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During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Washington for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. Most of these airfields were under the command of Second Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) (A predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force ...
Operated by: Lone Pine Academy [8] Ontario Army Airfield, Ontario, California; 7th Flying Training Detachment [10] Operated by: Cal-Aero Academy [8] Oxnard Army Airfield, Oxnard, California; 14th Flying Training Detachment [10] 3043d Army Air Forces Base Unit (Contract Pilot School, Primary), April 1944 Operated by: Mira Loma Flight Academy [8]
Pages in category "Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Washington (state)" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556. Mueller, Robert (1989). Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982 (PDF). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
Washington World War II Army Airfields; Wyoming World War II Army Airfields This page was last edited on 15 February 2024, at 15:52 (UTC). Text ...
During 1940, the 91st Observation Squadron departed and the 116th Observation Squadron flying 0-47 observation aircraft moved in. The 116th was a Washington National Guard unit activated in 1940. With World War II, Gray Army Airfield received 1.7 million dollars for new hangars and improved facilities.
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 ...
Was a sub-base to Jackson Army Airbase, CFS controlled three auxiliary airfields Avon Park Municipal Airport, Avon Park, Florida 61st Flying Training Detachment [4] Operated by: Lodwick Aviation Military Academy [5] Opened: October 1941, Closed: June 1944 (PT-17) [8] Controlled four auxiliary airfields Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Florida