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On 30 August 1940, the United States Army Air Corps received approval to build a base at Hunter Municipal Airfield. Official dedication of the airfield as Savannah Army Air Base took place 19 February 1941. The Army Air Corps assigned Savannah AAB initially to the Southeast Air District (later Third Air Force), III Air Support Command. [7]
The group was activated as the 56th Pursuit Group on 15 January 1941 at the Savannah Army Air Base in Georgia. Expansion of the group began after the move to Charlotte Army Air Base, North Carolina in May 1941 when they were equipped with a small number of Bell P-39 Airacobra and Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft.
Chatham Army Air Field, 6.7 miles (10.8 km) west-northwest of Savannah; 425th Base Headquarters & Air Base Squadron: 22 January 1943 – 10 April 1944 114th Army Air Force Base Unit (First AF): 10 April 1944 – 28 March 1945 323rd Army Air Force Base Unit (Third AF): 1 May 1945 – 8 Jun 1947
The group was organized at Army Air Base, Savannah, Georgia in January 1941 as the 45th Bombardment Group and equipped with Douglas A-20 Havocs (along with a few DB-7s, an export version of the A-20). [c] Its original assigned squadrons were the 78th, 79th and 80th Bombardment Squadrons. The 17th Reconnaissance Squadron was attached to the group.
The 117th Air Control Squadron is Georgia Air National Guard air control unit headquartered in Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah.It provides theater command with air battle management, radar surveillance, air space control, and long haul communication capabilities to plan and execute combined air operations; air superiority and air strike ground attack operations, and provides state authorities ...
Newport Army Air Field: Arkansas: 1942-1944 [13] Newport Municipal Airport: Ross Army Airfield: California: Santa Anita Golf Course: Smoky Hill Army Airfield Kansas: Salina Regional Airport: Stuttgart Army Air Field: Arkansas: 1942-1944 [14] Stuttgart Municipal Airport: Travis Field: Georgia: 1942-1960: Savannah/Hilton Head International ...
The 3rd Air Support Command was a United States Army Air Forces command, assigned to the 3rd Air Force throughout its existence. It was organized at Army Air Base, Savannah, Georgia. By early 1942, most of its trained personnel had been lost to overseas theaters. It moved to Drew Field, Florida, where it was disbanded on 16 March 1942.
CGAS Savannah was commissioned in the summer of 1963 on what was then known as Hunter Air Force Base, which became Hunter Army Airfield in 1967. In 1964, the Coast Guard's original HH-52A Basic Operational Training Unit (BOTU) was established in Savannah.