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San Antonio. Dyess Air Force Base. Abilene. Goodfellow Air Force Base. San Angelo. Laughlin Air Force Base. Del Rio. Sheppard Air Force Base. Wichita Falls.
Laughlin Army Air Field photo pictorial. Laughlin AFB was originally named Laughlin Army Air Field on March 3, 1943, after Jack T. Laughlin, a B-17E Flying Fortress pilot. He was trained as a pilot and was actually co-pilot of B-17E, tail number 41-2476. On the day of his first bombing mission, he was bumped by the Group Commander Major Stanley ...
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.
17R/35L. 8,301. 2,530. Asphalt. Oblique 26 October 1943 aerial photo looking north. Harlingen Air Force Base, originally Harlingen Army Airfield, is a former United States Air Force (USAF) base in northeast Harlingen, Texas. After the base closed, the field was redeveloped into Valley International Airport .
Del Rio is the principal city of the Del Rio micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Val Verde County; [13] the micropolitan area had an estimated population over 50,000 in 2007. [14] Located across from Del Rio, in the Mexican state of Coahuila , is the city of Ciudad Acuña, with a city population of 201,161.
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.
Del Rio International Airport. / 29.37417°N 100.92722°W / 29.37417; -100.92722. Del Rio International Airport ( IATA: DRT, ICAO: KDRT, FAA LID: DRT) is two miles northwest of Del Rio, in Val Verde County, Texas, United States. [1] It is used for general aviation, and, being near Laughlin Air Force Base, it is often used by USAF ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML. GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This category is for all current and historic military installations located in the State of Texas .