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The Adaptive Combat Rifle (ACR) is a modular assault rifle formerly designed by Magpul Industries of Austin, Texas, and known initially as the Masada. In late January 2008, Bushmaster Firearms International entered into a licensing agreement with Magpul whereby Bushmaster would take over production, future development, and sales of the Masada ...
Kelly Field / Joint Base San Antonio San Antonio: formerly Kelly Air Force Base Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base: Houston: Lackland Air Force Base: San Antonio Randolph Air Force Base: San Antonio Fort Sam Houston: San Antonio Camp Bullis: San Antonio Martindale Army Air Field: San Antonio Dyess Air Force Base: Abilene: Goodfellow Air Force ...
On 5 April 1917, four aircraft took off from Fort Sam Houston, flew across San Antonio and landed on the new airfield, which at the time was a cleared cotton field. Tents had been erected as hangars, however, a permanent presence at the airfield was not established until 7 May when 700 men arrived. A week later, the population had grown to 4,000.
The Greater Austin-San Antonio Corridor Council, established in 1984, adopted the nomenclature "Austin–San Antonio." [4] Conversely, alternative sources may refer to it as "San Antonio–Austin." [3] [5] Various nicknames have been proposed by news outlets and social media users for the Austin–San Antonio metroplex. [6]
San Antonio (/ ˌ s æ n æ n ˈ t oʊ n i oʊ / SAN an-TOH-nee-oh; Spanish for "Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio, the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 U.S. census. [12]
Texas A&M University–San Antonio plans to reach an enrollment of 25,000 students by 2025. The campus is being built in part due to a plan by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to enroll 630,000 students in college by 2015. [13] Texas A&M San Antonio opened their doors to college freshmen in 2016 with 557 freshmen that fall semester.
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event and military engagement in the Texas Revolution.Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States).
Kansas City-San Antonio (1959-July 26, 1964), then; Kansas City-Dallas (July 27, 1964 to June 30, 1965) Train numbers 3 and 4: Katy Limited. Kansas City-Dallas, with sections to Oklahoma City, Fort Worth and San Antonio [14] Train numbers 5 and 6: Katy Flyer. St. Louis and Kansas City originating trains, south to San Antonio [13]