by Ramiro Guzman | Jun 13, 2025
Operation Brass Knob Laughlin Air Force Base pilots flew secret surveillance missions during the height of the Cold War. The Strategic Air Command formed the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing in 1956, utilizing high altitude Martin RB-57D and Lockheed U-2...
by Ramiro Guzman | Jun 13, 2025
Military Aviation in Val Verde County Military Aviationin Val Verde County flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Galbraith Perry Rodgers landed his plane at Del Rio while on the first transcontinental flight across the United State. The arrival of a plane in Del Rio...
by Ramiro Guzman | Jun 13, 2025
LT. Jack T. Laughlin Born in Del Rio on Sept. 17, 1914, Jack Thomas Laughlin graduated from Del Rio high School and earned a degree from the University of Texas. In 1940, he joined the Army Air Corps and the following year received his pilot’s wings at Stockton,...
by Ramiro Guzman | Jun 13, 2025
Laughlin Army Air Field With the need to train more pilots for military service during World War II, the U.S. Army established an air field east of Del Rio in 1942. The region’s year-round good weather and vast areas of open ground offered near ideal flight...
by Ramiro Guzman | Jun 13, 2025
Eagle’s Nest Eagle’s Nest Humans are believed to have traveled through the remote and dramatic landscape near the confluence of the Pecos River and the Rio Grande for centuries. For years, the cliff across the river from this site was home to a pair of...
