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1940-1944. In use. 1940-present. During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Florida for antisubmarine defense in the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico and for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters, attack planes, and light and medium bombers. After early 1944, heavy bomber crews ...
Hendricks Army Airfield is a former United States Army Air Forces base. It was used during World War II as a Heavy Bomber Training School for B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator pilots. It was under the jurisdiction of the 76th Flying Training Wing (Specialized 4-Engine), Smyrna Army Airfield, Tennessee. The base was named Hendricks Field ...
Boca Raton Army Air Field was a World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield, located 1.7 miles (2.7 km) northwest of the 1940s borders of Boca Raton, Florida. During World War II, it operated the only training for the then new and secret technology of radar. Closed in 1946, due to annexation the former base is now within the city of ...
Kissimmee Army Airfield. Coordinates. 28°17′23″N 081°26′14″W / 28.28972°N 81.43722°W / 28.28972; -81.43722. Site history. In use. 1940–1945. Kissimmee Army Airfield, was a United States Army Air Forces airfield during World War II, located 1.8 miles (2.9 km) west of Kissimmee, Florida.
World War I. In 1917 the Army announced its intention of establishing a series of camps to train prospective pilots after the United States entry into World War I. An Army survey crew was sent to Southwest Florida looking for suitable sites to build airfields, one selected was a site about 13 miles to the southwest of Arcadia, Florida.
Located near: Gainesville, Florida. Alachua Army Airfield – 1949. Alachua Army Airfield. Coordinates. 29°41′24″N 082°16′18″W / 29.69000°N 82.27167°W / 29.69000; -82.27167. Site history. In use. 1940–1945. Alachua Army Airfield, was a World War II United States Army Air Force airfield, located 4.2 miles (6.8 km ...
Pinellas Army Airfield – 1951. Pinellas Army Airfield. Coordinates. 27°54′34″N 082°41′17″W. / 27.90944°N 82.68806°W / 27.90944; -82.68806. Site history. In use. 1942–1945. Pinellas Army Airfield was a United States Army Air Forces installation during World War II, located 9.8 miles northwest of St. Petersburg, Florida .
Miami Army Airfield. Coordinates. 25°48′19″N 080°16′13″W / 25.80528°N 80.27028°W / 25.80528; -80.27028. Site history. In use. 1940-1946. Miami Army Airfield, was a World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield located at the 36th Street Airport in Miami, Florida. The military airfield closed in 1946 and the airport ...