Kelly Air Force Base traces its beginnings to 1916, when Major
Benjamin Foulois selected the site for a new aviation field.
Initially, the site was called the South San Antonio Aviation Camp.
In June 1917, it became Camp Kelly, then Kelly Field, in honor
of George E. M. Kelly, who crashed while attempting to land an
aircraft at Fort Sam Houston on 1 May 1911.
Kelly Field is one of the oldest facilities in the United States
Air Force, being established on 27 March 1917 as one of the initial
World War I Army Air Service installations.
Kelly Air Force Base was closed and its assets realigned by the
1995 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) IV Commission
In 2001, the runway and land west of the runway became "Kelly
Field Annex" and control of it was transferred to the adjacent
Lackland Air Force Base.
Kelly Field Annex supports flight operations of the Air Force
Reserve Command's 433d Airlift Wing, operating the C-5 Galaxy and
the Texas Air National Guard's 149th Fighter Wing, operating the
F-16 Fighting Falcon.
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