Marine Corps Air Station Eagle Mountain Lake

Marine Corps Air Station Eagle Mountain Lake was a United States Marine Corps air station that was located 23 miles northwest of Fort Worth, Texas during World War II. Commissioned on December 1, 1942 the air station was originally supposed to be the home of the Marine Corps glider program. When the program was cancelled in 1943 the station became home to the newly created Marine Night Fighting Squadrons. After the war the air station went into caretaker status in December 1946 and became an Outlying Landing Field of Naval Air Station Dallas. After the war, it was used by various branches of the military before being sold to a private owner in the 1970s. Today, the airfield is a private airport run by the Kenneth Copeland Ministry as Kenneth Copeland Airport.
In 1942, 2,931 acres of former ranch land were purchased on the eastern shore of Eagle Mountain Lake so the Marine Corps could set up glider operations. Construction of the base began on July 24, 1942. Marine Glider Group 71 and Marine Glider Squadron 711 under the command of Colonel Vernon M. Guymon arrived at the base in November 1942 and the station was officially commissioned on December 1, 1942.

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