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Laughlin Air Force Base

By Robert Marcell
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By Robert Marcell
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Today, Laughlin Air Force Base is one of the busiest pilot—producing bases in the world. Named after Jack Thomas Laughlin, the base traces its history back to 1942. During World War II, the base was called Laughlin Field and trained bomber pilots in the B—26 Marauder. The base closed in 1945, after the war, but reopened again as an Air Force base in 1952 to train fighter pilots for the Korean War. It then took on a Cold War mission from 1957 to 1963. During this time, the base was home to t...

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