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A fifth airfield remained as an active Strategic Air Command (SAC) bomber, tanker and reconnaissance base with a tenant Aerospace Defense Command (ADC) air command and control squadron. The base later incorporating a commercial jetport and became a joint civil-military airport in 1962 until the closure of the USAF installation in 1975 and its ...
Pages in category "Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Florida" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The United States Army maintains various aircraft and support facilities, including airfields, even after the creation of the United States Air Force as a separate service branch in 1947. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
Carlstrom Field, Florida, World War I photograph, 1918 Carlstrom Field, Florida, World War II, note the PT-17 Stearmans on the flight line and the rebuilt hangars and ground station. Carlstrom Field is a former military airfield, located 6.4 miles (10.3 km) southeast of Arcadia, Florida.
McCoy Air Force Base was named for Colonel Michael Norman Wright McCoy (1905–1957) on 7 May 1958. [1] Seven months earlier on 9 October 1957, McCoy was killed in the crash of a B-47 Stratojet (DB-47B-35-BW), AF Serial No. 51-2177, of the 447th Bombardment Squadron, 321st Bombardment Wing.
This is a list of airports in Florida (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
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 airfield is also extensively used for practice approaches and touch-and-go landings by military aircraft based at NAS Jacksonville, Naval Station Mayport and Jacksonville Air National Guard Base at Jacksonville International Airport, as well as itinerant military aircraft, especially those undergoing modification or repair work at former ...