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| | Randolph Air Force Base, Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | On June 20, 1930, Randolph Field, Texas (now Randolph Air Force Base) was dedicated with an estimated 15,000 people in attendance and a fly-by of 233 planes, possibly the largest assembly of military aircraft at that time. |
 | | The base was named after Capt. William Millican Randolph, a native of Austin, who contributed immeasurably to the progress of aviation during his nine years of flying. |
 | | Randolph produced 15,396 instructor graduates from this course before it moved to Waco Field, Texas, in 1945. |
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