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Pages in category "Installations of the United States Air Force in Texas" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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. It was operated by Air Defense Command on the site of the World War II air base. Opened in 1957, it was closed in 1963.
The USAF Airman Heritage Museum is an aviation field museum and heritage collection of the United States Air Force located at Lackland AFB near San Antonio, Texas. [5] [6] The museum, along with the Security Forces Exhibit Annex, are part of the Airman Heritage Training Complex, run by the Air Education and Training Command. [7]
Randolph Field Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing the central portion of Randolph Air Force Base, near San Antonio, Texas, US.Randolph Field was innovatively designed using Garden city movement principles, and includes a unique and well-preserved assemblage of Mission Revival and Art Deco architecture.
Garner, Christian (2016), "An Unfulfilled Promise: The U.S. Glider Pilot Training Program and Lamesa Field, Texas, During World War II." Military History of the West 45 (June 2016): 46–76. Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History's Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.
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. [1]
Coordinates: Hicks Field Bombing Target: Type: Pilot training airfield: Site information; Controlled by: Royal Flying Corps (1916) Air Service, United States Army (1917–1920) United States Navy (1920–1940) United States Army Air Forces (1940–1945): Condition: Redeveloped as industrial park: Site history; Built: 1916: In use: 1916–1945 (military), 1945–ca.1976 (civil airfield ...
Opened on 1 April 1941 with 2,000' all-way turf runway. Known as Corsicana Field.Assigned to United States Army Air Forces Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central Flying Training Command) as a primary (level 1) pilot training airfield. had six local axillary airfields for emergency and overflow landings.