Perrin Air Force Base

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Perrin Air Force Base was a former United States Air Force installation in Texas that served primarily as a pilot training base during the mid-20th century.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Perrin Air Force Base canonical 2

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military air base ⓘ
branch United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
closed 1971 ⓘ
controlledBy Air Defense Command ⓘ
Air Training Command ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
environment continental climate ⓘ
garrison United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
hasFacility control tower ⓘ
hangars ⓘ
runways ⓘ
training facilities ⓘ
hasHeritage Cold War military heritage ⓘ
locatedIn Grayson County, Texas ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
locatedNear Denison, Texas ⓘ
Sherman, Texas ⓘ
namedAfter Elmer D. Perrin ⓘ
notableRole training jet pilots for the U.S. Air Force ⓘ
opened 1941 ⓘ
operator United States Air Force ⓘ
partOf Air Training Command ⓘ
postClosureUse North Texas Regional Airport ⓘ
civil aviation ⓘ
industrial park ⓘ
previousName Perrin Field ⓘ
primaryFunction pilot training ⓘ
region North Texas ⓘ
runwaySurface concrete ⓘ
status closed ⓘ
former military installation ⓘ
timePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
usedAircraft F-102 Delta Dagger ⓘ
F-86 Sabre ⓘ
T-33 Shooting Star ⓘ
T-37 Tweet ⓘ
linked to: Cessna T-37 Tweet

T-38 Talon ⓘ
usedDuring Cold War ⓘ
usedFor advanced pilot training ⓘ
basic pilot training ⓘ
fighter-interceptor training ⓘ
instrument training ⓘ
jet pilot training ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Texas Regional Airport → formerName → Perrin Air Force Base ⓘ
subject linked to: PNX
North Texas Regional Airport → formerlyKnownAs → Perrin Air Force Base ⓘ
subject linked to: KGYI