Current Use
The closed Perrin Air Force Base was turned over to the Grayson County Community College and to the County of Grayson. The name of the field was changed to Grayson County Airport, which, in November 2007, was renamed to North Texas Regional Airport. Today, in addition to serving as a general aviation airport, several businesses, as well as a juvenile detention center/boot-camp and adult probation center are built upon former barracks and nearby areas. Grayson County College uses several of the buildings for its course offerings. The college also operates the former base golf course.
Today, a small group of local Sherman and Denison citizens have held the memory of Perrin together, hosting nine Perrin Field reunions since the early 1980s. The Perrin AFB Research Foundation was established in 1998. There is a small museum dedicated to the former Perrin Air Force Base at the airport.
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