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During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Arizona for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.. Most of these airfields were under the command of Fourth Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (A predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command).
The remains of a sales trailer/office in the southwest corner of the airfield was boarded up and abandoned, which indicates this venture must not have been successful. The remains of 3 runways still exist (6/24, 16/34, and the longest – 1/19, 6,600' long), along with a large concrete ramp area.
The majority of the converted aircraft were operated by Biegert Aviation. By the 1990s, it had become an aircraft boneyard . By 2007, the Gila River Indian Community had assumed control of the airfield, renaming it Gila River Memorial Airport, and all commercial tenants were evicted from the property in the hopes of turning the airfield into a ...
Hereford Army Airfield is an abandoned military airfield located about 2 miles (1.7 nmi; 3.2 km) west-southwest of Hereford, Arizona, United States. Military use [ edit ]
3 Arizona. 4 Arkansas. 5 California. 6 Colorado. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This is a list of defunct or abandoned airports in the ...
Most Iraqi Air Force aircraft in various conditions from being flyable to abandoned hulks (a large number were buried) were seized by the United States and its coalition partners, however it is known that Syrian and Iranian agents were busy removing radars and items from the avionics bays and cockpits.
It was used for the training of bombardiers, aerial gunners, anti-aircraft gunners, and others during World War II and the Korean War. The abandoned Sahuarita Flight Strip ( 31°57′50″N 110°55′29″W / 31.96389°N 110.92472°W / 31.96389; -110.92472 ( Sahuarita Flight Strip ) ) is located in the southwestern corner of the ...
Many aircraft from the various War Assets locations were transferred to schools, and to communities for memorial use for a minimal fee. A Boy Scout troop bought a B-17 for $350. The only B-17 known to have made it out of Kingman was B-17D #40-3097 named The Swoose , which is currently (as of 2015) under restoration at the U.S. Air Force Museum ...