Laughlin Heritage Foundation, Incorporated
(830) 719-9380         309 South Main Street         Del Rio, Texas  78840
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    • Laughlin Air Force Base Gallery >
      • LAFB Individual Decorations
      • General Gallery
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      • Old Zacatosa Ranch Image Gallery
    • 4080th Gallery >
      • 2014 4080th SRW/SW Reunion Program
      • 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing (Light) (SAC) >
        • Colonel Zemke Ordered To Ent AFB, Colorado
      • 4080th Strategic Wing Honors and Decorations
      • Pilots of the 4025TH SRS / 4028TH SRWS
      • Men of the 4025th SRS
      • Cuban Missile Crisis Gallery >
        • Glazer's Luncheon
        • The Lockheed U-2 Aircraft
        • 1992 SAC Museum Cuban Missile Crisis Seminar Distinguished Attendees
        • Cuban Missile Crisis Distinguished Flying Cross Awardees
    • U-2 Gallery >
      • The Inquisitive Angel
      • In the Beginning: U-2s at Watertown
      • Laughlin AFB Gets 1st Assignment of New Plane
      • Newspaper Reports of Laughlin U-2 Accidents
      • A Rare Gathering of 5 Angels
      • A Rarer Gathering of 6 Angels
      • A Brief History of 56-6681
      • 56-6700: Last U-2A Sortie From Laughlin
      • U-2D 56-6721
      • U-2 Tracker Cameras >
        • U-2 T-70 Tracker Camera 731x414
        • U-2 T-35 Tracker Camera 731X665
      • Flight Surgeon's Report - 12 May 1961
    • T-33 Gallery >
      • CITY OF DEL RIO - 53-6124
    • T-38 Gallery >
      • T-38 Milestones at LAFB
    • RB-57D Gallery >
      • Martin RB-57D
    • 1936 USCG Air Patrol Detachment
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Old photo of Laughlin Air Force Base main gate, Del Rio, Texas
Old LAFB main gate, circa 1960s
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Laughlin Heritage Foundation, Incorporated

Our Mission:

To foster and perpetuate the Foundation as a medium of informing and educating the public on the important role of air power in sustaining the national security of the United States; and to acquire property, real or personal, which is of historical significance; and to do all things which will tend to further the preservation of the heritage of Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas.

Our Responsibilities:

  1. To honor and remember individuals, units, and events that brought great credit and honor to Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas.
  2. To preserve and protect those items that are entrusted to the care, custody, and control of  our Foundation.
  3. To present to the public the results of our acquisitions and research in a manner that future generations will understand the true cost of freedom. 

Located on South Main Street across from the State District Courthouse, the Laughlin Heritage Foundation Museum houses interesting information about Laughlin AFB and the early years of aviation in Val Verde County. The museum houses many artifacts related to the Cuban Missile Crisis and includes many artifacts gifted by people who served at the base, especially the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing.

Laughlin Heritage Foundation Museum is partially funded by the City of Del Rio and Val Verde County Hotel Occupancy Tax funds.
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