Perrin Air Force Base Historical Museum

Texas Army National Guard Drill At North Texas Regional Airport (AKA Perrin Field)

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 36th Infantry Division (Texas Army National Guard) conduct a training exercise at North Texas Regional Airport (Perrin Field) in Grayson County on March 28, 2015. The Soldiers’ mission was to conduct and Assault Landing to seize control of an airport utilizing U.S. Air Force C-17 and C-130 aircraft based out of Altus Air Force Base and Little Rock, Arkansas.
I am sorry that this is soo long, but this is the best footage from nearly 2 hours worth of video that I took that day.

Perrin Field Parachute Drop

22NOV2015
Airfield Seizure Exercise @ Perrin Field, Denison, Texas.
On Sunday, soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 143rd Regiment (Airborne) will be conducting airborne training operations in the vicinity of the North Texas Regional Airport -- Perrin Field.
The 36th Infantry Division soldiers of the Texas Army National Guard will be practicing airfield seizure operations, which is a standard training requirement.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower

This is a home movie of President Dwight D. Eisenhower reviewing the troops at James Connally Air Force Base, Waco Texas - Mid 1950's.

National Guard Exercise at Perrin Field

Some video and still photos of the Texas Army National Guard drill held at Perrin Field AKA North Texas Regional Airport on 22NOV2015.

Chesley Sullenberger

Chesley Burnett Sully Sullenberger, III is a retired airline captain and aviation safety consultant. He was hailed as a national hero in the United States when he successfully executed an emergency water landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River off Manhattan, New York City, after the aircraft was disabled by striking a flock of Canada geese during its initial climb out of LaGuardia Airport on January 15, 2009. All of the 155 passengers and crew aboard the aircraft survived.
Sullenberger is an international speaker on airline safety and has helped develop new protocols for airline safety. He served as the co-chairman of the EAA's Young Eagles youth introduction-to-aviation program from 2009 to 2013. He retired from US Airways after 30 years as a commercial pilot on March 3, 2010. In May of the following year, Sullenberger was hired by CBS News as a News Aviation and Safety Expert.


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