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During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in South Carolina for antisubmarine defense in the Gulf of Mexico and for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. Most of these airfields were under the command of Third Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC).
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In the early 1940s, the War Department selected Greenville, South Carolina as the site for a new Army airfield to support the buildup for World War II. The airfield was completed in May 1942, and in June, Greenville Army Air Base was officially activated as a B-25 Mitchell medium twin-engine bomber training base.
Pages in category "United States World War II army airfields" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1991, after the National Defense Authorization Act, the announcement came that Myrtle Beach Air Force Base would close. [2]The Myrtle Beach base used the A-10 Warthog jet, and Pat McCullough of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission said the Air Force considered the jet "limited to a low-threat environment", while the Army believed it was "a very powerful close-air support asset."
Just prior to World War II, some Air Corps operations from the 65th Observation Group flew observation flights from the airport, until Columbia Army Air Base opened in 1941. During the war, it was used by the Army Air Forces Third Air Force as a training field for reconnaissance and observation pilots while remaining a commercial airport.
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the United States (5 C, 9 P) Pages in category "World War II airfields in the United States" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total.
Shaw AAF Aux No. 4 – (Sumter Airfield), Sumter, South Carolina Flying activities at the field began on 22 October 1941 using Vultee BT-13 Valiants . Enough construction was completed for the first group of cadets entered training 15 December 1941, and the first class completed training in February 1942.