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Carswell Air Force Base served as an active base for the Army Air Force and later the Air Force from 1942-1994. The base hosted a number of units in that time, most prominently the 7th Bombardment Wing staging bomber and tanker aircraft for Strategic Air Command and later Air Combat Command. However, it also support Air Force Reserve Command fighters from the 301st Fighter Wing. The base was closed the 1991 BRAC commission recommendation. Today it serves as Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth and continues to host the 301st Fighter Wing along with the 136th Airlift Wing.