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During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Missouri for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. Most of these airfields were under the command of First Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC). However other USAAF commands (Air Technical Service Command ...
The airfield was first used in 1921 for an air meet and became the 1925 Sweeney Airport and the 1928 Fairfax Airport.A naval reserve air base was established at Fairfax Field in 1935 [12]; a Navy squadron and a Marine squadron were established on 12 July. [13]
Richard Bong, the United States' highest-scoring air ace in World War II, learned to fly at Sequoia Field in 1942. In April 1939, Congress authorized $300 million for the Air Corps to procure and maintain 6,000 aircraft. In the authorization, the Air Corps was authorized to enroll Army Flight Cadets in civilian training schools.
Fairfax Municipal Airport (known as Fairfax Field during World War II) was a Kansas City, Kansas airfield from 1921 that was used during 1935–1949 by the military. Federal land adjacent to the airfield included a WWII B-25 Mitchell plant and modification center and a Military Air Transport terminal.
Airfield Army post/naval post/facility served State Period of operation Current use Adams Field: Arkansas: 1917-1930 [10]: Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport
On August 4, 1955, American Airlines Flight 476, a Convair CV-240 flying from Tulsa to New York crashed while attempting an emergency landing at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, after the No. 2 engine caught fire. While descending the right wing caught fire and eventually failed, crashing in a forest 1 km NW of the airport.
The 553rd Fighter Squadron, which trained replacement pilots for the 332nd Fighter Group, was the last group to train at Selfridge Airfield before moving to Walterboro Army Airfield in South ...
In 1948, the base was conveyed by the Air Force back to the City of Saint Joseph, Missouri with the exception of 142 acres (0.57 km 2) set aside for use by the Air National Guard organized in 1947. Some of the old temporary World War II era barracks were still present on the base until the Great Flood of 1993 when they were destroyed.