Clear Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field is a former

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facility located East of

New Braunfels, Texas New Braunfels ( ) is a city in Comal and Guadalupe counties in the U.S. state of Texas known for its German Texan heritage. It is the seat of Comal County. The city covers and had a population of 90,403 as of the 2020 Census. A suburb just north ...

near Clear Springs.

History

Originally opened as Clear Springs Auxiliary Field #5 when it was leased in 1940, before being surplus on June 7, 1944. After being reactivated during the

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as Clear Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, the installation transferred to the Army on December 15, 1956; it was then assigned to

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from May 1, 1964, until June 9, 1967, when it closed. A plan to move

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s to the base in 1982 was considered.ADA123890 "The United States Air Force (USAF) is proposing to relocate a unit of F-15 fighter aircraft to replace the 18 OA-37B aircraft assigned to the Clear Springs (Figure IV-3). On a typical day an F-15 assigned to this base is scheduled to fly a Military Training Route (MTR), conduct aerial refueling and operate in a Military Operating Area (MOA) or over a range. The F-15's would spend almost half of their time in weapons delivery and associated aerial tactics on or near a bombing/gunnery range, with the remainder devoted to navigation and refueling." The airfield currently serving New Braunfels is the New Braunfels Regional Airport.

References

Military installations closed in 1967 Installations of the United States Air Force in Texas 1940 establishments in Texas 1967 disestablishments in Texas Companies based in New Braunfels, Texas {{USAF-stub, date=May 2014