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March Field Air Museum is located adjacent to but off the grounds of March ARB and displays in its aircraft collection examples bombers, fighters, cargo, refueling and reconnaissance aircraft, many of which served at March Field, March AFB and/or March ARB.
The museum was founded in 1979 as March Air Force Base Museum.One of the first exhibits at the museum was a collection of art painted by Hazel Olson. [1] [2] It moved to a new location at the base's former commissary, where it reopened to the public in 1981.
Moreno Valley/March Field is a train station in unincorporated Riverside County, California, United States, near Moreno Valley and the March Air Reserve Base, after which the station is named. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It opened on June 6, 2016, as part of the extension of the 91/Perris Valley Line of the Metrolink commuter rail system.
One of the four original numbered air forces, Fourth Air Force was activated as the Southwest Air District of the GHQ Air Force on 18 December 1940, at March Field, California. It was redesignated Fourth Air Force on 26 March 1941 with a mission for the defense of the Southwest and Lower Midwest regions of the United States.
Boeing Y1B-17 Flying Fortress, 36–157, c/n 1981, formerly of the 2nd Bomb Group, Langley Field, Virginia, transferred to the 93d Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, March Field, California, in October 1940, crashed E of San Jacinto, California, 3.5 miles NNW of Idyllwild, while en route to March Field. [3] Pilot was John H. Turner. [6] 6 February ...
The 1942 March Field Flyers football team represented the United States Army Air Forces' Fourth Air Force stationed at March Field during the 1942 college football season. The base was located in Riverside, California. Led by head coach Paul J. Schissler, the Flyers compiled a record of 11–2.
The 1943 March Field Flyers football team represented the United States Army Air Forces' Fourth Air Force stationed at March Field during the 1943 college football season. The base was located in Riverside, California. The team compiled a 9–1 record, outscored all opponents by a total of 292 to 65, and was ranked No. 10 in the final AP Poll.
The wing was activated at March Field, California in December 1940 and assigned to the Southwest Air District.Its operational components were the 47th and 48th Bombardment Groups [1] In September 1941, the wing was inactivated and its personnel used to form the 4th Air Support Command.