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5 unusual facts about Camp Cooke


Air support base

Air support bases were generally adjacent to the army post using additional federally-acquired land (e.g., Santa Maria Army Airfield at Camp Cooke), but airfields were built on some of the large Army reservations (e.g., Fort Dix Army Airfield).

Camp Cooke

Vandenberg Air Force Base, a U.S. Air Force Base in California originally named Camp Cooke

Philip St. George Cooke

Camp Cooke, an Army camp in Santa Barbara County, California, was named for him.

Camp Cooke (1866-1870), the first military post in the Montana Territory, was named in honor of Phillip St. George Cooke while he was the commander of the Department of the Platte which included the Montana Territory.

Camp Cooke (1941-1953) was the name given to the military post near Lompoc California.



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