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During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces established numerous airfields in Texas for training pilots and aircrews. The amount of available land and the temperate climate made Texas a prime location for year-round military training. By the end of the war, 65 Army airfields were built in the state. [1]
Randolph Air Force Base: San Antonio Fort Sam Houston: San Antonio Camp Bullis: San Antonio Martindale Army Air Field: San Antonio Dyess Air Force Base: Abilene: Goodfellow Air Force Base: San Angelo: Laughlin Air Force Base: Del Rio: Sheppard Air Force Base: Wichita Falls: Fort Cavazos: Killeen: Fort Bliss: El Paso: Fort Wolters: Mineral Wells ...
Matagorda Peninsula Army Airfield is a closed military airfield, located on Matagorda Island, Texas. It was used during World War II as a training airfield by the 77th Flying Training Wing, Army Air Forces Central Flying Training Command.
Pages in category "World War II airfields in the United States" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. ... Myrtle Beach Air Force Base; N.
Pyote Air Force Base was a World War II United States Army Air Forces training airbase. It was on 2,745 acres (1,111 ha) a mile from the town of Pyote, Texas , on U.S. Highway 80 , 20 miles west of Monahans ,` 230 miles (370 km) east of El Paso .
On January 2, 1933, the Army closed the post, and reactivated it in 1935 as the home base of the 77th Field Artillery. During World War II, the post was expanded and used as an air base, a base for a Women's Army Corps unit, a training facility for chemical mortar battalions, and a base for troops guarding the U.S.-Mexican border.
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Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas OCLC 71006954, 29991467; Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America: World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now, Vol. 2. Pictorial Histories Pub, ISBN 1-57510-051-7