Complex sentence: The name stuck, and it grew to the point where the airport was renamed Rebel Field, all members were called "Colonels" (a tradition which still remains), and it lead to the creation of a fictitious leader named Colonel Beauregard Throckmorton.
Split into simpler sentences: The name stuck, and it grew to the point where the airport was renamed Rebel Field. All members were called "Colonels" (which still remains), and it lead to the creation of a fictitious leader named Colonel Beauregard Throckmorton.