Previous Names
- Bruja Point Military Reservation, 11 August 1928
- Fort Bruja, 1929
- Fort Kobbe (named after Maj Gen William A. Kobbe, USA, who died 1 November 1931) 1932; airfield section of Fort Kobbe named Howard Field, 1 December 1939
- Howard Air Base, 10 July 1941
- Howard Air Force Base, 1948 – February 1950; October 1955 – 1999
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