historical aerial photograph of Brown Field Airport (SDM), Otay Mesa, California and Tijuana Airport (TIJ), Tijuana, Mexico, 1955; Brown Field is one of the oldest airports in the United States, originally named East Field and opened in 1918 when the U.S. Army established an aerial gunnery and aerobatics school to relieve congestion at North Island. In 1954 and at the time this photograph was taken, Brown Field was commissioned as a Naval Auxiliary Air Station to support fleet aircraft and...
more »

historical aerial photograph of Brown Field Airport (SDM), Otay Mesa, California and Tijuana Airport (TIJ), Tijuana, Mexico, 1955; Brown Field is one of the oldest airports in the United States, originally named East Field and opened in 1918 when the U.S. Army established an aerial gunnery and aerobatics school to relieve congestion at North Island. In 1954 and at the time this photograph was taken, Brown Field was commissioned as a Naval Auxiliary Air Station to support fleet aircraft and field carrier landing practice. Tijuana Airport opened in 1951, only a few years before this photograph was taken.
« less