Top 5 best bases in the Air Force

[@shabeezyboi7871]

A dream sheet is exactly what it sounds like a “Dream sheet”😂😂

[@rstewardson4164]

Remember - The Needs of the Air Force come 1st. When I PCS'd from Germany I requested all bases in California (at that time there were 8), plus the state of California, I got McGuire AFB, NJ.

[@oHeihei]

Oof. I'm in Germany now. Gonna be putting all Cali bases (plus Luke in AZ, and Nevada bases), and I imagine the same will happen to me lol.

[@tail66]

My son is at McGuire. It doesnt seem bad. an hr from NY, Philly, Beaches. Dc is close... Boston is 3 hrs.

[@PheraohTube]

Funny you say that because I requested McGuire, along with Charleston AFB, And Dover AFB. They ended up assigning me to Travis AFB in CA. I was really trying to avoid going from east coast all the way to west coast but I can’t even find anyone to switch with. Would’ve loved to go to Charleston. Heard so much about it

[@genewilkerson8528]

That's why they call it a dream sheet.

[@jayj7725]

@@PheraohTube I’m at Charleston rn. And let me tell you it’s not really all that. Downtown is nice but it gets old over time.

[@marthamiller1261]

Husband was stationed in order from 1990 to 2010 Nellis NV, Kunsan South Korea, RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom, Elemendorf, Alaska, and the last one before retirement was Dover Air Force Base. He liked Kunsan, South Korea the most stationed there for 2 years. Overall what base you are at is the best. You will be stationed there for a short time. Good luck with you new chapter in life and enjoy what lays ahead for you and your husband.

[@Adventuregirl96]

Happy to see Lewis McChord on your list. I am currently stationed in Seattle, and I just love the area.

[@zachfleet8437]

True, I loved being at McChord and living in the Olympia area

[@teveonkperkins]

I’m deploying there next week I hope it’s great

[@AbleHammer]

There’s only one good base. The one you’ve left and the one you’re going to. 😆

[@DDT2005]

When it came to stateside bases, I had no choice, I had to go where the aircraft I worked on/flew on was stationed. First duty assignment was McClellan AFB in Sacramento CA (now closed), former home of the EC-121 AEWC aircraft. Later on, I was assigned to Tinker AFB (Oklahoma City), home of the E-3 AWACS. Overall Oklahoma wasn't terrible, it had all that we needed. As for your top five bases, I've been TDY to two of them, Nellis and MacDill, and I have visited McChord and Wright-Patterson.

[@rooneytunes9712]

Hello sir, I grew up around McClellan Afb and my grandpa was a MP in the air force at that base. It’s such a small world

[@grvyrdgang5672]

Wat was ur mos?

[@javierestrada01015]

Luke AFB!!!! So many outdoor activities to do out here in Phoenix. Amazing places to visit and explore.

[@lightspecter296]

kessler in Mississippi every other Friday is a down day there its so nice

[@jeffdo9195]

Never got anything on dream sheet :( I don't think they even looked at it.

[@bradderousse3440]

For me, I think I’d love to go to Malmstrom AFB in Montana. Two big pluses for me is to be able to see the Northern Lights and to be close to Glacier National Park.

[@Thesexybeast4588]

Don’t do it my guy

[@johnnyobigcatdaddy]

@@Thesexybeast4588 When you are young, the cold doesn't bother you as much, as in older years!

[@Slappy5-0]

I got Hill AFB in Utah. Wanted Hickam Hawaii, my MTL was like “It starts with an H at least ¯\_(ツ)_/¯” Still feel lucky with what I got.

[@just_wright]

My husband was an Air Force brat born at Nellis AFB, both his parents served. Now he currently serves himself we been stuck station in the midwest. He's been in 7 years so far, we been station in Kansas & New Mexico. We're from California, tried multiple times to get stationed at a West Coast state (CA, WA, NV, AZ). His job can go anywhere. Overall the needs of the Air Force come first. Their Dream Sheet is a hit or miss. Just remember every duty station is only temporary. Good luck to everyone!

[@autumnonpurpose]

Is it a base in New Mexico? Or where do we stay lol I’m so confused still by this all

[@ashleyl1757]

2:36 it’s actually located in Maryland

[@ZekeSpeakz]

Yup, it’s like 20 minutes away from DC but still in the South MD area

[@langsnek07]

I'm opposite regarding weather I love dry cold weather can walk in freezing Temps wearing shorts and t-shirt a good base must have on base amenities and will be fine with me off base amenities are not that important to me as long as there is an abundance of outdoor activities and as long as locals are not prejudiced against military personnel

[@richardgentry6996]

Its what you make of it. I was stationed at Grand Forks AFB ND SAC for 3yrs and made the best out of it. Lived in the city and many times hit Winnipeg Manitoba about 90 minutes away.

[@taylorgerrish7264]

i didn't get anywhere on my dream sheet, rip

[@cycleguy1943]

I was stationed at Barksdale AFB in Shreveport Louisiana 84-87 SAC COMMAND/Great people-Great coworkers

[@dukeford]

I'm retired USAF and cannot figure out how Andrews and McChord keep popping up on these "best assignment" lists.

[@robbiesworld9156]

Now do the worst bases to be stationed in the AF stateside… I got a pick for you… Every heard of Why Not Minot??? 🤔

[@danoconnor3720]

Or Grand Forks. Got to -46 once when I was there.

[@javierjuarbe9965]

As a Floridan….that ONLY shouldn’t be said so lightly 😂 alligator alley alone is a journey

[@rodbutler4054]

I was stationed at Peterson field Colorado Springs before it was made an Air Force base in the early 60s. Great climate and also Air Force Academy nearby. I had my own auto and traveled the State, Denver was an hour away, mountain skiing nearby, loose military pressure for a lowly E-3 like me. I would have re uped if I made E-5 but all promotions were frozen by President IKE at the time. The only drawback was no ocean nearby.

[@jordanzone7933]

Was stationed at Nellis for 6 years, Im pretty sure I’ve seen you taking pictures at Load Comp lol

[@bobclary2121]

Glasgow AFB, Montana was not one of them closed now, but brutal weather/SAC Base

[@ItemHazard]

I liked all the bases where I was stationed: Davis Monthan, Holloman, Osan. If Holloman wasn’t literally on top of a garbage mine and had bad water, I would probably make it my forever home. Osan just had bad air quality that makes me not stay. Still, loved all 3 of these bases

[@JaredShoemaker]

Stationed at vandenberg space force base! It’s super cool out here. It’s only 6 hours from Nellis. If you all would like to come check it out and see where we launch rockets from, let me know!

[@sandialisticflostiner2072]

Thank you Makenna for the effort! I learned ALOT from you on this channel, you prepared me v well for the military journey :) ... best of luck to you and Kyle and please keep posting ! 🤙

[@colleenneuharth8219]

My husband was actually stationed at Andrews and would absolutely disagree as being on the "best" list haha. For my side of things- the medical was garbage. If you're pregnant/expecting, you won't deliver at the base as the hospital only provides OB appointments. I had to deliver at Ft. Belvoir which was nice but was an hour an a half away from where we lived. I know the ECC has since cut back hours since we've left the area. Not a lot of great options to live immediately around base, luckily I'm from MD and could navigate us to the AA County side by the water

[@MrYoungjake]

I’m going to Nellis!!! Red Horse squadron.

[@DudesWithACamera]

Didn't you just Join? How would you know? Didn't Kyle go to like 3 bases? This just seems a bit speculative

[@mrspongegaming5173]

Obviously she’s going off statistics. Not everyone in the Airforce travels to every single base 🤷‍♂️

[@aemanabbas]

Dunno how people thinks it’s the best AFB 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jeffdo9195]

Come to luke!!! Be my naughbor

[@oHeihei]

I'd love to go to Luke, personally! I have so many friends in Arizona, and lived in Glendale for a year. In Germany now, and Luke is probably top 3 for my next bases.

[@Shojull]

Japan

[@mxlx95]

Forgot to add Cannon and Minot

[@shelleybaranet7145]

I'm sorry but Washington is the worst to live in (fun to visit) I'm an Air force brat (15 yrs.), enlisted in the Air Force (4 yrs.) and then married an Air Force man (last 15 yrs. of his 21 yrs.) Lived in Washington for 8 yrs. Seattle is depressing as heck during the winter. The only base that wasn't to bad was Fairchild AFB in Spokane ( met my husband there :D)

[@brianne571]

I loved Spokane. Seattle was depressing I agree for sure.

[@FreddyWangNX]

nellis is king

[@diegoyepez5308]

just curious, how likely is it for you to be able to choose an overseas base

[@Branhernan]

Depends on your AFSC what overseas bases you can get, and then at that point it's luck of the draw

[@tamir3071]

Id recommend putting a short tour base like turkey or korea so you get a follow on. This puts you in the highest priority on base choice.

[@oHeihei]

I would say stateside is more common. If you get overseas, it's easy to stay overseas. And if you go from overseas to stateside, it's very hard to get back to overseas. For your first assignment, it's all based on luck, and your job for sure. For me, a lot of people were heading to Germany, so that's where I went. Then after I got my assignment the next round of jobs, a lot of people got Korea, or Japan. After that, it was a lot of Stateside like Luke, and Travis I heard a lot. So it could be easy based on when you graduate tech school as well, and which base needs personnel, but that's just way out of your control. At the end of the day, no matter where you go, it'll be what you make of it. Stay with positive adventurous people, and no matter where you go you'll have a blast and have a lot to do.

[@AirmanVision]

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[@just_wright]

It depends on their AFSC (job), rank, & skill level. Also depends on what's available. Many people want to go Overseas, so it can be difficult to get.

[@acecubano2634]

Fort dix in nj is good

[@rodbutler4054]

Yokota near Tokyo, not Okinawa!

[@joenop3393]

MacDill AFB in Tampa Florida is by far the Best Air Force Base in the U.S. So much to do on Base.....Home of two Awesome Joint Commands (SOCOM and CENTCOM). Warm Weather, Beautiful white Beach's, Cruise Ships, Casinos and Disney an Hour away. The Tampa Bay Bucs, Rays and Lightning! Great teams that have Won Championships!!

[@JCHHLOVE]

Worst one is Minot AFB

[@just_wright]

Cannon AFB

[@NA-xp2cr]

Congratulations Staff Sergeant Select Makenna! I saw your name on the 24E5 sheet. You made rank so fast!

[@jordan5384]

I got lucky, I got Hurlburt Feild AFB, close to the beach and home for me. Cant wait to get there after Tech School

[@Glockomaa]

Did u put that on your dreamsheet

[@jordan5384]

@@Glockomaa yeah it was 4th

[@johnanderson8046]

"Best" is totally subjective. I served for 21 years and enjoyed my time stationed at "bad" bases more than some of the times I was at "good" bases. The duty matters - not just the geographic location. If your job situation is bad, you're not going to enjoy yourself regardless of location. My advice to young people just enlisting: don't try to get stationed at the base nearest to your home. Cut the cord and take advantage of the opportunity to see new and different areas of the country.

[@shawnmiller4989]

Technically Joint Base Andrews is in Prince George County, Md. Home to Air Force 1. Also DC ANG

[@obfuscated3090]

Individuals vary so drastically there is no "best" or worst for all concerned. Young Airmen want social lives so coastal and near-urban basing tends to win. Outdoors types have opposite interests. Those homesteading prior to retirement tend to buy property accordingly. The smart play is RESEARCH including personal visits if practical. For example I enjoyed Pope because I lived in Gray's Creek away from it all so Fayettenam was not a concern. Ditto Shaw because I don't live in Sumter and my social life as an Airman was with other bikers while SC vehicle laws like no silly POV inspections make it great for gearheads. Race tracks and swap meets are in easy range.

[@operatornaut8534]

McChord is nice, but i got a few peeps there, granted this is a year later after this was posted that are straight up saying "get out" lmfao. It aint the base as it is so much the people in the state, which are uhhh... Not the best. Other then that, the rets are pretty neato.

[@mdmarko]

Enjoyed my tour at Randolph, five years. Also had two tours at the Presidio of Monterey, Army base but not bad.

[@mccalejk2]

Lost me at Wright-Patt. Pretty much the most boring area behind Barksdale and Edwards and Beale. Loved the base but your reasons are terrible lol

[@gustafchurn8282]

I miss your videos Makenna 🤠 You were always so classy and sweet! I hope your doing great somewhere🌹💃🏻🫡

[@emilyrupert4479]

Wright-Patt as Public Affairs was pretty boring. Great people but the job was kinda bleh there.

[@ShxdezOfNxe04]

I was about to say stolen video but I realized it was literally your husband 😂😂😂

[@brittanyjackson7361]

I came here to see if either bolling or Andrews would be on the list, and I love Andrews. And yes, the traffic is bad going on I-495 and I-295, sometimes 301. Anywho, fun fact: my grandmother used to work at Malcolm grow and retired there. My grandfather is a retired corpsman and he used to watch me and my sisters while my grandmother was at work. At that time, while I live with my parents and sister, we lived about 5 mins from Andrews. When it was time for her to get off, my grandfather used to take us to her job, we sat outside waiting for her to go to the commissary or the bx. I wish I could go back in time because I miss my childhood years. I do plan on joining the service because I think it's a great branch. prayerfully, I can get in. :) another fun fact: they renovated the bx and it's so beautiful and diff then it was 10 years ago. They have more restaurants at the food ct and it's bigger.

[@hayleephillips7409]

I personally wouldn’t want Washington State anywhere because being from Oregon I have found the two states aren’t that different. I’ve been between both states my whole life and I need something new; something different.

[@autumnonpurpose]

So can someone help me understand wherever they send you is there always A BASE? I’m trying to be a medic will I always be on a security base with other members and security… I always imagined deployment to be you in a tent with a radio 😂 apparently I was wrong lol I was thinking it was 1940 still

[@johnanderson8046]

You are confusing permanent duty station with "deployment." Yes, you will be assigned to a base as your permanent duty station. You may or may not be deployed at some point to a temporary duty location.

[@genewilkerson8528]

6 years at Barksdale.

[@cycleguy1943]

Been there done that 84-87👍

[@mercedeswalker7819]

How is it living on base that’s why i’m nervous because i’ve heard so many horror stories as it relates to sexual assault against women.

[@stilljt2864]

Don’t get it twisted y’all Dyess AFB in Abilene TX is the best 😂😂 cause I’m here 💀

[@miapia29]

Will I be able to go overseas w a medical job… around Greece or Hawaii

[@MrRandyMarsh1]

So as I saw this I knew tinker would not be included

[@coreysargent9018]

Why don’t you see her on videos much anymore

[@christinarose2483]

Where are stationed at right now?

[@sillygosling351]

Nellis makes me regret being born

[@1stcloudking]

Yo I'mgoingto Macdill in like a week :D

[@jeffdo9195]

Best bases? That's adjective

[@kennethboehnen271]

Hickam Honolulu

[@snaily_lunar]

I love macdill so much

[@tahjag6358]

i’m going to Nellisssss woot woot

[@Luffy459]

I’m going to basic training on Oct 3rd so I’m just doing research to help me decide what to put on the list when the date comes

[@jasonczfan8658]

My daughter ships off on the 9th. Good luck to both of you.

[@takai611]

They threw me in Holloman :)

[@DatBoiE]

How do you like Ft. Meade?

[@Jake-be9ji]

Which bases are NOT deployable? Inside and outside of the country 🙏

[@prescottosegie]

Thanks for the info on some of the best airforce bases I appreciate it

[@DHunter_47]

John 3:16 King James Version 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

[@timruskowski4923]

JBA represent!

[@stephaniesojovelazquez3324]

Thanks!

[@jalenmoore.]

Wright patt at 3 is disgusting

[@USAFVet_McGuireAFB]

Why? Been there (not stationed) and it’s a nice base

[@jalenmoore.]

@@USAFVet_McGuireAFB there’s nothing nice about Ohio

[@genewilkerson8528]

Why not Minot?

[@MannyVegaNieves]

Excellent analysis

[@masterofnone18]

Totally disagree about Andrews, especially for a first time enlistee. The Wash DC area will give you a false sense of what the AF is and how it is run. I was assigned to the Pentagon as an A1C at the C level, which if not for being an AF Brat and with an entire family that was AF; I would have gotten the wrong idea. Ex. Lt Colonels get the office coffee in many Wash DC Pentagon offices. I've had to tell a brigadier general that he's "only a one star general," which many of you veterans know, a one star is a god at a base. This also goes for Bolling and the other bases in the area as you're exposed to many top senior staff members of all branches. Additionally, the COLA for a junior enlisted and some officers, is too low and you'll need to travel from far outside a normal commute if you have an existing family. For those in the dorms, it will be a very different experience than at a traditional base. I was at Fort Myers before getting married with the army on the first/second floors were four to a room, while the AF on third/fourth was one to two depending on ranks. From my friends at Bolling "high rise", they said the rooms aren't anything like the dorms at a base or shown in these videos. Finally, I hope you're taking this experience seriously. When I got to my first real base, Eielson AFB AK (WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, I still talk to folks that I've shared deployments with), in a fighter squadron (18TH!!!!), things were extremely different than at HQ. Wash DC didn't prepare me for the Ops tempo, the readiness and the training to prepare to deploy for real world situations (which we did); lucky, my father had trained my sister and I for this environment and the transition was easier, still suffered from survivor's guilt after getting out and crowds were an issue for many years. I feel for anyone that thinks Wash DC is the "Real Air Force;" that would be an opportunist mind set. Per the description, my favoriate bases were: Osan AB, Korea; Eielson/Elmendorf AFB, Alaska (but you better like cold and outdoors but avoid Clear AS); Dyes, AFB Texas; any of the San Antonio bases; Hill AFB, Utah

[@jacobproff]

As a first term Bolling airman, yes it's expensive but... What is available, is outstanding I firmly stand by that is a great area with a strong USO support base/single member programs/mwr facilitys. If you didn't make the most of that you squandered that assignment.

[@piusdepaz7460]

Anyone have any opinions on Whiteman AFB in Missouri? Lol

[@garymartin1956]

Froze my butt off in Jan.😢

[@luciananavarropowell6502]

I am Californian, so I liked the warm weather, but I live in Washington. However, after the first year or two, I got used to the cold, and I have come to enjoy the cold. Also, it doesn't get as cold as other places, such as New England. Plus, the Skiing is great!

[@shannonn_21]

Ohio??

[@freelymo2729]

Wow look who I found when looking for my next PCS 😂🩷 miss you Gott