 In January 1948 , Roswell Army Air Field in Roswell , New Mexico , was renamed Walker Air Force Base in honor of Walker . The base was inactivated on 2 July 1965 and closed on 30 June 1967 . Walker Hall , and its Walker Air Power Room , at Maxwell Air Force Base , home of the Air Force Doctrine Development and Education Center , are also named after him . The Walker Papers is an Air Force Fellows program that annually honors the top three research papers produced by Air Force Fellows with the Walker Series award . The Walker Series recognizes the contributions each Fellow has made to research supporting air and space power and its use in the implementation of US strategic policy . 
