Visits By NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA)
On July 1, 2007, the Space Shuttle Atlantis made a stop at the airport while being piggybacked from Edwards Air Force Base to Florida—one of the few visits by the shuttle to a commercial airport. After a brief stay it was flown on to Offutt Air Force Base.
In 2009, the airport was again used as a refueling stop by the SCA. On September 20, the Space Shuttle Discovery was transported from Edwards Air Force Base to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with intermediate stops in Amarillo, Carswell AFB in Ft.Worth, and Barksdale AFB in Louisiana.
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