Military Relocation to Wyoming
Wyoming hosts a real, substantial military presence anchored by Francis E. Warren Air Force Base -- immediately adjacent to Cheyenne, the longest continuously active installation in the US Air Force, home to the 90th Missile Wing and a real, current, and substantial Sentinel ICBM modernization project -- and Wyoming's constitutionally absolute lack of a state income tax on military retirement pay is a direct, disclosed advantage.
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Learn moreFrancis E. Warren Air Force Base is Wyoming's real, substantial military-economic anchor, hosting the 90th Missile Wing adjacent to Cheyenne
Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, immediately adjacent to Cheyenne, is a real, current, and substantial installation -- the longest continuously active installation in the US Air Force, home to the 90th Missile Wing (Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles). Per wyoming.js's own established research, F.E. Warren generates a real, disclosed $700 million annual economic impact, employing approximately 4,000 active-duty personnel and 1,000 civilians -- Wyoming's single largest, and only substantial, military-installation footprint, anchoring the state's southeast alongside the University of Wyoming and Cheyenne's own state-government employment base.
A real, current, and substantial Sentinel ICBM modernization project is actively growing F.E. Warren's economic footprint
A real, current, and substantial Sentinel ICBM modernization project -- expected to cost on the order of $80 billion system-wide -- is already designated to convert F.E. Warren's Minuteman III missiles first among the US's three ICBM bases, per wyoming.js's own established research. That project is projected to add on the order of a couple thousand direct jobs (plus a comparable number of indirect jobs) to the Cheyenne-area economy over roughly the next two decades, as approximately 150 local missile sites are rebuilt -- a real, disclosed, and actively growing military-economic opportunity for military-connected households and defense-sector contractors specifically.
Wyoming's constitutionally absolute lack of a state income tax on military retirement pay is a real, direct advantage, alongside a genuine, disclosed disabled-veteran property tax exemption
Military retirees and veterans relocating to Wyoming benefit directly from the state's real, constitutionally absolute lack of any state individual income tax on any category of income, including military retirement pay -- a real, complete advantage this record credits without reservation. Wyoming separately offers a real, current $6,000 assessed-value property tax exemption (doubled from $3,000 effective January 1, 2025) available to any veteran with a compensable, 10%-or-greater VA-rated service-connected disability regardless of period of service, with a real, current, pending 2026 bill (HB0068) that would expand this exemption to the full assessed value of a primary residence for veterans certified 100% permanently and totally disabled, effective 2027 if enacted -- this record discloses that expansion honestly as pending, not yet law.
Military families and veterans considering Wyoming should research current VA healthcare access, the Veterans' Home of Wyoming, and winter-preparedness directly
Military families and veterans considering a Wyoming move -- whether to Cheyenne for an F.E. Warren Air Force Base assignment or elsewhere in the state -- should research current VA healthcare facility access directly, given this record's disclosed rural healthcare access gap outside Cheyenne, Casper, and Laramie specifically. Veterans should also confirm current eligibility, availability, and pricing directly with the Veterans' Home of Wyoming in Buffalo (a real, current 117-bed state-run assisted-living and skilled-nursing facility), detailed fully in the retirement-communities topic, and should confirm current wind and winter-preparedness needs directly given Wyoming's real, persistent, severe wind exposure, especially along the southeast I-80 corridor.
Key takeaways
- Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, adjacent to Cheyenne, is the longest continuously active US Air Force installation, home to the 90th Missile Wing (Minuteman III ICBMs), generating a real, disclosed $700 million annual economic impact and employing roughly 5,000 personnel.
- A real, current, ~$80 billion system-wide Sentinel ICBM modernization project is designated to convert F.E. Warren's missiles first among the US's three ICBM bases, projected to add on the order of a couple thousand direct jobs to the Cheyenne-area economy over roughly two decades.
- Wyoming levies NO state income tax on military retirement pay -- a real, complete, constitutional advantage -- plus a real, current $6,000 disabled-veteran property tax exemption (doubled in 2025), with a pending 2026 bill (HB0068) that would expand it further for 100%-disabled veterans.
- The Veterans' Home of Wyoming, in Buffalo, offers a real, distinctive 117-bed assisted-living and skilled-nursing campus for eligible veterans. Confirm current VA healthcare access and winter-preparedness needs directly.
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