Palacios Municipal Airport
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Palacios Municipal Airport is a commercial airport located within city limits, 3 miles NW of central Palacios, Texas
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, Palacios Army Airfield was constructed in 1943 and opened in August by the United States Army Air Forces
as a maintenance depot and supply facility for Air Technical Service Command.
At the end of the war the airfield was determined to be excess by the military and turned over to the local government for civil use.
Palacios, Texas
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 5,153 people, 1,661 households, and 1,244 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,021.4 people per square mile . There were 1,976 housing units at an average density of 391.7 per square mile...
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History
Camp Palacios was originally established as a summer training camp for the 36th Infantry Division of the TX National Guard after the Palacios Campsite Association donated the land to the state in 1926. As a result of World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Palacios Army Airfield was constructed in 1943 and opened in August by the United States Army Air Forces
United States Army Air Forces
The United States Army Air Forces was the military aviation arm of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II, and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force....
as a maintenance depot and supply facility for Air Technical Service Command.
At the end of the war the airfield was determined to be excess by the military and turned over to the local government for civil use.
See also
- Texas World War II Army AirfieldsTexas World War II Army AirfieldsIn today's United States Air Force, many personnel have spent some of their military service being trained in Texas during World War II. Be it basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, technical training, officer training, or flight training at other facilities across the state...