| Kelly Field | |||||||
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| Part of Joint Base San Antonio | |||||||
| San Antonio, Texas in the United States | |||||||
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  Kelly Field  Kelly Field  Kelly Field | |||||||
| Coordinates | 29°23′00″N 098°34′51″W / 29.38333°N 98.58083°W | ||||||
| Type | US Air Force airfield | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||
| Operator | United States Air Force | ||||||
| Controlled by | Air Education and Training Command | ||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||
| Website | Official website (Joint Base San Antonio) | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1917 | ||||||
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| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: SKF, ICAO: KSKF, FAA LID: SKF, WMO: 0722535 | ||||||
| Elevation | 210.4 metres (690 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||
Kelly Field (formerly Kelly Air Force Base) (IATA: SKF, ICAO: KSKF, FAA LID: SKF) is a Joint-Use facility located in San Antonio, Texas. It was originally named after George E. M. Kelly, the first member of the U.S. military killed in the crash of an airplane he was piloting.
In 2001, pursuant to BRAC action, the former Kelly AFB runway and land west of the runway became "Kelly Field" and control of this reduced size installation was transferred to the adjacent Lackland Air Force Base, part of Joint Base San Antonio.[2] The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command (AETC).
Kelly Field was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the United States entry into World War I, being established on 27 March 1917.[3] It was used as a flying field; primary flying school; school for adjutants, supply officers, and engineers; mechanics school, and as an aviation general supply depot.[4]
Kelly Air Force Base and its associated San Antonio Air Logistics Center of the Air Force Materiel Command (formerly Air Force Logistics Command) was closed as an independent installation and its assets realigned by the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission.
- ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for SKF PDF
- ^ Joint Base San Antonio 502d ABW
- ^ William R. Evinger: Directory of Military Bases in the U.S., Oryx Press, Phoenix, Ariz., 1991, p. 147.
- ^ World War I Group, Historical Division, Special Staff, United States Army, Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War (1917–1919)