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rdfs:comment | - Eagle Pass Army Airfield is a former World War II military airfield complex. It is located north of Eagle Pass, Texas. It operated as a training base for the United States Army Air Forces from 1943 until 1945. Later, during the Cold War, Eagle Pass Air Force Station (ADC ID: TM-188) was a United States Air Force Radar facility. It was operated by Air Defense Command on the site of the World War II air base. Opened in 1957, it was closed in 1963.
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Footnotes | - Runway information from: Military Airfields in WW2, Texas
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Name | - Eagle Pass Air Force Station
- Eagle Pass Army Airfield
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pushpin map caption | - Eagle Pass Army Airfield, Texas
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abstract | - Eagle Pass Army Airfield is a former World War II military airfield complex. It is located north of Eagle Pass, Texas. It operated as a training base for the United States Army Air Forces from 1943 until 1945. Later, during the Cold War, Eagle Pass Air Force Station (ADC ID: TM-188) was a United States Air Force Radar facility. It was operated by Air Defense Command on the site of the World War II air base. Opened in 1957, it was closed in 1963. The facility was finally closed in 1991 when the United States Air Force ended its use of the airfield, having designated the field as Laughlin Air Force Auxiliary Landing Field #1 in 1962, using it as part of the pilot training school at Laughlin AFB.
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