Fort Bliss Map
1861-1862: CSA
1862-Present: United States
15th Sustainment Brigade
5th Armored Brigade
32d Army Air and Missile Defense Command
11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
Joint Task Force North
German Air Force Air Defense Center
Facilities:
Biggs Army Airfield
McGregor Range
Do��a Ana Range
North Training Area
South Training Area
Fort Bliss is a United States Army post in the U.S. states of New Mexico and Texas. With an area of about 1,700 square miles (4,400 km2), it is the Army's second-largest installation behind the adjacent White Sands Missile Range. It is FORSCOM's largest installation, and has the Army's largest Maneuver Area (992,000 maneuver acres for practicing military maneuvers) behind the National Training Center. Part of the post in El Paso County, Texas, is a census-designated place (CDP); it had a population of 8,264 at the 2000 census. Fort Bliss also provides the largest contiguous tract (1,500 sq mi, 3,900 km2) of virtually unrestricted airspace in the Continental United States; the airspace is used for missile and artillery training and testing .
Nearby cities include El Paso, Chaparral, Horizon City, Sunland Park, Socorro.