Home to the 17th Training Wing, Goodfellow Air Force Base is a United States Air Force training installation subordinate to Air Education & Training Command (AETC). Goodfellow's chief mission is to develop and deliver training in the cryptologic and general intelligence career fields for Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps personnel plus students from certain Allied countries and national agencies. Specifically, the intelligence curriculum includes courses in cryptologic linguistics and analysis, intelligence applications and operations, imagery, targeting, and intelligence-related communications and electronics maintenance. In addition, the base provides fire protection-training for multiservice personnel and special instruments training in support of the US Atomic Energy Detection System.
Located on 1,137 acres near the west Texas community of San Angelo, Goodfellow's assets include nearly 150 buildings totaling some 1.2 million square feet and upwards of 4,400 computers, the greatest portion of which support state-of-the-art computer-assisted instruction in the intelligence-training arena. Permanent party assigned to the base approximate 2,480 uniformed and civilian personnel, while the average daily student load exceeds 1,200 students.
The base hosts a number of tenant organizations, including the 344th Military Intelligence Battalion/111th Military Intelligence Brigade; the Naval Technical Training Center Detachment; and a Marine Corps detachment. Additionally, the base hosts a Department of Transportation tire-testing facility.
Home to the 17th Training Wing, Goodfellow Air Force Base is a United States Air Force training installation subordinate to Air Education & Training Command (AETC). Goodfellow's chief mission is to develop and deliver training in the cryptologic and general intelligence career fields for Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps personnel plus students from certain Allied countries and national agencies. Specifically, the intelligence curriculum includes courses in cryptologic linguistics and analysis, intelligence applications and operations, imagery, targeting, and intelligence-related communications and electronics maintenance. In addition, the base provides fire protection-training for multiservice personnel and special instruments training in support of the US Atomic Energy Detection System. 
