Site of Pampa Army Air Force Base - Pampa, TX
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 35° 32.901 W 100° 45.411
14S E 340753 N 3935275
I am told it is now a feed lot. I could hear heavy equipment operating even though there was heavy rain.
Waymark Code: WM133AM
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2020
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County of Marker: Gray County
Location of Marker: TX-152 @ FM-1474, 4½ miles E. of US-60, and 11 miles NE of Pampa
Marker Erected by: Texas Historical Commission
Date Marker Erected: 1982
Marker Text:
Site of
PAMPA ARMY AIR FORCE BASE
In the early 1940s Pampa Mayor Fred Thompson and a delegation from the city's Chamber of Commerce traveled to Washington, D.C. to promote this area as a possible site for a military base. Attracted by the terrain, climactic history, available land and community response, Army officials chose this site for the establishment of an installation to train pilots and support personnel for World War II.
Construction of the Pampa Army Air Force Base began in June 1942, under the direction of the Tulsa, Oklahoma office of the Corps of Engineers. Overseeing the initial stages of the operation was Col. Norman B. Olsen. Temporary offices were set up in the Rose Motor Company and Culberson-Smalling buildings in town. Col. Daniel S. Campbell became the commanding officer in September 1942, and within two months the first planes and aviation cadets had arrived.
The Pampa Army Air Force Base closed September 30, 1945, after just three years of operation. During that time 6,292 aviation cadets and 3,500 mechanics were trained. The base's safety record was one of the best in the U.S. Training Command during World War II. Despite a brief history, the base had a dramatic impact on the development of the Pampa area.
(1982)
Interesting reading about this site can be found here: Wikipedia , or Little Known Fields, or Gen Goade, & Gen. Fowler
Originally I had in the short description that I thought this was now a construction site or a landfill. I could not see over the dirt berm and could hear bulldozers and the like. I received an email from Quinduno and he gave me the information that he once worked here loading the hay racks, and that the area is a large feed lot. Some buildings still remain, as well as the runways. Thanks Quinduno for the update information.