In October 1969, Killeen Base was designated as West Fort Hood and the airfield's name was designated as Robert Gray Army Airfield. The base was named after a Killeen native who was a pilot of a B-25 bomber on the famous Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in 1942.
Largest Desert In North America. Chihuahuan Desert -- the largest desert in North America covering more than 200,000 square miles -- Most of it lies south of the international border.In the U.S. it extends into parts of New Mexico, Texas and sections of southeastern Arizona.pproximate DesertUSA Boundaries: Bordered on the west by Arizona's U.S. Route 191, on the north by Interstate 40, on the east by Texas' U.S. Route 385, and south to the Mexican border. Some Mexican Gray Wolves are still in the Chihuahuan Desert.
White Sands National Monument can be found in the Chihuahuan Desert, which spreads from southern New Mexico / western Texas down to Mexico. Here's another good map of the Chihuahuan Desert. Most of the Chihuahuan Desert lies in Mexico. In the United States, it reaches into Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.The Chihuahuan Desert, in turn, is part of the North American Desert, or Great American Desert, which stretches from southern Oregon / Idaho to Mexico.With the Chihuahuan Desert it goes the way it does with many deserts-its wildlife and plant populations have decreased and it has become much more barren.he Chihuahuan Desert, in turn, is part of the North American Desert, or Great American Desert, which stretches from southern Oregon / Idaho to Mexico. With the Chihuahuan Desert it goes the way it does with many deserts-its wildlife and plant populations have decreased and it has become much more barren.