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Fort Bliss is a United States Army post in New Mexico and Texas, with its headquarters in El Paso, Texas.Named in honor of LTC William Bliss (1815–1853), a mathematics professor who was the son-in-law of President Zachary Taylor, Ft. Bliss has an area of about 1,700 square miles (4,400 km 2); it is the largest installation in FORSCOM (United States Army Forces Command) and second-largest in ...
Biggs Field/Biggs Army Airfield (1916–47) On 15 June 1919, following an attack by Pancho Villa 's forces on Ciudad Juárez, United States Army Air Service personnel equipped with Dayton-Wright DH-4 aircraft were sent to Fort Bliss to begin patrols of the U.S.-Mexico border, initiating the United States Army Border Air Patrol.
February 23, 1972. Old Fort Bliss are a pair of two-story adobe buildings in El Paso, Texas. They were built in the 1850s, and designed in the Victorian architectural style. [2] They were army barracks and later remodelled into apartment buildings. [2] The structure has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since February 23 ...
Frankfurt Army Regional Medical Center (1995) Gorgas Army Hospital, Canal Zone (1997) Hawley Army Hospital, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, 30 September 1995 [14] [15] Letterman Army Medical Center, Presidio of San Francisco, California, 1994. McCornack General Hospital, Pasadena, California (1949).
9 March 1955. William Edward McLaughlin crashed fighter jet while taking off an aircraft carrier off the coast of California. [citation needed] 11 March. Third of 13 North American X-10s, GM-19309, c/n 3, on X-10 flight number 14, out of Edwards AFB, California, first flight of refitted c/n 3, the static test article.
The Fort Bliss Main Post Historic District, at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, is a 339 acres (137 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The listing included 343 contributing buildings , two contributing structures , and a contributing site on the Fort Bliss military installation.
United States Army Europe Band and Chorus. Sembach. Kaiserslautern, Germany. United States Army Japan Band. Camp Zama. Sagamihara, Japan. Army Training and Doctrine Command Band [8] Joint Base Langley-Eustis. Newport News, VA.
Description Historic House at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas.jpg. English: From Wikipedia: "The Fort Bliss Main Post Historic District, at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, is a 339 acres (137 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The listing included 343 contributing buildings, two contributing ...