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Laughlin AFB, the largest pilot training base in the US Air Force, is home to the 47th Flying Training Wing of the Air Education and Training Command and the 96th Flying Training Squadron of the Air Force Reserve Command. On weekdays, the airfield sees more takeoffs and landings than any other airport in the country.
Biggs Field (later Biggs Air Force Base), Texas, 20 October 1946; Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, 19 November 1948 – 2 October 1949; Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, 12 March 1951 – 21 May 1952; Sculthorpe RAF Station (later, RAF Sculthorpe), England, 1 June 1952 – 8 February 1955; Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, 15 December 1991 ...
The 47th Flying Training Wing is a United States Air Force pilot training wing based at Laughlin Air Force Base, near Del Rio, Texas.It is one of five pilot training units in the Air Force's Air Education and Training Command which conducts joint specialized undergraduate pilot training for the United States Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard and allied nation air forces ...
A portion of the wartime Eagle Pass airfield was reopened under the name of Laughlin AF Aux #1 in 1962 for touch and go landings by T-37 Tweet training aircraft based at Laughlin AFB. The wartime NW/SE (14/32) runway was refurbished and asphalted, with the runway extended to the southeast to accommodate overruns on each end.
In April 1990 the squadron was resurrected to meet the increased demand for pilots. The 84th was designated a Flying Training Squadron and joined the 85th Flying Training Squadron in training pilots in the Cessna T-37 Tweet at Laughlin Air Force Base. Again yielding to changes in pilot production the squadron was inactivated in October 1992.
Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio, 8 April 1956; Duluth International Airport, Minnesota, 30 Sep 1968; K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base, Michigan, 1 May 1971 – 1 Oct 1985; Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, 2 Apr 1990 – present [9]
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Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, 19 November 1948; Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, 17 October 1949 – 21 May 1952; RAF Sculthorpe, England, 31 May 1952 – 22 June 1962; Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, 1 September 1972 – present) [7]