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Robert Gray Army Airfield〔 is a military joint-use airport that operates alongside Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport.〔 The airport is based inside the south end of the Fort Hood Military Reservation (known as West Fort Hood), six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) southwest of the central business district of Killeen, Texas,〔 in unincorporated Bell County. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 232,299 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,〔 〕 231,500 enplanements in 2009, and 243,861 in 2010.〔 〕 It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a ''primary commercial service'' airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).〔 〕 == History == The base was named after a Killeen native who was a pilot of a B-25 bomber on the famous Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in 1942. He was killed later in World War II flying combat missions.〔Fort Hood: The Great Place to Call Home, Fort Hood's Official Post Guide, Fort Hood History, page 72. Marcoa Publishing Inc., 2004, under contract with Fort Hood. Editorial content is edited, prepared and provided by the Public Affairs Office of Fort Hood.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Gray Army Airfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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