Major Base Closure Summary

This is a listing of the bases recommended and approved for closure as a result of decisions by the various Base Realignment and Closure Commissions. Please note that an * after the installation's name indicates it was closed as of March 31, 1996.

Note: There is other information about installations at the end of this listing.

1988 Commission

16 Major Closures

George AFB, CA*

Mather AFB, CA*

Norton AFB, CA*

Presidio of San Francisco, CA*

Chanute AFB, IL*

Fort Sheridan, IL

Jefferson Proving Ground, IN*

Lexington Army Depot, KY*

Naval Station Lake Charles, LA*

Army Material Tech Lab, MA

Pease AFB, NH*

Naval Station Brooklyn, NY*

Philadelphia Naval Hospital, PA*

Naval Station, Galveston, TX*

Fort Douglas, UT*

Cameron Station, VA

1991 Commission

26 Major Closures

Eaker AFB, AR*

Williams AFB, AZ*

Castle AFB, CA*

Fort Ord, CA*

Hunters Point Annex, CA*

Moffett NAS, CA*

Naval Station Long Beach, CA*

NAV ElecSysEngrCtr, San Diego, CA*

Sacramento Army Depot, CA*

Tustin MCAS, CA

Lowry AFB, CO*

Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN*

Grissom AFB, IN*

England AFB, LA*

Fort Devens, MA*

Loring AFB, ME*

Wurtsmith AFB, MI*

Richards-Gebaur ARS, MO*

Rickenbacker AGB, OH*

Naval Station Philadelphia, PA*

Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA

Myrtle Beach AFB, SC*

Bergstrom AFB, TX (Active Component Only)*

Carswell AFB, TX*

Chase Field NAS, TX*

Naval Station Puget Sound, WA

1993 Commission

28 Major Closures

Naval Station Mobile, AL*

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, CA

MCAS El Toro, CA

Naval Airs Station Alameda, CA

Naval Aviation Depot Alameda, CA

Naval Hospital Oakland, CA

Naval Station Treasure Island, CA

Naval Training Center San Diego, CA

Naval Air Station Cecil Field, FL

Naval Aviation Depot Pensacola, FL

Homestead AFB, FL*

Naval Training Center Orlando, FL

Naval Air Station Agana, Guam*

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, HI

Naval Air Station Glenview, IL*

O'Hare IAP ARS, IL

NESEC, St. Inigoes, MD

K.I. Sawyer AFB, MI*

Naval Station Staten Island, NY*

Plattsburgh AFB, NY

Gentile Air Force Station, OH (DESC)

Newark AFB, OH

Defense Per. Support Center, PA

Charleston Naval Shipyard, SC

Naval Station Charleston, SC

Naval Air Station Dallas, TX

Naval Aviation Depot Norfolk, VA

Vint Hill Farms, VA

1995 Commission

27 Major Closures

Naval Air Facility, Adak, AK

Fort McClellan, AL

Fort Chaffee, AR

Fleet Industrial SU. Center, Oakland, CA

Naval Shipyard, Long Beach, CA

McClellan AFB, CA

Oakland Army Base, CA

Ontario IAP Air Guard Station, CA

Fitzsimoms Army Medical Center, CO

Ship Repair Facility, Guam

Savanna Army Depot Activitym, IL

Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Indianapolis, IN

NAWC, Crane Division Detachment, Louisville, KY

Naval Air Station, South Weymoth, MA

Fort Holabird, MD

Fort Ritchie, MD

NSWC, Dahlgren Division Detachment, White Oak, MD

Bayonne Military Ocean Terminal, NJ

Roslyn Air Guard Station, NY

Seneca Army Depot, NY

Fort Indiantown Gap, PA

NAWC, Aircraft Div., Warminster, PA

Defense Dist. Depot Memphis, TN

Bergstrom Air Reserve Base, TX

Resse AFB, TX

Defense Distribution Depot Ogden, UT

Fort Pickett, VA

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