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Lists of military installations

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ3634756 ↗
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This list of military installations consists of a collection of military related lists worldwide:

Africa

List of South African military bases

List of bases of the South African Air Force

Americas

List of Brazilian military bases

List of Canadian Forces Bases

List of Honduran military bases

List of Mexican military installations

United States

List of United States Army installations

List of United States Air Force installations

List of United States Space Force installations

List of United States Navy installations

List of United States Marine Corps installations

List of United States Coast Guard stations

List of military bases in the District of Columbia

List of NATO (including United States military) installations in Afghanistan

Bulgarian–American Joint Military Facilities

List of United States Army installations in Germany

List of United States Army installations in Italy

List of United States military installations in Iraq

List of United States Army installations in Kosovo

List of United States Army installations in Kuwait

List of United States Army installations in South Korea

List of former United States Army installations

List of former United States military installations in Panama

Asia

List of Burmese military installations

List of Chinese Air Force Bases

List of Indian Air Force stations

List of Israel Defense Forces bases

List of Pakistan Air Force Bases

Military installations of Turkey

List of military installations in Saudi Arabia

List of Singapore Armed Forces bases

List of Sri Lankan air force bases

Europe

List of Bulgarian military bases

List of Danish Military Installations

List of Greek military bases

List of Irish military installations

Multinational installations

Papa Air Base, Hungary - Strategic Airlift Capability

United Kingdom

List of British Army installations

List of Royal Air Force stations

List of Battle of Britain airfields

List of V Bomber dispersal bases

List of air stations of the Royal Navy

List of Royal Navy shore establishments

List of airfields of the Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)

List of UK Thor missile bases

British Forces Germany

Oceania

List of Australian military bases

List of Royal Australian Air Force installations

List of Royal Australian Navy bases

List of New Zealand military bases

Others

List of countries with overseas military bases

List of Soviet Air Force bases

NATO installations

See Category:Military installations of NATO

Headquarters

SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) in Casteau, north of Mons (Belgium), since 1966 (before in Paris). SHAPE is since 2003 the headquarters of Allied Command Operations (ACO) controlling all allied operations worldwide.

NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) in The Hague, Mons (Belgium) and Brussels

Headquarters Allied Command Transformation (based in Norfolk, Virginia. Other ACT organisations include the Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) located in Stavanger, Norway (in the same site as the former Norwegian NJHQ); the Joint Force Training Centre (JFTC) in Bydgoszcz, Poland; the Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (JALLC) in Monsanto, Portugal; and the NATO Undersea Research Centre (NURC), La Spezia, Italy.

Parts of Allied Command Transformation (based in Norfolk, Virginia) in SHAPE's headquarters.

the three Joint Force Commands - Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum in Brunnsum, Netherlands; Naples, and Norfolk;

Bases

NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany - hosts NATO Airborne Early Warning Force (NAEWF) Boeing E-3 Sentry aircraft.

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