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Webb Air Force Base
Big Spring Army Airfield
Part of Air Training Command (ATC)
Big Spring, Texas, USA
2006 USGS photo
Webb AFB is located in Texas
Webb AFB
Webb AFB
Coordinates32°13′05″N 101°31′17″W / 32.21806°N 101.52139°W / 32.21806; -101.52139
TypeAir Force Base
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Air Force
Site history
Built1942
In useOpen 1942 – closed 1977

Webb Air Force Base (IATA: BGS[1]), previously named Big Spring Air Force Base, was a United States Air Force facility of the Air Training Command that operated from 1951 to 1977 in West Texas within the current city limits of Big Spring. Webb AFB was a major undergraduate pilot training (UPT) facility for the Air Force, and by 1969, almost 9,000 pilots had been trained at Webb. The last operational wing at Webb AFB was the 78th Flying Training Wing.

  1. ^ "Big Spring-Webb AFB, TX profile - Aviation Safety Network". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 20 October 2017.

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