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The airport was opened in September 1942 as Porterville Army Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourth Air Force as a training base during World War II. It was a sub-base to Lemoore AAF, being used as a pilot training facility. Improvements to the site included a fueling system utilizing nine underground storage tanks.
Prior to its civil usage, the facility was George Air Force Base, from 1941 to 1992 a United States Air Force flight training facility. The airport is home to Southern California Aviation, a large transitional facility for commercial aircraft. [1] As a logistics airport, it is designed for business, military, and freight use.
Air Force Station: Site information; Owner: ... Det. 4 1352d El Segundo, CA, Det. 7 1352d March Air Force Base, CA, ... the property was put up for sale for over $6 ...
Grey Butte Auxiliary Airfield is located north of Piñon Hills, California, and southwest of El Mirage, California, and 25 miles east of Palmdale, California, at , at an elevation of 3,028 ft (923 m). The Grey Butte Auxiliary Airfield was built in 1941 in triangle shape with four 3,700 ft (1,100 m) paved runways and center runway of 3,164 ft ...
Installations of the United States Air Force in California (2 C, 34 P) Installations of the United States Army in California (1 C, 27 P) Installations of the United States Navy in California (27 P)
Formerly Used Defense Sites located in California. Formerly Used Defense Sites−FUDS (est.1986) — U.S. military program for assessment and environmental restoration of closed military installations of the U.S. Department of Defense.
The airfield was built by the United States Army Air Forces about 1942, and was known as Reno Army Air Base Auxiliary Flight Strip. It was an emergency landing airfield for military aircraft on training flights. After World War II, the airfield was retained by the Army, and is used as part of the Sierra Army Depot.
Locating Air Force Base Sites: History’s Legacy. Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004. Wilson, Art (2008). Runways in the Sand:The History of Blythe Army Air Base. Blythe, California: Art Wilson. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-615-21889-2. OCLC 316309702. LCC D769.85.C21 B598 2008