Adams Air Force Base

Overview of Adams Air Force Base

Gates of AAFB

"*Welcome to the Capital. **Currahee**,*"
—The motto of AAFB after the Battle of Archangel[src]

**Adams Air Force Base,** also known by the abbreviation **AAFB** and known post-war as **The Capital**, is a major location in *The Walking Dead by EDStudios* and the '*New Age*' Extension*.* The community was founded by Edwards' Group with the aid of the Tribal Militia and grew into a giant community populated by nearly five thousand survivors over the course of just five months. It would later unite with the settlement of Prescott to form the New Graystone Alliance, a coalition against the threat of the Frontiersmen.

After a long war and suffering thousands of loses, AAFB proved victorious over the Frontiersmen and expanded into the surrounding plains, transforming into the Capital, the capital settlement of the Commonwealth of New Graystone. It was vastly improved, with the addition of entire districts, crops and orchards. The community was severely damaged during the State's conflict with the Fear but was heavily upgraded when the conflict was over.

During the war with the Government and the New Buckingham Corps, AAFB served as the primary deployment centre of the New Graystone Military. In the decades since the end of both wars, the Capital transformed into a beacon of hope, one of the most secure and important settlements in the whole of what was once the United States.

## Pre-Apocalypse

Adams Air Force Base was a military-operated airbase located in eastern Montana and was one of the largest air bases in the country. The base was well known for its highly defensible position, built on a large elevated piece of land. As it was used to test experimental aircraft, a well-secured fence was constructed all around the base's perimeter, which was further reinforced with a large wall that protected the inner base.

In 2011, when its funding ran out, one of the two known Massive Military Land Vehicles was transferred to the base half-built, where it would remain in storage for many years.

## Post-Apocalypse

After the military was brought in to evacuate the cities, the base was placed on lockdown, isolating the soldiers within from the outside world. One by one, the soldiers died and reanimated, until they were cleared out by the Frontiersmen. It then became the western-most outpost of the tribe and was set to be the stage from where they would conquer the nearby communities and eventually the whole of Montana.

### Improvement

> *"A lot of what you're seeing here wasn't here a few years ago. Most of this is built upon the **bones** of what was. We've made it our own. It's all part of the **New World**. Right here, right now, we're making **a new beginning**,"*
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Over the course of six years after the Battle of Archangel, AAFB was the target of a massive rebuilding effort after the Frontiersmen assault; the broken walls were expanded outwards into the surrounding plains, and new supplies from the Frontier and Blessing's Valley were used to repair old structures and even construct new ones, such as housing and shelters, transforming the former air force base into a replica of a city, with markets, districts and housing. The new space allowed for extended crop fields, making AAFB into a bustling trade hub, and consistent trade with the other communities kept the community sustainable.

The population also experienced a boom, growing to just under 10,000 residents living in both the constraints of the old air force base and the expansions, which where built so as to provide enough space for people, farms and orchards. Politically, it became a central administrative settlement where newcomers were brought; an interview system was set up so new residents could choose to remain at the base and choose a job or enable them to move away and join another community. In the end, AAFB felt like a brand new settlement, so a new name began circling around the State of New Graystone: "The Capital".

### Rebuilding

After the walkers were cleared from the Capital, its residents moved back behind the walls and began rebuilding the base using the supplies originally intended for Alexandria. The settlement was made even larger thanks to this boost in resources.

## Layout

The base itself was one of the largest air bases operated by the US military, with an area of around 30,000 acres. Its only power relay at the northern end of the base and is surrounded by a high wall of steel. On the eastern end of the base is a selection of houses, bunkers and tents. There are also several hangers, within which are the ruins of old aircraft and the half-assembled Land Crawler. After the base is settled, it is divided into five districts.

According to Jimmy, the base had a population of around 2,000 people before the Battle of Archangel, which grew to over 4,000 in the following six years and has continued to grow since.

#### Gate District

Occupying the southern sector of the base. This district contains the gate to the community, a mighty wall that serves as the community's first line of defence. The guard's quarters are located around the southern wall, and there is a permanent force of around twenty soldiers patrolling the gate. Following the Battle of Archangel, the gate and its defences were expanded to allow soldiers to live in the area.

#### Runway 1

The first of the three runways is the shortest and is bordered by several barracks and a single hanger, within which the incomplete Land Crawler was discovered.

##### Edwards' Quarters

The air traffic control tower that served this runway was later converted into Edwards' home on the base.

## Inhabitants

### Survivors:

* Dominic Edwards - leader of the community
* Gideon Monroe - priest, member of the paramilitary
* *Hannah Granger*
* Felecia
* *Finn* - captain of the guard
* *John Terrance*
* *Gabriel Terrance*
* *Sarah Stanton*
* *Becky Stanton*
* *Nicolas*
* *Zoe*
* *'Tinker' Tom* - community engineer
* *Katrina*
* *Jimmy*
* Numerous counts of unnamed members of the Tribal Militia
* Numerous counts of unnamed people

### Former Inhabitants

* Abigail Granger - niece of Kyle Granger, daughter of Ajax, moved to Prescott
* Alex Junior - warden for the Gate
* Charlotte Edwards
* Drew Stanton - former co-leader of the community
* Kyle Granger - recruiter for the community
* *Harry Edwards* - former leader of the community, former leader of the Commonwealth of New Graystone
* *Bethany Edwards* - second-in-command of the community, head of the 1st Battalion
* *Shadowman* - former leader of the community, leader of Blessing's Ridge.
* *Carl McKenzie* - former community doctor
* *Gracie* - blacksmith, moved to Fairbanks
* Numerous counts of unnamed people

### Prisoners

* *Lawrence Carter* - a member of the original inhabitants, led a coup after the Battle of Archangel
* *Nathan Carlson* - former leader of the Fear

## Deaths

* Kieron Smith - disembowelled by Lawrence Carter, later killed by Harry Edwards following reanimation
* 14 unnamed Frontiersmen
* Several unnamed residents

## Gallery

The gates of Adams Air Force BaseAir-Traffic Control TowerThe interior of AAFB Church
## Trivia

* Adams Air Force Base is based on Malmstrom Air Force Base, which is located in Montana. Its name comes from the air-base of the same name from *Fallout 3*.
* The Capital is the longest surviving location where the survivors have stayed in the series, with more than double the series lifespan of the second-longest location, Greencole.
* AAFB was renamed the Capital due to its size and its status as the capital settlement of the State of New Graystone.
* The Capital is by far the largest community in the series, although there are towns and cities inhabited by survivors that are larger.
* Residents of the Capital are colloquially known as "Capitalists".