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Carswell Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force (USAF) base, located northwest of Fort Worth, Texas. For most of its operational lifetime, the base's mission was to train and support heavy strategic bombing groups and wings. Carswell was a major Strategic Air Command (SAC) base during the Cold War.
The aircraft was accepted by the Air Force on August 14, 1954 and was retired on 12, February 1959. It was displayed at Amon Carter Field, later Greater Southwest International Airport, from 1959 until the late 1970s, when it was moved to Carswell Air Force Base. Exposed to the extremes of Texas weather, the giant aircraft slowly deteriorated.
Air Force One at Carswell Air Force Base, John F. Kennedy’s visit to Fort Worth, 11/21-22/1963 MORE : Check out more historic photo galleries from the Star-Telegram archives here . Show comments
Then, he and first lady Jackie Kennedy rode in a motorcade through downtown on the way to Carswell Air Force Base, where they’d fly to Dallas. ... as these Star-Telegram photos show. We’ve ...
Major Horace S. Carswell, Jr. (1916–1944) Carswell Air Force Base was named after Medal of Honor recipient Major Horace S. Carswell, Jr., USAAF (1916–1944). Major Carswell was returning from an attack on Japanese shipping in the South China Sea on 26 October 1944 when he attempted to save a crewmember whose parachute had been destroyed by flak.
On February 27, 1948, Fort Worth Army Airfield was renamed Carswell Air Force Base in his honor. There are also Carswell Avenues at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas and Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri named in his honor. A frame containing an artist's rendition and an exhibit Medal of Honor and a citation is on ...
Second prototype General Dynamics YF-16A Fighting Falcon, 72-01568, on practice flight prior to deployment for the Paris Air Show, suffers failure of main undercarriage leg to extend. General Dynamics test pilot Neil Anderson flies aircraft until fuel is nearly exhausted then makes expert grass belly-landing at Carswell Air Force Base, Texas.
Greenville Air Force Base, South Carolina, 18 October 1950 – 20 July 1951; Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, 6 Aug 1951 - 14 Jul 1952; Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 25 March 1956; Hensley Field, Texas, 16 November 1957; Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, 3 March 1963 [1] - 25 November 1965