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The United States Army Air Forces (1941−1947) were active during and immediately after World War II. Pages in category "Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Hawaii" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Pearl Harbor Mooring and Berthing Plan Map Map of the five counties of the state of Hawaiʻi Hawaii regions map. Naval Base Hawaii was a number of United States Navy bases in the Territory of Hawaii during World War II. At the start of the war, much of the Hawaiian Islands was converted from tourism to a United States Armed Forces base.
It is documented that the 18th Air base Group, 47th Pursuit Squadron was stationed there along with B-24s and B-17s that were based at Kahuku for short periods of time during World War II. At the end of World War II, the 27th Bombardment Squadron used the airfield for training with B-24's until March 1946. Afterwards the USAAF closed the ...
With the establishment of the U.S. Air Force as a separate service in 1947, Wheeler Army Air Base was re-designated Wheeler Air Force Base under the operational control of Pacific Air Forces . The following year, the installation was placed on minimum caretaker status; however, with expansion of the Air Force during the Korean War , Wheeler AFB ...
Mather Air Force Base; McClellan Air Force Base; Presidio of San Francisco; Sacramento Army Depot; San Carlos War Dog Training Center; Colorado Fitzsimons Army Medical Center; Camp Hale; Fort Garland; Camp George West Historic District COANG; Rocky Mountain Arsenal; District of Columbia – Washington, D.C. Camp Leach; Walter Reed Army Medical ...
The Hawaiian Division was constituted in the Regular Army on 1 February 1921 and activated at Schofield Barracks, Territory of Hawaii, on 1 March 1921.The division was the primary ground force of the Hawaiian Department and was given the mission of defending the Hawaiian Islands from potential invaders.
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces fought the Empire of Japan in the Central Pacific Area. As defined by the War Department, this consisted of most of the Pacific Ocean and its islands, excluding the Philippines, Australia, the Netherlands East Indies, the Territory of New Guinea (including the Bismarck Archipelago) the Solomon Islands and areas to the south and east of the ...
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 .