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Fort Wolters U.S. Highway 180 gate in 2018. Fort Wolters was a United States military installation four miles northeast of Mineral Wells, Texas.. The fort was originally named Camp Wolters in honor of Brigadier General Jacob F. Wolters, commander of the 56th Cavalry Brigade of the National Guard, which used the area as a summer training ground. [1]
The Curtiss Model H was a family of classes of early long-range flying boats, the first two of which were developed directly on commission in the United States in response to the £10,000 prize challenge issued in 1913 by the London newspaper, the Daily Mail, for the first non-stop aerial crossing of the Atlantic.
The Bell R-12 (later redesignated H-12; company Model 48) was an American 1940s military utility helicopter built by the Bell Helicopter company. [2] The design did not go into full production, but over a dozen prototypes were used for various tests and projects.
Camp Wolters / Fort Wolters Army Heliport (Mineral Wells) Clear Lake Metro Port (Clear Lake City) Clear Lake Ranch Airfield (Mankins) Columbus Municipal Airport (original) Cuero Field / Brayton Flying Field; D-Bar Ranch Airfield (Sanco) Dalhart Aux AAF #1 / West Field; Dalhart Aux AAF #2 / Miller Field
The Curtiss HS was a single-engined patrol flying boat built for the United States Navy during World War I.Large numbers were built from 1917 to 1919, with the type being used to carry out anti-submarine patrols from bases in France from June 1918.
Gary and Wolters Air Force Bases in Texas is where the Air Force had been conducting this training. Also transferred to the Army and lacking adequate facilities at Fort Rucker, Army Aviation continued primary fixed-wing training at Camp Gary until 1959 and primary rotary-wing training at Fort Wolters until 1973.
Fort Wolters (near Mineral Wells), upgraded from Camp Wolters in 1963. Deactivated in 1973. 21st century. Fort Bliss and Fort Hood remain the headquarters for major ...
The FM H-12-44TS was a light road switcher version of the Fairbanks-Morse H-12-44 yard switcher locomotive.Only three of the 1,200-horsepower (890 kW), six-cylinder opposed piston engine locomotives (builder numbers 12L1021–12L1023) were manufactured especially for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in May, 1956.