6 May 2020

The Laughlin Heritage Corner - May

This May we celebrate two major anniversaries: The 50th anniversary of when the Air Force ROTC program first began accepting female cadets, and the 75th V-E Day. Here at Laughlin, we also have a big anniversary to celebrate this month: On the 25th, the 47 Comptroller Squadron (47 CPTS) celebrates 25 years at Laughlin!

10 Apr 2020

The Laughlin Heritage Corner - April

April is notable for many reasons. In April 1989, for example, Congress designated Laughlin AFB a remote facility for Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR)—making it the only facility so designated in Air Training Command (now AETC). April also saw the opening, twenty years ago, of the First Term Airman Center in 2000, the arrival of the much-improved B-26B-10 in 1943 (which was much easier to handle than the unimproved B-26), and the renaming of the base paper in 1962 to “NOTAM.” Even back then, though, the base paper was still distributed on Fridays!

18 Aug 2017

87 FTS: 100 years in the making

One of the oldest squadrons in the Air Force celebrates its centennial

14 Aug 2017

87th FTS celebrates 100 years of excellence

One of the U.S. Air Force’s oldest flying squadrons celebrates its 100th anniversary at Laughlin Air Force Base, Aug. 18, 2017.

7 Mar 2017

Laughlin takes part in the celebration of AETC’s 75 years

Laughlin’s role in the Air Force and Air Education and Training Command has been one of adventure and rich history, going back to its establishment in March 3, 1943.

24 Feb 2017

2018 Open House announced

As a thank you for the outstanding support of Del Rio and the surrounding community, Laughlin Air Force Base is hosting an open house May 12, 2018.

13 May 2013

Honored in stone

Carved into stone are the names of 22 individuals. Each was a pilot who served their country in the skies over Southeast Asia, and each paid the ultimate price, but another fact unites them: they were all instructor pilots here at Laughlin.The Laughlin Heritage Foundation in Del Rio, Texas, and Laughlin have spent almost two years crafting a

28 Mar 2013

Memories of the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing at Laughlin

The year was 1957, and a young company grade officer, Lieutenant Buck A. Young, was setting up residence in the mobile home park across Highway 90 from Laughlin Air Force Base, when he was suddenly ordered to come off leave to attend the Base Commander's staff meeting. In his memoirs, he recounts how officials at Laughlin that year were speeding up

8 Sep 2012

Maj. Gen. Prather honored with street renaming

Laughlin pays tribute to a former Team XL member by renaming a street in his honor during a retreat ceremony held at Laughlin's Heritage Park Sept. 7.The street, formally known as Freedom Way, was changed to Prather Street in reference to retired Maj. Gen. Gerald Prather for his dedication to Laughlin and the Del Rio community."As we look back over

29 Aug 2012

434th Fighter Training Squadron re-designated

In a rare ceremony full of history and rich military tradition, Laughlin's 84th flying training squadron was inactivated on Aug. 24, and the 434th FTS was re-designated in its place.The move resulted from a reorganization of the Air Force's Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals course. After steps were taken to consolidate the IFF course at Randolph