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San Angelo /sæn ˈændʒəloʊ/ is a city in the state of Texas and the county seat of Tom Green County in West Central Texas. According to a 2013 Census estimate, San Angelo has a total population of 97,492 The city is the principal city and center of the San Angelo metropolitan area, which has a population of 111,823.
The current city of San Angelo was founded by European Americans in 1867, when the United States constructed Fort Concho as one of a series of new forts designed to protect the frontier from hostile threats. The fort was home to cavalry, infantry, and the famous Black Cavalry, otherwise known as Buffalo Soldiers by Indigenous Americans. San Angelo is home to Angelo State University, historic Fort The settler Bartholomew J. Concho, and Goodfellow Air DeWitt founded the village of Force Base. Santa Angela outside the fort Some common nicknames of at the juncture of the North San Angelo include Angelo, and South Concho Rivers. the River City, the Concho He named the village after City, the Pearl of the Conchos, his wife, Carolina Angela. The Land of Sand and Jello, The name was eventually and the Oasis of West Texas. changed to San Angela. The name would change again to San Angelo in 1883 on the 1. History insistence of the United States Prior to the coming of Postal Service, as San Angela Europeans, San Angelo was was grammatically incorrect the center of the Jumano in Spanish. The town became people. The area had been a trade center for farmers and inhabited for thousands of settlers in the area, as well as a years by succeeding cultures fairly lawless cow town filled of indigenous peoples. In with brothels, saloons and 1632, a short-lived mission gambling houses. of Franciscans under Spanish After being designated as the auspices was founded in the county seat, the town grew area to serve the Indians. The quickly in the 1880s, aided mission was led by the friars by being on the route of Juan de Salas and Juan de newly constructed railroads. It Ortega, with Ortega remaining became a central transportation for six months. The area hub for the region. The Santa was visited by the CastilloFe Railroad arrived in 1888 Martin expedition of 1650 and the Kansas City, Mexico and the Diego de Guadalajara and Orient Railway in 1909. expedition of 1654.
After a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak hit the United States in the early 1900s, many patients moved to San Angelo. At the time, doctors could only recommend rest in dry, warm climates. TB sufferers went to San Angelo for treatment. In 1928, the city founded San Angelo College, one of the region’s first institutes of higher education. The city had been passed over by the Texas State Legislature to be the home of what would become Texas Tech University. San Angelo College, one of the first municipal colleges, has grown to become Angelo State University. The military returned to San Angelo during World War II with the founding of Goodfellow Air Force Base, which was assigned to train pilots at the time. San Angelo grew exponentially during the oil boom of the 1900s, when vast amounts of oil were found in the area, and the city became a regional hub of the oil and gas industry. The San Angelo Independent School District became one of the first in Texas to integrate, doing so voluntarily in 1955. In 2010, San Angelo voters passed a comprehensive smoking ordinance. 2.
Geography
San Angelo is located at
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31°27′11″N 100°27′9″W (31.453113, −100.452502). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 58.2 square miles (150.9 km²), of which, 55.9 square miles (144.8 km²) of it is land and 2.3 square miles (6.1 km²) of it (4.03%) is water. San Angelo falls on the southwestern edge of the Edwards Plateau and the northeastern edge of the Chihuahuan desert at the juncture of the North and South Concho Rivers. The city has three lakes: Twin
Buttes Reservoir, O.C. Fisher Reservoir, and Lake Nasworthy. The Middle Concho River joined the South Concho several miles upstream, but the confluence has been obscured by the Twin Buttes dam. 1.
Climate
San Angelo falls near the boundary between the subtropical semiarid steppe (Köppen BSh) and mid-latitude steppe climates (Köppen BSk). It is located at the region where Central Texas meets West 3. Demographics
Texas weather. Temperatures reach 100°F about 18 times in an average year. However, in 2011, San Angelo recorded 100 days of 100°F or higher. The average year has 50 days with lows below freezing. Though the region does experience snow and sleet, they occur only a few times a year. San Angelo averages 251 days of sunshine a year, and the average temperature is 65.4°F. The city has an average rainfall of 21.25 inches (540 mm).
Historical population Census Pop. %± 1910 10,321 — 1920 10,050 −2.6% 1930 25,308 151.8% 1940 25,802 2.0% 1950 52,093 101.9% 1960 58,815 12.9% 1970 63,884 8.6% 1980 73,240 14.6% 1990 84,462 15.3% 2000 88,439 4.7% 2010 93,200 5.4%
As of the census of 2010, 93,200 people, 36,117 households, and 22,910 families resided in the city. The population density was 1,601 people per square mile (618/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 83% White, 5.4% African American, 1.4% Indigenous American, 1.7% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 11.3% from other races, and 2.6% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were
38.5% of the population.
2.45 and the average family size was 3.05. Of 36,117 households, 27.6% had children under the age of In the city, the population was 18 living with them, 44.2% distributed as 23.4% under the were married couples living age of 18 and 13.8% who were together, 14.2% had a female 65 years of age or older. The householder with no husband median age was 32.8 years. present, and 36.6% were The population was 48.7% not families; 29.8% of all male and 51.3% female. households were made up of The median income for a individuals and 11.2% had household in the city was someone living alone who was $38,777, and for a family was 65 years of age or older. The $49,640. Males had a median average household size was World Views Guides | June 2014
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income of $33,257 versus $26,750 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,970. About 13.9% of families and 17.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.4% of those under age 18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over. 4.
Economy
San Angelo has consistently been ranked by many publications and rankings as one of the best small cities for business and employment. In 2013, it ranked fourth in the nation in Forbes Magazine’s “Best Cities For Jobs” rankings. In 2010 Kiplinger’s Personal Finance named San Angelo as one of the “Best Cities of the Next Decade”. In 2009, CNN Money ranked San Angelo as one of the best cities to launch a small business. San Angelo has a very diverse economy for a city of its size. Although most oil fields lay to the west, many oil-field service companies based in the city employ a large number of local residents. The agricultural industry in San Angelo remains strong. Producer’s Livestock Auction is the nation’s largest for sheep and lambs, and is among the top five in the nation for cattle auctions. Though most agricultural work is done outside the city, thousands of employees work in the cattle World Views Guides
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and lamb meat-processing industries, and many more work in agriculture supporting roles inside the city. Two agricultural research centers are located in San Angelo: the Angelo State University Management Instruction and Research Center and the Texas A&M Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at San Angelo. The telecommunication industry is a strong employer in San Angelo. Sitel has a call center in San Angelo. In addition, Verizon, Performant Recovery Inc. (Formerly DCS), a debt recovery corporation, and Blue Cross all employ over 1,000 each individuals locally. San Angelo serves as the regional medical center for West-central Texas. Shannon Medical Center and Community Medical Center employ over 3,000 in San Angelo, and provide services to a large region of West-central Texas. The manufacturing industry has seen hits since the 1990s; however, many large employers still remain, including Ethicon a division of Johnson & Johnson, Conner Steel, and Hirschfield Steel. The several large institutional employers in the city include Shannon Medical Center, Angelo State University, and Goodfellow Air Force Base. The latter remains the largest
employer in the region. Sunset Mall, the area’s major shopping mall, opened in 1979. 5. 1.
Arts and culture
San Angelo Museum of Art
The San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts opened in 1999 in downtown San Angelo on the banks of the Concho River, built with local limestone and end-grain Texas mesquite. It attracts over 85,000 visitors a year and is home to the National Ceramic Competition. 2.
Chicken Farm Center
Art
The Chicken Farm Art Center, located in northwest San Angelo, was founded in 1971. It houses an eclectic group of 15 artists’ studios. 3.
Art Galleries
Downtown San Angelo is home to various art galleries. The San Angelo Art walk, held every third Thursday, includes a viewing of the various downtown art galleries. These include the Kendall Art Gallery, Ruiz Studio, Black Swan Gallery, The Glass Prism, Bonnie Beesley Rug Gallery, and the Wool ‘n Cotton Shop, as well as other public art venues. A free trolley service is available to the public.
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San Angelo Symphony theaters and Theater at the The San Angelo Symphony, Round to conventional theater founded in 1949, plays several productions, using the only events a year, with its feature active Modular Theatre in event being on July 3. Over the United States. It also 20,000 people regularly attend features numerous concerts that performance, which takes and recitals throughout the place at the River Stage, an year, and numerous displays outdoor venue on the Concho in the Angelo State University Art Gallery. The public is River. encouraged to attend and actively supports all events. 5. Angelo Civic Theater
in 2012, play in the Lone Star Football League. Their home games are played in the 5,260seat Foster Communications Coliseum. Their regular playing season starts in April and ends in July. Individual ticket prices are yet to be announced.
Angelo Civic Theater, the oldest civic theater in Texas, was founded in 1885 to raise funds for a town clock at the county courthouse. In 1969‚ a fire destroyed the school building in which the theater was housed, so it produced its plays at various locations for 13 years, until it purchased the 230-seat Parkway Theater in 1980. Each year, the theater presents five in-house plays, as well as one traveling summer play, to 15,000 people.
The San Angelo Colts are a minor-league baseball team in the United League Baseball. The first professional team to use the Colts name was founded in 1922. The current version of the team began in 2000. Their games are played at Foster Field, a facility that seats 4,200 and was built in 1999. Ticket prices range from $6 to 9 for adults.
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The San Angelo Civic Ballet was founded in 1983. The feature production is the annual “The Nutcracker” production. 7.
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Sports
Angelo State Rams
Angelo State University participates in NCAA D II athletics; all games are open to the public. The school competes in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, track and field, and volleyball. It features some of the largest and newest facilities in the Lone Star Conference, and consistently ranks within the Top 20 teams nationally among attendance. The University has won four National Championships in football, basketball, softball and track and field. Ticket prices vary according to the sport. 2.
San Angelo Bandits
Angelo State University, Main article: San Angelo through “The Arts at ASU”, Bandits puts on six plays a year open to the general public. The The San Angelo Bandits, an plays range from dinner indoor football team founded
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San Angelo Colts
Main article: San Angelo Colts
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Parks and recreation City Park system
The San Angelo City Park system was created in 1903. The city currently has 32 parks with over 375 acres (1.52 km2) of developed land. The department maintains a 33-acre municipal golf course along the river, 25 playgrounds, and 25 sports practice fields. The “crown jewels” of the parks system are the parks that make up the 10 miles (16 km) of river frontage on the World Views Guides | June 2014
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Concho River winding through downtown and beyond. The parks feature many plazas, public art displays, and numerous water features. The city is home to the International Water Lily Collection. The park contains over 300 varieties of water lilies, one of the largest collections in the world. The city also provides several municipal parks on Lake Nasworthy, one of three lakes near the city, which include Twin Buttes Reservoir and O.C. Fisher Reservoir. The father of the San Angelo Park System is (Dr.) Albert Neely Carlin, who became the first Superintendent of Parks on 15 June 1925. His history in this endeavor was reported in the San Angelo StandardTimes, “Leisure Times” column (by Carl White) on 10 August 2013. In writing this article, he drew upon a biography written by Mr. Carlin’s grandson, Warren Wolff, who lives in Lake Havasu City, AZ. <See Leisure Times; 10 August 2013> 2.
San Angelo State Park
San Angelo is home to San Angelo State Park. The 7,677acre (3,107 ha) park, owned and maintained by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, is located on the shores of the O.C. Fisher Reservoir. Many activities are available within
the park, including camping, picnicking, and swimming, as well as hiking, mountain biking, orienteering, and horseback riding on over 50 miles (80 km) of developed trails. The park is home to the Official State of Texas Longhorn herd. 3.
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The San Angelo Nature Center, located at Lake Nasworthy, is an educational center open to the public. The center features many native and exotic animals, including alligators, bobcats, prairie dogs, tortoises, and 85 different species of reptiles, including 22 different species of rattlesnakes. It includes the Spring Creek Wetland, which has 260 acres (110 ha) being developed by the Federal Bureau of Reclamation, including a 7-mile (11 km) trail; its terrain varies from a semiarid environment to a freshwater marsh. It also maintains the one-mile (1.6km) nature trail off Spillway Road. 4.
Fort Concho
Historic Fort Concho, a National Historic Landmark, maintained by the city of San Angelo, was founded in 1867 by the United States Army to protect settlers and maintain vital trade routes. It frequently
experienced skirmishes with the then hostile Comanche tribe. Today the restored site is home to several museums, and is open to visitors Tuesday through Sunday. Fort Concho is one of nine forts along the Texas Forts Trail. 5.
San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo
The annual San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo is held every year from February 18 through February 28. It began in 1929, making it one of the longestrunning rodeos in the world. It is nationally renowned within the rodeo circuit, bringing in the top contestants and ranking as one of Top 10 rodeos in the nation for monetary prizes awarded to contestants. It includes a parade, carnival, and concerts, and many other events in addition to the main stock show and rodeo. San Angelo was mentioned in George Strait’s song “Lone Star Blues” in his album Here for a Good Time, released in 2011. 8. 1.
Education
Higher education
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of the nation’s premier regional universities, it was featured in the Princeton Review Best 373. The only other two listed in the state of Texas were Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin. It offers almost 100 different undergraduate programs and 23 graduate programs, including one doctoral program. The university is divided into six colleges, Business, Education, Liberal and Fine Arts, Nursing and Allied Health, Sciences, Education, and Graduate Studies. It is a member of the Texas Tech University System as of 2007. San Angelo has a branch of Howard College, which is based in Big Spring, Texas. The San Angelo campus has more than 2,000 students. The twoyear school prepares students academically for transfer to a four-year university, and concentrates in technical and occupational fields of study that lead to certificates and/or associate in applied science degrees. San Angelo is home to a branch of Park University. It is located on the Goodfellow Air Force Base. The Goodfellow Campus Center has been providing higher education to the Concho Valley area since 1989. Park University’s main campus was established in 1875 and is located in Parkville, Missouri. World Views Guides
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9. Media San Angelo is also the home to a branch of American Commercial College, a private 1. Newspapers for-profit career college. It The San Angelo Standardoffers seven career certificate Times is the primary daily programs. newspaper of the city of San Angelo and the surrounding 2. Public primary and West Central Texas area. secondary education Though it is distributed from Almost all of San Angelo is in San Angelo, no active printing the San Angelo Independent presses remain there. It is School District. Small parts produced in Abilene, Texas. are served by the Wall San Angelo LIVE acts as the Independent School District online only news source. (southeast San Angelo) and the Grape Creek Independent 2. Television School District (northwest San Angelo). The two main high KSAN-TV is the local NBC schools are Central (CHS) with affiliate. KLST-TV is the Central Freshmen Campus local CBS affiliate. KIDY-TV (CFC), and Lake View (LVH); is the local FOX affiliate. All three middle schools, and 21 three of these stations produce elementary schools are within local news for the San Angelo television DMA. KTXS-TV is San Angelo city limits. the local ABC affiliate. KTXS3. Private and alternative TV is physically located in Abilene, but produces a local education newscast for the San Angelo, Seven private schools operate TX television DMA. in the city, certified through the 12th grade, which 10. Infrastructure include Ambleside School of San Angelo, a member 1. Transportation of Ambleside Schools International, the Angelo San Angelo is served by the Catholic School, Cornerstone San Angelo Regional Airport, Christian School, Gateway which offers daily flights Christian Academy, Trinity through Envoy Air. Intrastate Lutheran School, Potter’s and interstate bus service is Hand Christian School, and provided by the Kerrville Bus TLCA, which is a charter Co. and Sunset Stages from the downtown Union Bus Center, school. as Greyhound Bus providers.
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Both have regularly scheduled born and has family in San service to major cities in Texas Angelo. and nationwide. • Frank “Bring’em Back The BNSF Railway serves the Alive” Buck lived in San town and the Texas Pacifico Angelo in the 1940s and 1950s. Former Screaming Trees has a lease on a TxDOT rail • line, formerly the Kansas City, guitarist Gary Lee Conner now resides in San Angelo. Texas and Orient Railroad, but • Former survivor it is in poor repair. candidate and actor Colby The intracity public Donaldson was born just transportation is provided by outside San Angelo and lived the Concho Valley Transit in the city. District, with its five fixed bus • Western author Patrick routes, with transfers provided Dearen lived in San Angelo at the Santa Fe station. The while he was a staff writer for bus service runs from 6:30am the Standard-Times newspaper. to 6:30pm, Monday through • Former NFL player Jeff Saturday. Taxi service is always Drost was born in San Angelo. available throughout the city • Pulitzer Prize nominee by Red Ball Taxi and Shuttle, and Texas A&M University Checker Cab, All American professor Joe Feagin was born Cab and Yellow Cab. in San Angelo. • Crawford Goldsby (also 2. Major highways known as “Cherokee Bill”) was born in Fort Concho • US Highway 67 (across the Concho River from • US Highway 87 what was then San Angelo) on • US Highway 277 February 8, 1876. • State Highway 208 • Dorsey B. Hardeman • Loop 306 (1902-1992) was the mayor • FM 2288 of San Angelo from 1936 to 1938, and thereafter served a 11. Notable people total of 26 years in both houses • Jay Presson Allen, of the Texas State Legislature. screenwriter and playwright. He was an advocate of water • Robert Nason Beck expansion in West Texas. (1928–2008), pioneer • College Football Hall researcher of the uses of of Fame member Pierce radioactive materials, such as Holt attended Angelo State technetium-99, for medical University, and was a member imaging using positron of the San Francisco 49ers and emission tomography, was Atlanta Falcons in the 1990s.
He was a two-time Pro Bowl selection. • Former Major Leaguer David Hulse attended San Angelo Central High School, and went on to play for the Texas Rangers and Milwaukee Brewers in the 1990s. • George B. Jackson (1850–1900), an African American businessman and rancher from San Angelo, was considered the “wealthiest black in Texas” in the second half of the 19th century. • Award-winning western writer and roustabout Elmer Kelton (1926–2009) lived in San Angelo. • Colleen R. LaRose was indicted in March 2010 with trying to recruit Islamic terrorists to wage jihad and murder a Swedish artist. • Brandon Larson is a former Major League Baseball third baseman • Los Lonely Boys is an American Grammy-winning musical group from San Angelo that plays Tex-Mex rock with elements of blues, soul, country and Tejano. • Four-time Cy Young Award-winning & Baseball Hall of Fame inductee baseball pitcher Greg Maddux was born in San Angelo. • Matthew McConaughey owns a ranch nearby and frequently shops in San Angelo. • Monty McCutchen, a World Views Guides | June 2014
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professional basketball referee in the NBA, lives there. • Shea Morenz, a graduate of San Angelo Central and former Texas Longhorns quarterback, was drafted by the New York Yankees. • Actor Fess Parker grew up on a ranch near San Angelo. • Former professional tennis player Cliff Richey, who won 45 career singles titles, 1970 World Grand Prix Champion, two-time Davis Cup Champion, No. 1 ranked player in the United States in 1970 and the coauthor of Acing Depression: A Tennis Champion’s Toughest Match, was born in San Angelo and currently lives there. • Former professional tennis player Nancy Richey, who won six Grand Slam titles and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame ‘03, was born in San Angelo and currently lives there. Together, Nancy and Cliff are the best brother and sister to have ever played the game of tennis. • Jazz musician Jack Teagarden lived in San Angelo. • Sam Sheridan played semi- & professional basketball in Japan 2003-2004. Graduated from San Angelo Central High School in 1994. Attended ASU. • Musician Ernest Tubb, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, worked for World Views Guides
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several years in San Angelo, and had a daily live music show on a local radio station prior to going to Nashville. • Surveyor W. D. Twichell, whose work encompassed 165 of the 254 Texas counties, retired to San Angelo in 1934, where he lived until his death in 1959. • Grant Speed, western sculptor, resides in Utah, but was born in San Angelo in 1930. • Bram Stoker Award winner and novelist Lucy A. Snyder grew up in San Angelo and has used a fictional version of the city as a setting in some of her work. • Former IFBB champion Bonny Priest is the owner of Fitness Zone in San Angelo.
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Goodfellow Air Force Base is a non-flying United States Air Force base located in San Angelo, Texas. As part of Air Education & Training Command (AETC), Goodfellow’s main mission is cryptologic and intelligence training for the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Navy and Marine Corps. Military firefighters are also trained here as part of the 312th Training Squadron. It is the home of the 17th Training Wing (17 TRW). The base is named for World War I aviator First Lieutenant John J. Goodfellow, Jr. 1. Units • The host unit at Goodfellow AFB is the Air Force’s 17th Training Wing, part of Second Air Force (2 AF) of AETC. • There are also
tenant units of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. • There is a Texas Air National Guard unit, the 217th Training Squadron (217 TRS). • The Army’s 344th Military Intelligence Battalion is headquartered at Goodfellow AFB with separate companies at Fort Huachuca, Arizona and Corry Station, Florida. 2. History Goodfellow’s history traces to the days before the attack on Pearl Harbor, but its name registered the valor and sacrifice of an earlier conflict. On 14 September 1918, 1st Lieutenant John J. Goodfellow, Jr., of San Angelo, Texas, boarded his Salmson 2A2 observation plane at Gondreville Airfield in France to conduct
visual reconnaissance behind enemy lines. The mission was part of a larger undertaking just underway, a major American offensive intended to reduce the German salient near St. Mihiel. Unfortunately, adverse weather permitted observation only at a low altitude that exposed the lumbering Salmson to enemy pursuit. Three days later, the offensive a success, the young pilot’s remains were recovered from his ruined craft and interred at the US military cemetery near Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle. The peace that arrived two months later endured a mere two decades more. Constrained by neutrality legislation, but witness to the aggression across Europe, Africa, and Asia, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt World Views Guides | June 2014
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began a program of preparedness which included the construction of facilities dedicated to advanced air training. Several such bases were envisioned for Texas and one, specifically, for the Fort Worth-MidlandSan Angelo triangle. Civic leaders from San Angelo immediately commended their community to the U.S. War Department. A generous offer of sewage and electrical service, a railroad spur, and a 50-year lease on 640 acres (260ha) at one dollar per year easily decided the issue. Construction of the new San Angelo Air Corps Basic Flying School began at once. Officially established on 17 August 1940, the base was ready for occupancy by 21 January 1941, and the first classes of students soon arrived.
On 11 June 1941, in dedication to a young hero and in tribute to the community that shaped him, the base was officially renamed Goodfellow Field. In the next four years, more than 10,000 trained pilots were graduated, and many were decorated for outstanding heroism in action against Germany, Italy, and Japan. Still, the Axis collapse did not dissolve the Goodfellow mission. Goodfellow continued to train pilots into the postwar era, primarily for large multiengine piston and turboprop aircraft, first on the AT-6 Texan, the T-28 Trojan, and then, beginning in 1954, on the twin-engine TB-25 and B-25 Mitchell. On 3 September 1958, with nearly 20,000 aviators to its credit, Goodfellow graduated its last class of pilots, as the Air
Force and Air Training Command (ATC) transitioned to the new Undergraduate Pilot Training construct with T-37 and T-38 Talon aircraft that required minimum 8000-ft (2400-m) runway lengths, far longer than Goodfellowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 5500-ft primary runways. With the transfer of the base from ATC to the USAF Security Service (USAFSS), Goodfellowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission became the training of Air Force personnel in the advanced cryptologic skills that the Security Service required. Eight years later, in 1966, the mission expanded further to include jointservice training in these same skills for U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marine Corps personnel. Although flight operations at Goodfellow decreased World Views Guides | June 2014
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dramatically after 1958, minimal activities continued with both transient aircraft and locally based Cessna U-3 Administrators (1958– 1971), DeHavilland U-6 Beavers (1960–1966), Piasecki H-21, CH-21 and HH-21 Workhorse helicopters (1958– 1966) and Cessna O-2 Skymasters (1972– 1975). Goodfellow’s runways were permanently closed in March 1975. After 38 years of pilot and then intelligence training, Goodfellow’s mission had apparently come to a close with the announcement in 1978 that the base would revert to ATC and was a candidate for closure. Since Goodfellow was a single-mission facility, its mission could perhaps be executed more economically elsewhere. By
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intelligence personnel had already begun seriously to contemplate the consolidation of all Air Force-managed intelligence training at one location. The site selected for intelligence training consolidation was Goodfellow, and the base was designated a technical training center on 1 March 1985. During the next three years, intelligence training consolidation brought to Goodfellow advanced imagery training from Offutt AFB, Nebraska; electronic intelligence operations training from Keesler AFB, Mississippi; and targeting, intelligence applications, and general intelligence training from Lowry AFB, Colorado as a result of Lowry’s identification for closure under Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). The
successful completion of intelligence training consolidation on 30 June 1988 further facilitated the development of intelligence training integration, a multidisciplinary approach to the training of intelligence professionals. In 1992, as part of an overall organizational restructuring of the Air Force, ATC was inactivated, replaced by the Air Education and Training Command (AETC), which became the “parent” major command for Goodfellow AFB. On 1 July 1993, the 17th Training Wing was activated on Goodfellow AFB. With the change in name came a marked diversification and increase in Goodfellow’s mission. Rounds one and two of the BRAC process transferred special
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instruments training from the former Lowry AFB and fire protection training from the former ChanuteAFB, Illinois, to Goodfellow. To support the increased training load, Goodfellow underwent extensive modernization and growth. With new training facilities, dormitories, dining halls, a commissary, a youth center, and a physical fitness center. 3. Facilities These are some of the facilities at Goodfellow AFB: •
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