It is the oldest continuously active base in the Air Force, and it has played a role in everything from the Great Sioux Wars to nuclear deterrence. It has gone by two names.The first was Ft. David A. Russell, a frontier cavalry post established in Wyoming Territory in July 1867 to help protect Union Pacific workers from Indians. David Allen Russell, a heroic Union general who died in the Civil War, was its namesake for 63 years.
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机译：它是空军历史最悠久的持续活跃基地，并且在从大苏战争到核威慑的一切事务中都发挥了作用。它有两个名字，第一个是Ft。戴维·罗素（David A. Russell），1867年7月在怀俄明州成立的边防骑兵哨所，旨在帮助保护太平洋联盟工人免受印第安人侵害。英勇的联盟将军大卫·艾伦·罗素（David Allen Russell）在南北战争中阵亡，是该组织的同名人物63年。
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