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During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Arizona for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.. Most of these airfields were under the command of Fourth Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (A predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command).
Thunderbird Field was a military airfield in Glendale, Arizona, used for contract primary flight training of Allied pilots during World War II.Created in part by actor James Stewart, [1] the field became part of the United States Army Air Forces training establishment just prior to American entry into the war and was re-designated Thunderbird Field #1 after establishment of Thunderbird Field#2 ...
Arizona's Camp Florence, on the Florence Military Reservation, was the first permanent alien enemy camp constructed during World War II. Construction began during 1942 to house 3000 internees, with room to expand to 6000. The initial construction budget was $4.8 million.
The airfield was established on 1 January 1943 as a United States Army Air Forces training airfield, being under the command of the 3037th Army Air Force Base Unit, AAF Western Flying Training Command. Dateland was a sub-Post of Yuma Army Airfield, Arizona. Colfred, Stovall and Welton Gunnery rangers were also established nearby.
There were six BFTS airfields in the U.S., in Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, California and Arizona. The groundbreaking ceremony for Falcon Field was held at 10:30am on July 16, 1941. Mesa, Arizona mayor, George Nicholas Goodman, and Arizona governor, Sidney P. Osbone, dug the first shovels of dirt. [4] Falcon Field World War II aviation hangars plaque
World War II aviators jackets. The Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum can trace its history to 6 September 1961, when the Commemorative Air Force was founded. The non-profit organization was chartered as a nonprofit Texas corporation in Dallas. Its mission is to restore and preserve World War II-era combat aircraft.
Dateland Army Air Field and plaque – a Foundation of the World War II airfield which was established on January 1, 1943, as a United States Army Air Forces training airfield, under the command of the 3037th Army Air Force Base Unit, AAF Western Flying Training Command. The airfield was located alongside East 64th Avenue.
The airfield was acquired by the War Department in August 1942 for use as an auxiliary air field for Douglas Army Airfield. A total of 2,598 acres (10.51 km 2) were acquired by the War Department. Improvements included the addition of three bituminous taxiways, a concrete parking apron, 38 buildings, and 18 miscellaneous structures.