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Pages in category "United States World War II army airfields" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Currently, of the World War II Army Airfields in Nebraska, six are municipal airports (Ainsworth, Alliance, Scottsbluff, Lincoln, Kearney, Grand Island), four are owned by the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics (three, Harvard, Fairmont and Scribner, are operated as state airfields, and one, Bruning, is not), one is privately owned (McCook) and one became Offutt Air Force Base.
Official US Army Air Force Training Command photograph of 20 Tuskegee Airmen posing in front of a P-40 at Tuskegee Army Air Field. During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Alabama for antisubmarine defense in the Gulf of Mexico and for training pilots and aircrews of AAF fighters and bombers.
Flight Strips of the United States Army Air Forces (32 P) Pages in category "World War II airfields in the United States" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.
Ardmore Army Airfield, Ardmore 222d Army Air Forces Base Unit Later: Ardmore Air Force Base (IATA: ADM, ICAO: KADM) Now: Ardmore Municipal Airport; Third Air Force. Muskogee Army Airfield, Muskogee 349th Army Air Forces Base Unit Now: Davis Field; Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma City Joint Use USAAF/Civil Airport 348th Army Air Forces Base Unit
Harmon was used operationally by the United States Air Force 11th Bombardment Group as an operational B-29 Base. After the war the 9th Bombardment Group used the base for strategic reconnaissance missions and the 374th Troop Carrier Group of the Technical Service Command used the base for transport of supplies and equipment from its depot ...
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Missouri for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. Most of these airfields were under the command of First Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) (A predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force Air ...
Gardner Army Airfield is a former United States Army Air Force World War II Field located 9 miles southeast of Taft, California. It was named for Major John H. Gardner , a World War I aviator hero. Gardner AAF is historically significant as Major General Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager first learned how to fly an airplane there.