 The military deployment also included the 1st Aero Division, and the Wright brothers trained over a dozen soldiers as military pilots, essentially turning Texas City into the birthplace of what became the United States Air Force, as the city claims at its monument of the birthplace of the Air Force at Bay Street City Park.Speed and distance records were set by pilots trained and planes flying out of Texas City's impromptu military air base.An August 1915 hurricane completely demolished the encampment.