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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.
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
- Coolidge Army Air Field, 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Coolidge
- Now: Coolidge Municipal Airport (FAA LID: P08)
- Winslow Municipal Airport, Winslow
- 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
- Tucson Army Air Field, Tucson
- 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
- Ernest A. Love Field, Prescott
- Joint Use USAAF/USN/Civil Airport
- Now: Prescott Municipal Airport (IATA: PRC, ICAO: KPRC)
Army Air Forces Training Command
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Army Air Forces Western Flying Training Command
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