Ads
related to: us navy ww2 records of military bases in texas abilene
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Naval Air Intermediate Training Command, Corpus Christi, Texas. Naval Air Operational Training Command, Jacksonville, Florida Naval Air Primary Training Command, Fairfax Airport, Kansas City, Kansas
Dyess Air Force Base: Abilene: Goodfellow Air Force Base: San Angelo: Laughlin Air Force Base: Del Rio: Sheppard Air Force Base: Wichita Falls: Fort Cavazos: Killeen: Fort Bliss: El Paso: Fort Wolters: Mineral Wells: Naval Air Station Corpus Christi: Corpus Christi: Naval Air Station Kingsville: Kingsville: Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base ...
Naval Air Station Hitchcock was a Naval Air Station built by the United States Navy during World War II to accommodate lighter-than-air aircraft, more commonly known as blimps. It was located in the small town of Hitchcock, Texas, about fifteen miles (24 km) northwest of Galveston. Construction began in 1942 and the base was commissioned on May ...
The US Navy retains two naval air stations as major flying training centers at Corpus Christi and Kingsville and a third naval air station (formerly a major air force base (Carswell AFB)) as a joint reserve base in Fort Worth, and the US Air Force has retained several bases as either active duty installations or via transfer to the Air Force ...
Photo taken at Camp Barkeley, Texas, on April 23, 1941. Camp Barkeley was a large United States Army training installation during World War II. The base was located eleven miles (18 km) southwest of Abilene, Texas, near what is now Dyess Air Force Base.
The need for advance bases during World War II was so great, that in some cases some Pacific Ocean islands were too small for the demand. So in 1943, the US Navy created Service Squadrons. A Service Squadron was a small fleet of ships that acted as an advance base.
Ad
related to: us navy ww2 records of military bases in texas abilene