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Arizona World War II Army Airfields

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During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Arizona for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.

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Most of these airfields were under the command of Fourth Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) (A predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command). However, the other USAAF support commands (Air Technical Service Command (ATSC); Air Transport Command (ATC) or Troop Carrier Command) commanded a significant number of airfields in a support roles.

It is still possible to find remnants of these wartime airfields. Many were converted into municipal airports, some were returned to agriculture and several were retained as United States Air Force installations and were front-line bases during the Cold War. Hundreds of the temporary buildings that were used survive today, and are being used for other purposes.

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Air Transport Command

Now: Coolidge Municipal Airport (FAA LID: P08)
Now: Winslow–Lindbergh Regional Airport (IATA: INW, ICAO: KINW)

Fourth Air Force

32nd Air Base Squadron / 32nd Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron; 20 April 1941–1 April 1944
233rd Army Air Force Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station, Very Heavy)(Second AF); 1 April 1944–16 November 1945
Now: Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (IATA: DMA, ICAO: KDMA)
  • Sahuarita Flight Strip 31°57′48″N 110°55′26″W (2 mi (3.2 km) east of Sahuarita)
Aux to Davis–Monthan AAF
Now: S. Sahuarita Park Rd.

Air Technical Service Command

Joint Use USAAF/Civil Airport
Now: Tucson International Airport (IATA: TUS, ICAO: KTUS) and Morris Air National Guard Base, home to the 162d Fighter Wing, Arizona Air National Guard

Civilian Pilot Training Program

Joint Use USAAF/USN/Civil Airport
Now: Prescott Municipal Airport (IATA: PRC, ICAO: KPRC)
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