Ellington Field
Overview
 
See: Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base
Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base
Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base is the home base of the Texas Air National Guard 147th Reconnaissance Wing.-Overview:The United States Air Force 147th Reconnaissance Wing provides two 24/7 MQ-1B Predator Unmanned Aerial Systems combat support sorties which provide theater and national-level...

 for the military use of the airport

Ellington International Airport is a joint civil-military airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 located in the U.S. state
U.S. state
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 of Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

 within the city of Houston—15 miles (24.1 km) southeast of Downtown
Downtown Houston
Downtown Houston is the largest business district of Houston, Texas, United States. Downtown Houston, the city's central business district, contains the headquarters of many prominent companies. There is an extensive network of pedestrian tunnels and skywalks connecting the buildings of the district...

. Established by the Army Air Service on 21 May 1917, Ellington Field was one of the initial World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 Army Air Service installations when aviation was in its infancy.
 
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