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Los Alamitos Army Airfield (LAAAF)
Armed Forces Reserve Center
I-405 & I-605
Los Alamitos, California 90270-5001
Phone: (562) 795-2000
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Bell UH-1 "Iroquois"
Stock Photo by John Shupek
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We need a high resolution photo of the Bell UH-1 on display at ths location. We need make/model, serial or N-number, etc ... Your help would be appreciated.
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Purpose
The Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) is a full-service joint military training center, airfield and State Disaster Support Area. Strategically centered in the greater Los Angeles-Orange County area, this 1300+ acre installation serves a wide variety of military, government and public interests and makes critical assets available to the Nation and State in the event of regional disaster or emergency.
Supporting Joint Forces
The Navy established the Base in 1942 as a Naval Air Station supporting theWWII effort. The USN transferred the base to the Calif .Natl’ Guard in the early ‘70’s. Today there are 68 tenant entities representing military services, federal, state, municipal, public, private and nonprofit organizations. The larger of these agencies are the 40th Infantry Division (Mechanized) of the California Army National Guard, Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Southern Region Hqs), Operation Medfly of California’s Department of Food and Agriculture, the 63rd Regional Readiness Command (US Army Reserve), the National Aquatic Center, home of the US Women’s Olympic Water Polo Team, Civil Support Team for Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the Army Airfield. The JFTB has a daily average of 850 employees and supports 3000+ military members for Guard and Reserve duty.
Capabilities
During regular operations the Base provides facilities to federal, state, county, and city government agencies. It is a community focal point for general public events and a military oasis. A premier training base, the JFTB provides classrooms, a distance learning and video teleconferencing center, and a variety of state-of-the-art training simulators. There are small-unit training areas including a Drop Zone for parachute drills. Monthly, the Army Airfield averages 5,000+ flights and radar ground control approaches. The airfield also stores and dispenses jet fuel for military, state, federal, and other aircraft.
Disaster Support Area
The JFTB provides a wide range of military support to civil authorities during federal and State emergency and disaster mitigation operations. With two active runways, 8000 and 5900 feet, the Los Alamitos Airfield is the region’s primary airfield for emergency air transport of relief crews, humanitarian supplies, equipment relocation, and medical operations. It is an alternate site to support air transportation in the event of disaster impact to other airports. The Base will support the emergency relocation of disaster support agencies and agency disaster mitigation activities, to include crew housing, sustenance, equipment staging, communications, warehousing of relief materials, secure facilities for hazardous material handling, and command post/EOC functions. Most important is that the Governors Office of Emergency Services is located on the base.
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