When Texas's capital city outgrew its former 1930s airport, the decommissioning of Bergstrom Air Force Base because of the military base closure program made its 4,100 acres available as the location ...

Soon after midnight, the cabin door of a C-135 Stratolifter slammed shut behind Major General Edwin Burba, commander of the U.S. Army’s “Hell on Wheels” 2nd Armored Division. Slowly the giant jet ...