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"Today, Laughlin Air Force Base is one of the busiest pilot-producing bases in the world. ... During World War II, the base was called Laughlin Field and trained bomber pilots in the B-26 Marauder. The base closed in 1945, after the war, but reopened again as an Air Force base in 1952 to train fighter pilots for the Korean War. It then took on a Cold War mission from 1957-1963. During this time, The base was home to the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, which flew the U-2 spy plane. ... From 1961 onward, however, Laughlin has severed primarily as an undergraduate pilot training base ..."--Back cover
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Laughlin Air Force Base, Robert Thomas Marcell
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- 2021
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- Title
- Laughlin Air Force Base
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Robert Thomas Marcell
- Publisher
- Arcadia Publishing (SC)
- Released
- 2021
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 128
- ISBN13
- 9781467107099
- Series
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- "Today, Laughlin Air Force Base is one of the busiest pilot-producing bases in the world. ... During World War II, the base was called Laughlin Field and trained bomber pilots in the B-26 Marauder. The base closed in 1945, after the war, but reopened again as an Air Force base in 1952 to train fighter pilots for the Korean War. It then took on a Cold War mission from 1957-1963. During this time, The base was home to the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, which flew the U-2 spy plane. ... From 1961 onward, however, Laughlin has severed primarily as an undergraduate pilot training base ..."--Back cover