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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). However other USAAF commands (Air Technical Service Command ...
Pages in category "Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Missouri" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Dawson Army Airfield: Camp Dawson: West Virginia: 3G5 Dillingham Army Airfield: Dillingham Military Reservation: Hawaii: PHDH Dyess Army Airfield: Reagan Test Site: Marshall Islands: PKRO Felker Army Airfield: Fort Eustis: Virginia: KFAF Forney Army Airfield: Fort Leonard Wood: Missouri: KTBN Fort Harrison Army Airfield: Fort Harrison: Montana ...
On 2 March 1945, Military Air Transport moved an air freight terminal to Fairfax from Kansas City, Missouri, and had 362 personnel in June, the largest operating location in the division. For ferrying, Fairfax became an operating location of Rosecrans Army Airfield on 15 April 1945 with its pilots traveling to Fairfax for sorties.
The airfield and other facilities at Richards-Gebaur were returned to the City of Kansas City, Missouri, in 1985. Between 1983 and 1997 the city of Kansas City lost $18 million operating Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport and in 1998, the Federal Aviation Administration approved a plan to close the airport.
The Tuskegee Airmen — made of the 332nd Fighter Group, the 477th Bombardment Group and up to 16,000 of the individuals who supported the pilots' training — were the first Black pilots and ...
US Military Designations: Camp Chesty (USMC); Camp/FOB Delta (USA) Mosul Air Base (Al-Gayyar AB, Mawsil AB) Former Iraqi Air Force hardened "Super Base" US Military Designations: Camp Diamondback; Camp Claiborne; Camp Marez (USA), USAF use 2003–2007 Now: Mosul International Airport (Under civil control, 2007, US use undetermined) Kut Al Hayy ...
In 1940 the United States Army Air Corps indicated a need for the Lexington County Airport as part of the buildup of its forces after World War II began in Europe. The earliest recorded Air Corps use of the airport was when the 105th Observation Squadron began flying Douglas O-38 and North American O-47 observation aircraft beginning on 24 September.