Associated Press via Jefferson Post-Tribune 1954 - 09 - 16 The first runway opened in 1956 ; at about the same time the city donated the southern Grandview Airport to the United States Air Force to become Richards - Gebaur Air Force Base .
Associated Press via Jefferson Post-Tribune 1954 - 09 - 16 The first jet runways opened in 1956 . 
 At about the same time , the city donated the southern Grandview Airport to the United States Air Force to become Richards - Gebaur Air Force Base .