Moore was a native of Houston, who was killed on 2 September 1918, during the Battle of Fismes and Fismette in World War I.

In June 1954, after the closing of the sanatorium and as part of the Cold War military expansion by the United States, the United States Air Force announced that Moore Field would be reactivated as a contract pilot training school under the Air Training Command.

The 3301st Pilot Training Group (Contract Primary) was reassigned to Moore from Columbus AFB, Mississippi on 1 April 1955.

As a result of the Consolidated Pilot Training (CPT) program, contractor flying schools were planned to be phased out.

In 1977 Scientists of the Screwworm Research Unit relocated from the laboratory at Moore Air Force Base, to the sterile fly production facility near Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico.

The cantonment area is overgrown and abandoned with remainders of streets in various states of deterioration, however the World War II-era water tower still is standing and being maintained.

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