2006-07-13 03:44:34 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
It is Fort Hood Texas. The below link from Fort Hood's website will give you additional information about why it is the largest.
2006-07-13 04:57:29 · answer #1 · answered by accountant 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Largest? Depends on what you mean by largest? The base itself or everything that is associated with the base?
The Navy has several that are very large, but the actual land they occupy is very small. The rest of the base is water ranges for aircraft, but I don't think any compare to Nellis AFB.
Nellis AFB in Nevada is probably the largest landwise, with a large portion of Southern Nevada used as bombing ranges, mock airbases for attack practice, Air/Ground operations and whatever else they do out there (Nellis Air Force Range). The Nellis Complex is so big, it actually has five other air bases on it, including Creech AFB (Formally Indian Spring AFAS) where the Thunderbirds do most of their practicing.
The range is 3.1 Million acres (4,843.75 sq miles) and 12,000 sq miles of airspace. The range is almost 4 times bigger as the state of Rhode Island, and is 14 times bigger than Ft Hood. All that, and none of those figures include Nellis AFB itself and its other two areas in Las Vegas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Image:Wfm_area51_map_en.png
The link is broken up, take the spaces (not the underscores) out and check out how much land is involved!
2006-07-13 04:56:36 · answer #2 · answered by Michael 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fort Hood Texas
2006-07-13 04:49:44 · answer #3 · answered by c1993jeepgirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fort Hood, Texas.
2006-07-13 03:59:04 · answer #4 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fort Hood in both Personnel and Land Size
2006-07-13 05:38:52 · answer #5 · answered by Moral Maverick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Largest in the U.S. is Probably Norfolk Navy Base.
2006-07-13 03:49:42 · answer #6 · answered by j.f. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Camp Lejune is the biggest Marine Corps base, other than Marine bases I know nothing.
2006-07-13 04:05:23 · answer #7 · answered by Muffin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eglin AFB is the largest USAF base in the world.
2006-07-13 03:48:24 · answer #8 · answered by Skypilot49 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is Fort Hood in Texas.
2006-07-13 03:47:34 · answer #9 · answered by Shane G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had heard it was fort bliss, TX. This includes the missile ranges that stretch into New Mexico.
2006-07-13 05:05:15 · answer #10 · answered by jordanjd4 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋