In 1951, pilot training was discontinued and replaced with academic and flight training for navigators, radar operators, and bombardiers, with particular emphasis for those officers slated for eventual assignment to Strategic Air Command's B-36 Peacemaker and its ever-increasing fleet of B-47 Stratojets.

In January 1958, the base became a support facility when the USAF located headquarters of Twelfth Air Force (12 AF) in nearby Waco TX.

In 1966, Convair / General Dynamics also established a modification center at the base to modify B-58 Hustler bombers.

The airport and the base facilities were used as a technical school while General Dynamics remained as a tenant performing modification work on various military aircraft.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency