Kelly Field

Kelly Field
Kelly Field
Part of Joint Base San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas in the United States
	A US Air Force C-5 Galaxy of the 433rd Airlift Wing at Kelly Field during 2011
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Coordinates	29°23′00″N 098°34′51″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
In use	1917 – 2001 (Kelly Field and AFB); 2001 – 2018 (Kelly Field Annex); 2018 – present (Kelly Field);
Garrison information
Occupants	149th Fighter Wing; 433rd Airlift Wing;
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: SKF, ICAO: KSKF, FAA LID: SKF, WMO: 0722535
Elevation	210.4 metres (690 ft) AMSL
Runways
16/34	3,520.4 metres (11,550 ft) Porous European Mix
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

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. 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. 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.

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.

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