Most of the first aircraft assigned to the Army were based here with the 1st Aero Squadron when it transferred from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in 1915.

It was named in honor of Colonel Townsend Foster Dodd, Air Service, who was killed in an aircraft accident on October 5, 1919 at Bustleton Field near Philadelphia.

The 12th remained at Dodd until 31 October 1931 when the squadron transferred to Brooks Field, south of San Antonio.

During World War II, the 63d Troop Carrier Group based C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft at Dodd Army Airfield from September though November 1942.

In 1949, Dodd was converted into a government housing area for Army personnel stationed at Ft. Sam Houston.