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The U.S. Government first invested in Terrell County aviation in 1919, when an airfield was built west of Sanderson for the 90th Aero Squadron, which flew biplanes for the Border Patrol. After the squadron relocated, the East Dryden Aerodrome remained an active field until 1941. During World War II, American Airlines and the government joined to build a new civilian intermediate and emergency military landing field here, with construction supervised by the Civilian Aeronautics Administration and completed in October 1943. Two intersecting runways, each nearly a mile long, were built of rock asphalt on a caliche base. Later named Terrell County Airport, the facility also hosted Civil Air Patrol and military training exercises.
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