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Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9. Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Pictorial Histories Pub . ISBN 1-57510-051-7; Military Airfields in World War II - Alabama
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, at Moton Field in Tuskegee, Alabama, commemorates the contributions of African-American airmen in World War II.Moton Field was the site of primary flight training for the pioneering pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen, and is now operated by the National Park Service to interpret their history and achievements.
Built. 1940. In use. 1940-1969. For the civil use of Brookley AFB after 1969, see: Mobile Downtown Airport. Brookley Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located in Mobile, Alabama. After it closed in 1969, it became what is now known as the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley.
The buildings, together with complete water, sewer, electric and gas utilities built within a short span of approximately 8 months, with the air field officially being activated in December 1942 as Courtland Army Air Field (CAAF). Courtland was assigned to the Southeast Training Center of the Army Air Force Training Command.
Craig Air Force Base. Coordinates: 32°20′38″N 086°59′16″W. Craig Field 1942 classbook. Craig Air Force Base near Selma, Alabama, was a U.S. Air Force undergraduate pilot training (UPT) installation that closed in 1977. Today the facility is a civilian airport known as Craig Field Airport and Industrial Complex (ICAO: KSEM; FAA: SEM).
Fort McClellan. Coordinates: 33°42′39″N 85°44′14″W. Buckner Hall at Fort McClellan in 2014. Fort McClellan, originally Camp McClellan, is a decommissioned United States Army post located adjacent to the city of Anniston, Alabama. During World War II, it was one of the largest U.S. Army installations, training an estimated half-million ...
Camp Sibert. Coordinates: 33.930547°N 86.132826°W. Camp Sibert was a U.S. Army chemical weapons training facility in Etowah, and St. Clair Counties, Alabama, during the World War II era. Covering 32,000 acres, the land for the camp was acquired by the Army in 1942. [1][2] The site has been redeveloped, including a residential community, but ...
Maxwell Air Force Base. McLemore Auxiliary Field. Mobile Regional Airport. Mollette Auxiliary Field. Montgomery Air National Guard Base. Moton Field. Moton Field Municipal Airport. Mount Meigs Auxiliary Field.