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The United States Army Air Corps leased Stout Field from Indiana for $1 per year during World War II [2] to use as a training base, and to conduct air transport operations. [3] Elements of the Central (later Eastern) Technical Training Command were located there.
Fort Benjamin Harrison was a U.S. Army post located in suburban Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana, northeast of Indianapolis, between 1906 and 1991. It is named for the 23rd United States president , Benjamin Harrison .
Stout Army Airfield was established in 1926, serving as the headquarters for the Indiana Guard's Army Air Corps. When America joined World War II , the Indiana Guard was once again federalized. Camp Atterbury was established in 1942, training hundreds of thousands of Soldiers until the war's conclusion.
The Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) is headquartered at Johnson County Armory, Franklin, Indiana. The 113th Engineer Battalion is headquartered at Gary, Indiana. 2-150th Field Artillery Battalion is headquartered at Bloomington, Indiana. The 738th Signal Company is located at Lafayette, Indiana.
In January 1941 the U.S. War Department issued orders to consider potential sites for a new U.S. Army training center in Indiana.After the Hurd Engineering Company surveyed an estimated 50,000 acres (200 km 2), an area was selected for the camp in south-central Indiana, approximately 30 miles (48 km) south of Indianapolis, 12 miles (19 km) north of Columbus, and 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Edinburgh.
310th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) (ESC) is an Army Reserve unit subordinate to 377th Theater Sustainment Command headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The command provides command and control for sustainment units through Alabama, Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland,North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia. 310th ESC provides trained and ready sustainment forces ...
Some well-known names in Indiana politics, from Jim Bopp to Anne Hathaway, will help Mike Braun transition to the governor's office. Some well-known names in Indiana politics, from Jim Bopp to ...
The 333d Army Air Force Base Unit was assigned to the base with the mission to formulate procedures for the transfer of military equipment to other Air Force bases. [ 4 ] On 10 March 1946 the facility was turned over to the City of Fort Wayne for use as a civil airport for one dollar, renamed as "Fort Wayne Municipal Airport".