Brooks Air Force Base

Brooks Air Force Base (1917-2011) - A United States Air Force base first established in 1917 as Gosport Field Field near San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. Renamed Signal Corps Aviation School, Kelly Field No. 5 on 5 Dec 1917. Renamed Brooks Field on 4 Feb 1918 after Cadet Sidney J. Brooks Jr. who was killed in a training accident. Renamed Brooks Air Force Base in 1949. Closed in 2011. World War I --TBF-- World War II Post World War II Current Status Closed. {"selectable":false,"width":"500"} Location: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. Maps & Images Lat: 29.34114 Long: -98.43767 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 591' See Also: Closed Air Force Bases Sources: USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1387479 USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 2512398 Links: Wikipedia - Brooks Air Force Base Handbook of Texas - Brooks Air Force Base Visited: No