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Reese Air Force Base began as the Lubbock Army Air Corps Advanced Flying School in 1942. [1] It was renamed Lubbock Army Flying School in 1943 and then Lubbock Army Airfield later that same year. In 1949, it was renamed Reese Air Force Base in honor of a local West Texas pilot, Augustus F. Reese Jr., who was killed in a bombing raid over Italy ...
Closed. Re-opened in 1958 as Pyote Air Force Station, an air defense radar station Randolph Air Force Base: San Antonio: Texas: 2010 Realigned as part of Joint Base San Antonio [11] Reese Air Force Base: Lubbock: Texas: 1997 Closed [17] Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base: Kansas City: Missouri: 1994 Closed Sampson Air Force Base: Geneva: New York: 1956
The museum is located on the site of World War II South Plains Army Air Field, where glider pilots were trained between 1942 and 1945, and after which time they were required also to command skills in powered flight. The giant "silent wing" gliders flew soldiers and supplies largely undetected behind enemy lines because they had no engine noise.
The carrier added jet service in the late 1960s beginning with the Douglas DC-9-10 followed by the Boeing 727-200 on the following routes: Amarillo-Lubbock-Midland-San Angelo-Houston Intercontinental Airport, Amarillo-Lubbock-Midland-El Paso-Los Angeles, and Amarillo-Lubbock-Dallas. All service was discontinued in 1977 but would return in late ...
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.
Martindale Army Air Field: San Antonio 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
Assigned to Strategic Air Command, March 1946. Closed October 1946. Became civil airport, however occasional use by Air Defense Command interceptors from Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Kansas City until ADC shut down fighter operations in 1968. Harvard Army Airfield Harvard State Airport: B-17/B-24/B-29 Bomber training II Bomber Command Second ...
List of NRHP-registered historic places in Lubbock County, Texas This list is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Lubbock County, Texas .