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The Sahuarita Air Force Range, also known as the Sahuarita Bombing & Gunnery Range, was built just east of Sahuarita, Arizona, in 1942.It was used for the training of bombardiers, aerial gunners, anti-aircraft gunners, and others during World War II and the Korean War.
Sahuarita was part of the Confederate Arizona Territory between 1861 and 1862 before being captured by the Union and incorporated into Arizona Territory in 1863. In 1867, Fort Crittenden was created between Sonoita and Patagonia in order to support the establishment of American settlements in the Santa Cruz Valley .
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Arizona for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.. Most of these airfields were under the command of Fourth Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (A predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command).
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The Arizona Commemorative Air Force conducted a flyover on May 8, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.The flyover also honored the Arizonans weathering the storm ...
Arizona's Camp Florence, on the Florence Military Reservation, was the first permanent alien enemy camp constructed during World War II. Construction began during 1942 to house 3000 internees, with room to expand to 6000. The initial construction budget was $4.8 million.
World War II aviators jackets. The Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum can trace its history to 6 September 1961, when the Commemorative Air Force was founded. The non-profit organization was chartered as a nonprofit Texas corporation in Dallas. Its mission is to restore and preserve World War II-era combat aircraft.
The Civil War in Arizona: the story of the California Volunteers, 1861–1865. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-3747-9. pp. 38–39. A history of the First Arizona Volunteer Infantry, 1865–1866 by Lonnie Edward Underhill, The University of Arizona 1979 ; History of Arizona by Thomas Edwin Farish, Arizona Historian. Volume IV Chapters ...