort Bliss was officially named...

Fort Hood is a military base that was named after the Confederate General John Bell Hood and is located just on the edge of the city of Killeen in the state of Texas. It is among the largest United States military installations wo...

Fort Sam Houston Texas is one of the military posts operated by the US Army in San Antonio. The name is given in the memory of the first president of Texas, Sam Houston. The missions vary widely. It first of all hosts the headquar...

Spreading over 73 square km, Red River Army Depot is located in the Bowie County of Texas. It is among the insecure military bases in the United States of America. No other base was scheduled for closure two times and still alive....

Navy Bases (4)

The Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base (NAS Fort Worth JRB) is part of the oversight of the Commander, Navy Region Southeast and is situated within the city limits of Fort Worth. It is a joint defense facility that fo...

NAS Corpus Christi is located in the Nueces County, only 10 km from Corpus Christi. It is also referred to as Truax Field. The base is operated by the US Navy and commanded by Randolph F. Pierson. History The initiative in the his...

Naval Air Station Kingsville is a US Navy air base located in Kieberg County, near Kingsville, Texas. Naval Air Station Kingsville together with Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, are under the Navy Region Southeast which has headq...

Naval Station Ingleside is a military base in Ingleside, Texas, right next to the Coastal Bend Region that encompasses Corpus Christi Bay. It is one of the newest bases of the US Navy, having been established on February 20, 1988....