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Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is the fifth-largest employer in the region. Davis-Monthan became a military base in 1925 and is a key Air Combat Command installation. The 355th Wing is the host unit at the base and provides medical, logistical, and operational support to all the units. The associate units are represented by almost all major air commands, the Air Force Reserve, and the Air National Guard.
The wing's missions are to train A-10 and OA-10 pilots and to provide A-10 and OA-10 close support and forward air control to ground forces worldwide. The wing is also charged with providing command, control, and communications countermeasures in support of tactical forces with its EC-130H aircraft and, employing the EC-130E aircraft, providing airborne command, control, and communications capabilities for managing tactical air operations in war and other contingencies worldwide.
There are 11 permanent dormitories on base and over 1,200 housing units. The base employs about 8,200 people, of which 6,500 are military and 1,700 are civilian personnel. It is estimated that the combined direct and indirect economic impacts of Davis-Monthan in the Tucson region amount to more than $1.1 billion each year (Arizona Daily Star, 2005).
Fort Huachuca is the home of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center and the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM)/9th Army Signal Command. Located in Cochise County, in southeast Arizona, about 15 miles north of the border with Mexico, Fort Huachuca was annexed in 1971 by the city of Sierra Vista and was declared a national landmark in 1976.
Fort Huachuca is also the headquarters of Army Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS) and the Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) and the Electronic Proving Ground (EPG).
Libby Army Airfield is located on post and shares the runway with Sierra Vista Municipal Airport; it is on the list of alternate landing locations for the space shuttle, though it has never been used as such.
US Border Patrol
The International border area of Arizona was originally patrolled by mounted guards from 1904 until July 1, 1924. On July 1, 1924, Walter F. Miller, the first Chief Patrol Inspector of the sector, organized what was then called the Nogales Sector. The sector was made up of 9 former mounted guards and 26 officers who were selected from a Civil Service Register for railway postal clerks. Equipment for the sector consisted of three government owned vehicles, several rental vehicles, and sufficient horses to provide transportation for the remaining officers. The officers were distributed among 11 stations as follows: Nogales 13; Naco 4; Douglas 4; Patagonia 2; Sasabe 2; Tucson 2; Ajo 2; Amado 2; Hereford 2; Parker Canyon 2; and Tubac 2.
On July 1, 1926, the sector headquarters was moved to Tucson, Arizona and the name was changed to Tucson Sector. At this same time, the manpower at Tucson station increased from two patrol inspectors to four and a new station with two patrol inspectors was opened in Casa Grande, Arizona.
Today, Tucson Sector is the busiest sector in the country in both illegal alien apprehensions and marijuana seizures on the Southwest Border covering 262 miles of linear border from the Yuma county line to the Arizona/New Mexico state line. It is made up of eight stations that are broken down into three corridors. These eight stations are located in Ajo, Casa Grande, Tucson, Nogales, Wilcox, Sonoita, Naco, and Douglas. Tucson Sector currently has just over 2,900 agents working the eight stations in Tucson Sector.
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