Randolph Army Air Field - Universal City, TX
N 29° 32.159 W 098° 16.963
14R E 569500 N 3267585
San Antonio City leaders made sure the new Randolph Army Air Field would be located along the Old Spanish Trail, and its landmark Taj Majal main administration building soon became an OST landmark
Waymark Code: WMXP2B
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/05/2018
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The Randolph Army Air Field opened along Seguin Road/OST in 1931.
Visitors please note: Randolph AFB is a closed military post, and only visitors on orders or with an on-base sponsor for official business may drive on board. However, the "Taj Mahal" is easily seen from the public right of way along Seguin Rd.
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"Randolph AFB is named after Captain William Millican Randolph, a native of Austin, who was on the base naming committee at the time of his death in a crash. It serves as headquarters of the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) as well as the Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) and is known as "the Showplace of the Air Force" because of the Spanish Colonial Revival Style architecture in which all structures including hangars were constructed. The symbol of the base is a large water tower atop Building 100, housing the headquarters for Randolph's major flying unit, the 12th Flying Training Wing (12 FTW). With its distinctive architecture, the wing's headquarters has come to be known throughout the Air Force as "the Taj Mahal," or simply "The Taj"."
In 2018 Randolph AFB is still an active military base, part of the Joint Base San Antonio.
The OST travels through Bexar county on several roads, from East to west as follows: (Source: Bexar County GIS Map of the OST (
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From the Guadalupe-Bexar-County line:
Seguin Road to N New Braunfels Ave (east side of San Antonio)
N New Braunfels to E Houston Street (downtown SA and Alamo Plaza)
E Houston to N Flores St (heading NW out of downtown)
N Flores St - Fredericksburg Rd
Fredericksburg Rd - I-10 WB frontage roads
I-10 WB FRs - Boerne Stage Road
Boerne Stage road to Bexar-Kendall County line
See the PDF of the complete 1925 OST brochure embedded in a news story from the San Antonio Express News here, for proof that OST passed by Randolph AAF on the Seguin Highway: (
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For more on the OST in San Antonio see: (
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