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Fort Cavazos consists of three sections: the main cantonment, West Fort Hood, and North Fort Hood. The main cantonment is bounded by Killeen on the east and Copperas Cove on the west. The Fort Cavazos main cantonment area, otherwise referred to as Main post, holds its own airfield, Yoakum–DeFrenn Army Heliport .
State Highway 195 (SH 195) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas that runs from Interstate 35 in Georgetown north to FM 439 in Killeen.In Killeen, SH 195 is known as Fort Hood Street, as the highway leads to the entrance of Fort Cavazos (formerly Fort Hood).
Yoakum–DeFrenn Army Heliport (IATA: HLR, ICAO: KHLR, FAA LID: HLR) is a military airport located at the U.S. Army's Fort Cavazos, in Killeen, Texas, U.S. [1] [2] [3] Formerly Hood Army Airfield, the airport was renamed on 4 May 2023 in honor of Keith Yoakum and Jason DeFrenn.
Fort Hood, about 70 miles north of Austin, is the largest active-duty U.S. Army post in the U.S. and a top training facility since 1942, according to its website. About 40,000 soldiers work there ...
Fort Cavazos was previously named after Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood. Cavazos, who died in 2017 at 78, grew up on a cattle ranch in Kingsville, Texas, and was of Mexican American heritage.
Killeen is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Bell County.According to the 2020 census, its population was 153,095, [5] making it the 19th-most populous city in Texas and the largest of the three principal cities of Bell County.
Killeen Regional Airport [1] (IATA: GRK, ICAO: KGRK, FAA LID: GRK) is a small military/commercial joint-use airport that operates alongside Robert Gray Army Airfield. [2] The airport is based inside the south end of the Fort Cavazos Military Reservation (known as West Fort Hood), six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) southwest of the central business district of Killeen, Texas, [2] in ...
Killeen was inactivated 1 February 1961 due to budgetary cuts. Today most of the site is unused, but maintained by Fort Hood with most of the buildings being torn down. A radio tower is now on the site. The circular concrete foundation for the AN/FPS-20A search radar tower is clearly visible in aerial imagery.