Arizona has 2 military bases In 2012, Davis-Mothan AFB near Tucson was honored as the best Air Force base in the world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis–Monthan_Air_Force_Base The Aviation Hall of Fame and the 390th Mememorial are also in Tucson. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_Aviation_Hall_of_Fame http://www.390th.org/ Luke AFB is a major training base of the Air Education and Training Command located 15 miles west of Phoenix and the Rec Dept of Sun City often has tour buses to it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Air_Force_Base The Thunder Over the Coconino Fly-in is held at the Planes of Fame Museum in Valle. http://www.valleairport.com/ http://planesoffame.org/index.php?page=valle-az-location The Aviation Hall of Fame pays tribute to the long aviation history of the state. http://www.pimaair.org/view.php?pg=8 The Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame Society awards a Medallion to veterans of the state for charity work after they were honorably discharged. http://avhof.org/ During World War II, the Navajo Code Talkers transmitted messages in their native language. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_talker Astronauts trained at the Barringer Meterorite Crater because it is similiar to the moon. http://www.barringercrater.com/ Arizona hasArmy National Guard Units and Army Corps of Engineers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_Army_National_Guard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers
There is also an Army base near Sierra Vista probably 3 1/2 hours south of Sun City AZ called Fort Huachuca as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Huachuca
