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Stuttgart Army Airfield is the name of two US Army installations: for the World War II base see Stuttgart Army Airfield (Arkansas) for the current base see Stuttgart ...
Stuttgart Army Airfield is a former World War II military airfield, located 7 miles north of Stuttgart, Arkansas. It operated as an advanced pilot training school for the United States Army Air Forces from 1942 until 1945.
Airfield Army post/facility served State/Territory ... Stuttgart Army Air Field: Arkansas: 1942-1944 [14] Stuttgart Municipal Airport: Travis Field: Georgia: 1942-1960:
The U.S. Army still maintains a small helicopter base - Stuttgart Army Airfield - on the southern side of the airport, which it shares with the Baden-Württemberg Police helicopter wing. The police helicopter wing falls under the control of Stuttgart Police Department and has six modern helicopters based at Stuttgart and two in Söllingen.
Schleißheim Army Airfield Oberschleißheim: transferred to Bundeswehr: 1973 Schloss Kaserne Butzbach: closed 1992 torn down Schwabstadl Kaserne Klosterlechfeld: closed 1993 74th USAFAD. demolished 2013 Sheridan Kaserne Augsburg: closed 1998 Sickels Army Airfield Fulda: closed 1993 Siegelsbach Army Depot Siegelsbach: closed 1991 Smiley Barracks ...
Stuttgart: Baden-Württemberg: EDDS STR Stuttgart Airport (formerly Stuttgart Army Airfield, Stuttgart Echterdingen Airport) Trier / Föhren: Rhineland-Palatinate: EDRT Trier-Föhren Airfield: Wangerland: Lower Saxony: EDXP Harle Airfield: Wangerooge: Lower Saxony: EDWG AGE Wangerooge Airfield: Weeze: North Rhine-Westphalia: EDLV NRN Weeze ...
The site was selected in the 1930s as the site for a new airport for Stuttgart but was instead developed as a military airfield named Fliegerhorst Nellingen in 1938. Following World War II the U.S. used Nellingen to host various units until after the Cold War and Gulf War .
Stuttgart Municipal Airport dates to 1942 when it was built by the United States Army Air Forces. It was used as an advanced twin-engine flying school and glider training. [3] With the end of World War II, Stuttgart Army Airfield was declared excess and closed on 5 August 1946. [3]