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1940–present. During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces established numerous airfields in Texas for training pilots and aircrews. The amount of available land and the temperate climate made Texas a prime location for year-round military training. By the end of the war, 65 Army airfields were built in the state.
Eagle Pass Army Airfield is a former World War II military airfield complex. It is located 10.6 miles (17.1 km) north of Eagle Pass, Texas. It operated as a training base for the United States Army Air Forces from 1943 until 1945. Later, during the Cold War, Eagle Pass Air Force Station (ADC ID: TM-188) was a United States Air Force Radar facility.
John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman. April 4, 2024 at 6:00 AM. Construction has begun on Texas' military base camp in Eagle Pass, near the Texas-Mexico border, which is expected to house ...
USGS images. Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport ( IATA: AMA, ICAO: KAMA, FAA LID: AMA) is a public airport six miles (10 km) east of downtown Amarillo, in Potter County, Texas, United States. [ 2] The airport was renamed in 2003 after NASA astronaut and Amarillo native Rick Husband, who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in ...
4128th Strategic Wing Amarillo AFB, Texas; B-52D, 1960–1963 718th Bombardment Squadron Inactivated on 1 February 1963, assets to 764th BS/461st BW. 4130th Strategic Wing Bergstrom AFB, Texas; B-52D, 1959–1963 335th Bombardment Squadron Inactivated on 1 September 1963, assets to 486th BS/340th BW. 4133rd Strategic Wing Grand Forks AFB, North ...
Bergstrom Field. Big Spring Army Air Field. Big Spring Army Glider Training School. Biggs Army Airfield. Brooks Air Force Base. Brooks Field, Texas. Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport. Brownwood Regional Airport. Bruce Field.
In use. 1942 - 1946. Marine Corps Air Station Eagle Mountain Lake (MCAS Eagle Mountain Lake) was a United States Marine Corps air station that was located 23 miles (37 km) northwest of Fort Worth, Texas during World War II. Commissioned on 1 December 1942, the air station was originally supposed to be the home of the Marine Corps glider program.