Download or read book Laughlin Air Force Base written by Robert Thomas Marcell and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Today, Laughlin Air Force Base is one of the busiest pilot-producing bases in the world. ... 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 1957-1963. During this time, The base was home to the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, which flew the U-2 spy plane. ... From 1961 onward, however, Laughlin has severed primarily as an undergraduate pilot training base ..."--Back cover