Bryan Air Force Base

Bryan Air Force Base Bryan Army Airfield
Part of Air Training Command (ATC)
Brazos County, near Bryan, Texas
2006 USGS Airphoto
Bryan AFB
Coordinates	30°38′16″N 96°28′43″W / 30.63778°N 96.47861°W / 30.63778; -96.47861
Type	Air Force Base
Site history
Built	1942
In use	1942–1947; 1951–1958; 1960–1961

Bryan Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base in unincorporated Brazos County, Texas, located west of Bryan. Today, the location houses The Texas A&M University System RELLIS Campus (stands for Texas A&M's six core values: Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity, Selfless Service). It was also formerly named the Texas A&M University-Riverside Campus.

Bryan Air Force Base was originally activated in 1943 as a U.S. Army Air Forces installation known as Bryan Army Air Field. The base housed a flight instructors' school and was assigned the task of developing a standardized system of instrument flight training. The Full Panel Attitude System developed at the base was one of the most significant contributions the base made to pilot training. The instrument training school at Bryan AAF was the only one of its kind in the United States Army Air Forces.^[1]

The installation became Bryan Air Force Base upon the establishment of the U.S. Air Force as a separate service in September 1947. Assigned to the Air Training Command, it conducted advanced flight training in the T-33 Shooting Star.

Deactivated in May 1961, the land and buildings were leased to the Texas A&M University in 1962. In 1988, full ownership of the former base was transferred to Texas A&M University at virtually no cost.^[2]

See also

• Texas World War II Army Airfields
• 77th Flying Training Wing (World War II)

References

• Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas OCLC 71006954, 29991467
• Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites, History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC. OCLC 57007862, 1050653629

External links

• Bryan Air Force Base| The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

This page was last edited on 15 April 2024, at 15:54