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Built in 1941 as the Pueblo Army Air Base, it was used as an advanced flying school to train B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator four engine heavy bomber crews. It was under the command of the United States Army Air Forces Second Air Force 360th Army Air Force Base Unit. Known bomb groups which trained or based at Pueblo were:
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]
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
Army Air Base, Savannah, Georgia, 15 January 1941; Army Air Base, Manchester (later Grenier Field), New Hampshire, 19 June 1941; Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, 12 May 1942; Miami Army Air Field, Florida, 11 September 1942 (operated from Edinburgh Field, Trinidad and other bases in the area, July-August 1943) Pueblo Army ...
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 ...
Pueblo Army Air Base, Colorado, 1 May 1943; Alexandria Army Air Base, Louisiana, 7 May 1943 – 1 April 1944 [3] Aircraft. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, 1943–1944 [3]
The museum is located six miles east of Pueblo, Colorado on US Highway 50 at the Pueblo Memorial Airport, occupying space on what was the Pueblo Army Air Base during World War II. It is managed and maintained by the Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society.
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 ...