[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES: Amarillo Air Force Base (TX)

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Amarillo Air Force Base: The legacy of the base five decades after its closing

by Jack Kessler
KAMR/KCIT
November 11, 2022 /

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) – For 54 years, the Amarillo Air Force Base has been decommissioned and closed. But the legacy of the base still remains.

The Amarillo Air Force Base was originally built as an Army airfield, originally named the Amarillo Army Air Field at the start of World War II and its purpose was to train aircraft mechanics and aircrew along with ground mechanics to service B-17 aircraft.

According to the Texas State Historical Association, between 1943 and 1945, basic training and special courses of instruction were conducted, and the field was later designated to train technicians for B-29 aircraft.

The field was closed in 1946 but reactivated in 1951 for the Korean War as the Amarillo Air Force Base and in 1954, the base was declared a permanent installation.

The Amarillo Air Force Base became the first Air Force all-jet mechanic-training base when it reopened in 1951.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.myhighplains.com/news/local-news/amarillo-air-force-base-the-legacy-of-the-base-five-decades-after-its-closing/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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