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 military installation.

World War I

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Location: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

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Lat: 29.34114 Long: -98.43767

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