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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. ISBN 0-912799-53-6. Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Pictorial Histories Pub . ISBN 1-57510-051-7
Walker Air Force Base is a closed United States Air Force base located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Roswell, New Mexico. It was opened in 1941 as an Army Air Corps flying school and was active during World War II and the postwar era as Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF).
The history of New Mexico during World War II is characterized by dramatic and lasting changes to its economy, society, and politics. The state played a central role in the American war effort, contributing a disproportionately high number of servicemen and natural resources; [1] most famously, it hosted the sites where the world's first nuclear weapon was designed, developed, and tested.
Hobbs Army Airfield was decommissioned by the United States Air Force on 5 May 1948 and the land reacquired by the City of Hobbs, New Mexico later that year. By the 1960's the airport became the Hobbs Municipal Airport however commercial airline activity was operated through the Hobbs Lea County Airport a few miles south.
Oakland Army Base; Mare Island Naval Shipyard; Mather Air Force Base; McClellan Air Force Base; ... New Mexico Camp Cody; Fort Union; New York Camp Shanks; Camp Upton ...
The wing was a World War II Command and Control organization which supported Training Command Flight Schools in the southwestern United States, primarily in New Mexico. The wing controlled fight schools primarily instructing in advanced (Phase III) two and four engine training, along with bombardier training and before June 1944, glider training.
Guests for the Duration, World War II and the Crew of the S.S. Columbus: Historical Archaeological Investigation of the Fort Stanton Internment Camp (1941-1945). Eastern New Mexico University. Fiset, Louis (Spring 2001). "Return to Sender: U.S. Censorship of Enemy Alien Mail in World War II". Prologue Magazine. 33 (1).
New Mexico: 1945–2015: Drone operations [12] Courtland Army Airfield Alabama: 1942–1946: Courtland Airport: Dodd Army Airfield Texas: 1911–1945: Fort Sam Houston: Dodge City Army Air Field Kansas: 1942–1945: Stanley Feed Yard Gardner Army Airfield California: 1941–1945: Farmland George Field Illinois: Lawrenceville–Vincennes ...