The Iowa Reservation is located in Richardson County in southeastern Nebraska and Brown and Doniphan Counties in northeastern Kansas. It spans 1,500 acres of checkerboard lands, alternating between tribal and non-Native ownership.

The Kansas Kickapoo Tribe is mostly located in Doniphan County.

The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation is located near Mayetta.

McConnell Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located four miles southeast of the central business district of Wichita.

The 190th Air Refueling Wing provides Global Reach for the United States Air Force through the in-flight refueling of fighters, bombers and other aircraft using the KC-135 Stratotankers and is located at the Topeka Regional Airport

The Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range is a range of the Kansas Air National Guard that is located in the Smoky Hills region, ten miles south of Salina, Kansas. It is operated by a detachment of the 184th Intelligence Wing

 The Kansas Wing of the Civil AIr Patrol can use all national CAP frequencies

Fort Riley is a United States Army installation located in North Central Kansas, on the Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, between Junction City and Manhattan and is home of the "Big Red 1."

Marshall Army Airfield is a military airfield located on Fort Riley and provides fully integrated fixed base helicopter operations for the Combat Aviation Brigade.

Fort Leavenworth is a United States Army installation located in Leavenworth County, Kansas, immediately north of the city of Leavenworth in the upper northeast portion of the state.