Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Thunderbird Field was a military airfield in Glendale, Arizona, used for contract primary flight training of Allied pilots during World War II.Created in part by actor James Stewart, [1] the field became part of the United States Army Air Forces training establishment just prior to American entry into the war and was re-designated Thunderbird Field #1 after establishment of Thunderbird Field#2 ...
The United States Air Force's 543d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group is an intelligence unit located at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.It has been located there since 1997, when it was activated as the 543d Intelligence Group.
3010th Army Air Forces Base Unit/3010th Air Force Base Unit; 1 May 1944–28 August 1948 Was: Williams Air Force Base (1947–1993) Now: Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport (IATA: AZA, ICAO: KIWA) Auxiliaries of Williams Air Force Base. Williams Field Auxiliary No. 2 aka Rittenhouse Field in Queen Creek; Now: Rittenhouse Army Heliport (FAA LID: AZ38)
The United States Army maintains various aircraft and support facilities, including airfields, even after the creation of the United States Air Force as a separate service branch in 1947. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
Luke Air Force Base: Glendale: Arizona: Air Education and Training Command: 56th Fighter Wing: The 56th Fighter Wing (the largest fighter wing in the USAF) and the 944th Fighter Wing train pilots to operate the F-16 Fighting Falcon and F-35A Lightning II. [37]
Luke Air Force Base (IATA: LUF, ICAO: KLUF, FAA LID: LUF) is a United States Air Force base in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. [2] It is located 7 miles (6.1 nmi ; 11 km ) west of the central business district of Glendale , and 15 miles (13 nmi; 24 km) west of Phoenix .
Luke Air Force Base: 5,100 2 Banner Health: 3,000 3 Arrowhead Towne Center: 2,650 4 Walmart: 2,175 5 Glendale Union High School District: 1,974 6 Glendale Community College: 1,948 7 The City of Glendale 1,693 8 Deer Valley Unified School District: 1,594 9 Glendale Elementary School District: 1,400 10 Tanger Outlets: 1,200
Kingman Airport was built as a World War II United States Army Air Forces training field. Between 1942 and 1945 the U.S. Army Air Forces acquired about 4,145 acres in Mohave County outside of Kingman, Arizona and established the Kingman Army Airfield and Kingman Aerial Gunnery School training facilities in 1942.