Eagle Pass Army Airfield

Eagle Pass Army Airfield Laughlin AF Aux #1 Eagle Pass Air Force Station
Eagle Pass Army Airfield - Texas, 28 October 1943
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Built	1942
In use	1942-1945; 1962-1991
Coordinates	28°51′35″N 100°31′00″W / 28.85972°N 100.51667°W / 28.85972; -100.51667 (Eagle Pass AAF)Coordinates: 28°51′35″N 100°31′00″W / 28.85972°N 100.51667°W / 28.85972; -100.51667 (Eagle Pass AAF)
Map
Eagle Pass Army Airfield Eagle Pass Army Airfield, Texas
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 05/23 5,500 1,676 Bituminous 09/27 5,500 1,676 Bituminous 14/32 5,500 1,676 Bituminous
Runway information from: Military Airfields in WW2, Texas

Eagle Pass Air Force Station
Part of Air Defense Command (ADC)
Coordinates	28°51′36″N 100°31′37″W / 28.86000°N 100.52694°W / 28.86000; -100.52694 (Eagle Pass AFS TM-188)
Type	Air Force Station
Site information
Owner	United States Air Force
Controlled by	Air Defense Command
Condition	Closed
Site history
Built	1957
In use	1957-1963
Garrison information
Garrison	733d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Eagle Pass Army Airfield is a former World War II military airfield complex. It is located 10.6 miles (17.1 km) 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.

The airport was activated on 30 June 1942 as Eagle Pass Army Air Field as part of the Army Air Forces Training Command. It was assigned to the Central Flying Training Command (CFTC), being under the jurisdiction of the 57th Basic Flying Training Group, 33d Flying Training Wing (Advanced, Single-Engine).

The airfield consisted of three 5,500-foot concrete runways. During the summer of 1942, three runways were laid down along with a large parking ramp and taxiway system. Four large hangars along with support buildings, barracks a street network, electric, sewer and water lines were constructed.

In addition, Eagle Pass controlled three auxiliary fields.

The mission of Eagle Pass AAF was advanced flying training in single-engine trainers. Its principal trainer aircraft was the North American T-6 Texan. It was a 3d-phase training base, its flying cadets having successfully completed primary and basic flight training. Upon graduation, the flying cadets were commissioned as Second Lieutenants and assigned to one of the numbered air forces for assignment to an operational unit.

The 57th Basic Flying Training Group consisted of the following subordinate units:

On 1 March 1944, aircraft training units in the United States were re-organized and the 57th was inactivated, being taken over by the 2516th Army Air Force Base Unit.