Goodfellow Air Force Base
Goodfellow Air Force Base
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| Part of Air Education and Training Command (AETC) | |
| Located in San Angelo, Texas | |
 Goodfellow AFB
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| Coordinates | 31°25′46.6716″N 100°23′56.54″W / 31.429631000°N 100.3990389°WCoordinates: 31°25′46.6716″N 100°23′56.54″W / 31.429631000°N 100.3990389°W |
| Type | Air Force Base |
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| Controlled by |
 United States Air Force
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| Site history | |
| Built | 1940 |
| In use | 1940–present |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison |
 17th Training Wing
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Goodfellow Air Force Base is a nonflying United States Air Force base located in San Angelo, Texas. As part of Air Education and Training Command (AETC), Goodfellow's main mission is cryptologic and intelligence training for the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Navy, and Marine Corps. Military firefighters are also trained here as part of the 312th Training Squadron. It is the home of the 17th Training Wing (17 TRW). The base is named for World War I aviator First Lieutenant John J. Goodfellow, Jr.
Goodfellow's history traces to the days before the attack on Pearl Harbor, but its name registered the valor and sacrifice of an earlier conflict. On 14 September 1918, 1st Lieutenant John J. Goodfellow, Jr., of San Angelo, Texas, boarded his Salmson 2A2 observation plane at Gondreville Airfield in France to conduct visual reconnaissance behind enemy lines. The mission was part of a larger undertaking just underway, a major American offensive intended to reduce the German salient near St. Mihiel. Unfortunately, adverse weather permitted observation only at a low altitude that exposed the lumbering Salmson to enemy pursuit. Three days later, the offensive a success, the young pilot's remains were recovered from his ruined craft and interred at the St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial near Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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