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The airfield remained active until about 2002 when SSIA ended its use of Matagorda Island, and the airport was closed and abandoned. [1] Today, the airport is closed and its facilities are deteriorating. Some old rocket launch stands can be found in the area. The World War II military base was dismantled and no longer remains.
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]
Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas OCLC 71006954, 29991467; Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America: World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now, Vol. 2. Pictorial Histories Pub, ISBN 1-57510-051-7; Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Pampa Army Airfield, Pampa, TX
Pyote Air Force Base was a World War II United States Army Air Forces training airbase. It was on 2,745 acres (1,111 ha) a mile from the town of Pyote, Texas, on U.S. Highway 80, 20 miles west of Monahans,` 230 miles (370 km) east of El Paso. Tribute to the first squadrons who trained at Rattlesnake Bomber Base Texas Historical Marker
Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas. OCLC 71006954, 29991467; Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now – Vol. 2. Publisher: Pictorial Histories Pub, ISBN 1-57510-051-7; Aloe, Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Texas, Northeastern Corpus Christi area
By 1973, maps depicted Eagle Mountain Lake as an abandoned airfield. In the early 1980s, the property was transferred to televangelist Kenneth Copeland, and a new hangar had been built on the site of the original World War II-era structure. [2]
Matagorda Island Air Force Base (/ ˈ m æ t ə ˈ ɡ ɔːr d ə / ⓘ [1]) is a closed military airfield on the north end of Matagorda Island, northeast of Corpus Christi, Texas. It was closed by the United States Air Force in 1975.
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. It was operated by Air Defense Command on the site of the World War II ...