Bryan Air Force Base

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Bryan Air Force Base
Bryan Army Airfield
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Part of Air Training Command (ATC)
Brazos County, near Bryan, Texas
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Bryan AFB
Coordinates 30°38′16″N96°28′43″W / 30.63778°N 96.47861°W / 30.63778; -96.47861
TypeAir Force Base
Site history
Built1942
In use1942–1947; 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.

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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]

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References

  1. "TSHA | Bryan Air Force Base".
  2. "RELLIS Recollections".

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