Texas--is the HOME OF THE WASP--WOMEN AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS--FIRST WOMEN IN
HISTORY TO FLY AMERICA‘S MILITARY AIRCRAFT.
Texas--is
the ONLY STATE IN AMERICA where young women pilots completed ARMY AIRFORCE FLIGHT TRAINING and became WASP!
Texas is home to AVENGER FIELD in SWEETWATER,
which became the only base in history
to exclusively train women to fly military aircraft.
1102 WASP were stationed at 120 air
bases and flew 60 million miles in every type military aircraft
in the Army Air Force inventory, from the fastest fighters to
the heaviest bombers. They towed targets for air-to-air gunnery and
air-to-ground anti-aircraft practice, ferried aircraft, were
instrument instructors for male pilots, flew weather, night
tracking, simulated strafing and radar navigation missions,
transported personnel and cargo and flew drones--in short, they flew
every type mission that any Army Air Force pilot flew (except
combat).
The Texas bases were:
Aloe Army Air Field (VICTORIA, Texas)
Biggs
Army Air Field (EL PASO,
Texas)
Blackland Army Air Field (WACO, Texas)
Bryan Army Air Base (BRYAN Texas)
Childress
Army Air Field (CHILDRESS, Texas)
Dalhart Army
Air Field (DALHART, Texas)
Eagle Pass Army Air
Base (EAGLE PASS, Texas)
Ellington Army Air Field(HOUSTON, Texas)
Foster
Army Air Field (VICTORIA, Texas)
Goodfellow
Army Air Field (SAN ANGELO,
Texas)
Harlingen Army Air Field (HARLINGEN,
Texas)
Hondo Army Air Field (HONDO, Texas)
Kelly Army Air Base (SAN ANTONIO, Texas)
Laredo Army Air Base (LAREDO, Texas)
Love Field (DALLAS,
Texas)
Lubbock Army Air Base (LUBBOCK, Texas)
Majors Army Air Field (GREENVILLE, Texas)
Marfa
Army Air Base (MARFA, Texas)
Moore Army Air
Base (MISSION, Texas)
Pecos Army Air Base
(PECOS, Texas)
Perrin Army Air Base (SHERMAN, Texas)
Randolph Army Air Base (SAN ANTONIO, Texas)
San Marcos
Army Air Base (SAN MARCOS,
Texas)
South Plains Army Air Base (LUBBOCK,
Texas)
Waco Army Air Field (WACO,
Texas).
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