Oxnard Air Force Base Oxnard Air Force Base Oxnard Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base, located in the city of Camarillo, California. Camarillo Airport was originally established in 1942 when the California State Highway Department constructed an auxiliary landing field with a runway. During World War II the 36th Flying Training Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces) supervised contractors training pilots at the airfield. The runway was later extended to in 1951 to accommodate what by then had developed into Oxnard Air Force Base. The airport runway was further extended in 1959 to accommodate jet fighter aircraft such as the
Afonsos Air Force Base Subordinated to the command of the 2nd Air Force (II FAe), which is dedicated to Search and Rescue, Rotorary Wings, and Maritime Patrol: Subordinated to the command of the 5th Air Force (V FAe), which is dedicated to Transport Aviation: Additionally, the "Batalhão de Infantaria de Aeronáutica Especial dos Afonsos" (BINFAE-AF), an Infantry Battalion of the Brazilian Air Force that guards the Base, and the "Esquadrão Aeroterrestre de Salvamento" (EAS), known as Pára-SAR, specialized in Rescue missions are also based at Afonsos Air Force Base. The base is located approximately 30 km from Rio de Janeiro downtown in the district