Goodfellow Air Force Base is a nonflying United States Air Force base located in San Angelo, Texas. As part of Air Education and Training Command (AETC), Goodfellow's main mission is cryptologic and intelligence training for the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Navy, and Marine Corps. Military firefighters are also trained here as part of the 312th Training Squadron. It is the home of the 17th Training Wing (17 TRW). The base is named for World War I aviator First Lieutenant John J. Goodfellow, Jr.UnitsThe host unit at Goodfellow AFB is the Air Force's 17th Training Wing, part of Second Air Force (2 AF) of AETC.There are also tenant units of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.There is a Texas Air National Guard unit, the 217th Training Squadron (217 TRS).The US Army 169th Firefighter Detachment is based at Goodfellow AFB with the battalion headquarters at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.The Army's 344th Military Intelligence Battalion is headquartered at Goodfellow AFB with separate companies at Fort Huachuca, Arizona and Corry Station, Florida.

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