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Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas
Val Verde County

photograph by Kay

Laughlin Air Force Base is seven miles east of Del Rio. It was named Laughlin Army Air Field on March 3, 1943, Laughlin Field on November 11, 1943, and Laughlin Air Force Auxiliary Field on January 13, 1943. The base was closed in October 1945 and reopened as Laughlin Air Force Base on May 1, 1952. When the base was reopened in 1952 its mission was to train F-84 fighter pilots. In 1991 the base continued to provide flight training for air force and foreign pilots.







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