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Where might next-gen aircraft be headed?

The Air Force chief of staff has released the “roadmap” for the Air Force’s future, detailing which bases are in the running to house the service’s next-generation aircraft.

Gen. T. Michael Moseley’s outline of future forces is the result of meetings with top leaders from the regular Air Force, the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve in December, according to an Air Force press release.

The preliminary lists generally follow present assignments: Bases hosting F-16s are in the running for the F-35, and the potential bed-down sites for CSAR-X already operate search-and-rescue missions.

For an installation to be certified for a new airframe, it must first undergo an environmental impact study in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act. These studies will be taken into consideration with financial and logistical factors to determine if and how different missions will begin at each base.

Foreign bases are not on the list because the Air Force must seek host-nation approval before placing new airframes at those installations.

The potential sites for each mission are:

MQ-1 Predator

* Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.

* Ellington Field, Texas

* Fort Huachuca/Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.

* Grand Forks Air Force Base/Hector International Airport, N.D.

* March Air Reserve Base/Southern California Logistics Airport, Calif.

RQ-4 Global Hawk

* Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D.

* Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

Distributed Common Ground System (Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination of Intelligence Data)

* Hulman Regional Airport, Ind.

* Otis Air National Guard Base, Mass.

KC-X (Next-generation tanker aircraft)

* Altus Air Force Base, Okla.

* Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

* Bangor International Airport, Maine

* Birmingham International Airport, Ala.

* Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

* Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska

* Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.

* Forbes Field, Kan.

* Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D.

* Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind.

* Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii

* Lincoln Municipal Airport, Neb.

* MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.

* March Air Reserve Base, Calif.

* McConnell Air Force Base, Kan.

* McGhee Tyson Airport, Tenn.

* McGuire Air Force Base, N.J.

* Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H.

* Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Ariz.

* Pittsburgh International Airport, Pa.

* Rickenbacker International Airport, Ohio

* Salt Lake City International Airport, Utah

* Scott Air Force Base, Ill.

* Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich.

* Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.

* Sioux Gateway Airport, Iowa

* Tinker Air Force Base, Okla.

Joint Cargo Aircraft

* W.K. Kellogg Airport, Mich.

* Bradley International Airport, Conn.

* Hector International Airport, N.D.

* Key Field, Miss.

* Luiz Munoz International Airport, Puerto Rico

* Mansfield Regional Airport, Ohio

* Martin State Airport, Md.

CSAR-X (Combat Search and Rescue Helicopter)

* Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.

* Francis Gabreski Air National Guard Base, N.Y.

* Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.

* Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska

* Moffett Field, Calif.

* Moody Air Force Base, Ga.

* Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.

* Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.

F-35A Lightning II

* Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

* Barksdale Air Force Base, La.

* Boise Air Terminal, Idaho

* Buckley Air Force Base, Colo.

* Burlington International Airport, Vt.

* Dannelly Field, Ala.

* Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.

* Des Moines International Airport, Iowa

* Duluth International Airport, Minn.

* Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

* Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.

* Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska

* Fort Smith Municipal Airport, Ark.

* Fort Wayne International Airport, Ind.

* Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas

* Hill Air Force Base, Utah

* Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla.

* Kelly Field Annex, Texas

* Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.

* Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.

* Madison Truax Field, Wis.

* Martin State Airport, Md.

* Moody Air Force Base, Ga.

* Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho

* Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.

* Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich.

* Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.

* Shaw Air Force Base/McEntire Air National Guard Base, S.C.

* Sioux Falls Joe Foss Field, S.D.

* Toledo Express International Airport, Ohio

* Tucson International Airport, Ariz.

* Tulsa International Airport, Okla.

* Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo.

F-35A Lightning II or F-22 Raptor

* Atlantic City International Airport, N.J.

* Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass.

* Fresno Air Terminal, Calif.

* Great Falls International Airport, Mont.

* Jacksonville International Airport, Fla.

* Klamath Falls International Airport, Ore.

* NAS Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, La.

* Portland International Airport, Ore.

F-22 Raptor

* Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii

* Holloman Air Force Base, N.M.

Next-Generation Bomber

* Dyess Air Force Base, Texas

* Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D.

* Barksdale Air Force Base, La.

* Minot Air Force Base, N.D.

MQ-9 Reaper

* Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.

* Fort Drum/Syracuse, N.Y.

CV-22 Osprey

* Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.