Bergstrom was originally activated on 19 September 1942, as Del Valle Army Air Base. The United States Army leased 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) from the city of Austin, on land acquired from the Santiago Del Valle Grant.[1] The Chisholm Trail ran through the tract. The name of the base was changed to Bergstrom Army Air Field on 3 March 1943, in honor of Austinite captain John August Earl Bergstrom, who was killed at Clark Field, Philippines, during one of the early Japanese bombings at the start of World War II. Bergstrom was a member of the 19th Bombardment Group. [More]
The 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing was transferred to Bergstrom from Mountain Home Air Force Base Idaho on 15 July 1971 when the 366th TFW returned from Da Nang Air Base to Mountain Home and the base’s mission was changed. When the 67th moved to Texas, it concentrated on maintaining tactical reconnaissance mission forces capable of meeting worldwide operational requirements. [More]
67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing – Air Force Unit Directory – Together We Served
The 924th Fighter Group is a group of the United States Air Force Reserve. It’s assigned to the Tenth Air Force and stationed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona as a Geographically Separated Unit (GSU) of the Air Force Reserve Command’s 442d Fighter Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri.[1] On 1 October 2012, the 924 FG was reassigned to the 944th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.[2] The 924th flies the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft.
Until its inactivation in 1994, the group was known as the 924th Fighter Wing and was based at the former Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas, the 924 FW was a subordinate command of Tenth Air Force and was inactivated as a wing on 27 September 1996 concurrent with Bergstrom’s closure due to 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission action. [More}
Special thanks to Ed Copher “924 Keeper of the Flame”. See the 924thTFG website here: 924TFG