Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base | |||||||||||
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Houston, Texas in the United States of America | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 29°36′26″N 095°09′32″W / 29.60722°N 95.15889°W | ||||||||||
Type | Joint Reserve Base | ||||||||||
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Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||||||
Operator | US Air Force (USAF) | ||||||||||
Controlled by | Texas Air National Guard | ||||||||||
Condition | Operational | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
Site history | |||||||||||
Built | 1917 | (as Ellington Field)||||||||||
In use | 1917 – present | ||||||||||
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Identifiers | IATA: EFD, ICAO: KEFD, FAA LID: EFD, WMO: 722436 | ||||||||||
Elevation | 10 metres (33 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Airfield shared with Ellington Airport Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base is a joint installation shared by various active component and reserve component military units, as well as aircraft flight operations of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the aegis of the nearby Johnson Space Center. The host wing for the installation is the Texas Air National Guard's 147th Attack Wing (147 ATKW). Opened in 1917, Ellington Field was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the United States entry into World War I. It is named for First Lieutenant Eric Ellington, a U.S. Army aviator who was killed in a plane crash in San Diego, California in 1913.[2][3]