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Col John R. Morgan was the first commanding officer of the Harlingen Aerial Gunnery School, arriving in August 1941; he was to hold that appointment through World War II. On June 30, 1941 a contract was let for Morgan and Zachary, El Paso and Laredo builders, to start the military airfield construction. [ 1 ]
Harlingen Army Airfield, Harlingen, Texas AAF Gunnery School (Flexible) 93d Flexible Gunnery Training Group Opened: January 1942, closed: February 1946 (AT-6, AT-11, AT-18, B-24, RP-39Q) [3] Used modified AT-6s (later RP-39Qs) as air gunnery targets; closed February 1946; reopened as Harlingen Air Force Base, 1950; closed 1962
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]
The Harlingen Armed Forces Reserve Center (AFRC) is located at 1300 W Teege Ave, Harlingen, Texas. This facility hosts Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces units from the United States Army Reserve 319th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 4th Team, 1st Judge Advocate General Detachment, 5th Team, 1st Judge Advocate General ...
Now, a veterans group is planning to build a 6 1/2-foot-high black granite monument dedicated to the 23 Harlingen soldiers killed during the war from 1961 to 1975. As part of the project, city ...
Texas World War II Army Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces. Pages in category "Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Texas" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total.
A portion of the museum's collection of authentic World War II nose art.The collection is currently on loan to the EAA Aviation Museum located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.. The museum's collection, which numbers nearly 400,000 artifacts, focuses on the history of World War II military aviation culture and other material culture of this era.
By 1963, the group had achieved their initial goal of acquiring one of each fighter plane operated by U.S. forces during World War II. [6] They held their first airshow on March 10, 1963. [8] The CAF added the B-29 FIFI in the 1970s. In 1965, the first museum building was completed at old Rebel Field, Mercedes, Texas.