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Official US Army Air Force Training Command photograph of 20 Tuskegee Airmen posing in front of a P-40 at Tuskegee Army Air Field. During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Alabama for antisubmarine defense in the Gulf of Mexico and for training pilots and aircrews of AAF fighters and bombers.
During World War II the United States Army Air Forces' Third Air Force used the airport as a training base and added 1,400 acres (570 ha). Known as Florence Army Airfield, the 52d Pursuit Group was assigned to the airfield on 18 February 1942 and trained with P-39 Airacobra and P-40 Warhawks until departing on 27 April for Wilmington, North ...
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The airport was originally known as Florence Army Airfield, or more simply as Florence Field, [1] a World War II U.S. Army Air Corps / U.S. Army Air Forces training field for P-39 Airacobra and P-40 Warhawk pursuit aircraft and A-20 Havoc and A-26 Invader attack aircraft.
The Alabama State Trooper Aviation Unit was formed in 1975 using four Bell H-13 Sioux and one Cessna 182. The unit currently operates one Bell 206 L, one Bell 407 , seven OH-58 helicopters and three Cessna 182’s, a Piper Navajo and King Air 200 .
George Army Airfield, Illinois, 26 December 1942 Craig Field, Alabama, 15 August 1943 – 30 December 1945 [3] 29th Flying Training Wing Primary Flight Training; Headquarters: Moody Field, Georgia, 26 December 1942 Napier Field, Alabama, 1 April 1945 – 16 June 1946 [4] 30th Flying Training Wing (World War II) Advanced Flight Training, Two Engine
74.1 Alabama. 74.2 Alaska. 74.3 Arkansas. ... Japan's first airfield can be seen in the grassy area lined with bushes with the museum behind ... Florence Air ...
Congaree Army Airfield, 14.5 miles (23.3 km) east-southeast of Columbia; Later: Transferred to: United States Marine Corps Now: McEntire Joint National Guard Base (IATA: MMT, ICAO: KMMT, FAA LID: MMT) Florence Army Airfield, 2.3 miles (3.7 km) east-southeast of Florence; Later: Transferred to First Air Force Known sub-bases and auxiliaries