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US Army's Hawes Auxiliary Airfield in 1943. Hawes Auxiliary Airfield (No 1) was an auxiliary field of the Victorville Army Air Field. Built in 1941 with four runways in a triangle shape, three 5,600 foot runways a one 4,912 runway in the center.
A 1943 postcard from Victorville Army Airfield California. Waco CG-4 Glider pilots were also trained at Victorville Field, with special emphasis on spot-landing and night flying. The gliders were an essential part of the 6 June 1944, D-Day invasion as hundreds of gliders carried troops and equipment to landing sites in Normandy, France.
Company D of the 158th Aviation Regiment is a general support aviation company that moved in under a five-year contract the Army signed with SCLA and the city of Victorville. The unit is part of the 244th Aviation Brigade of Fort Sheridan, Illinois. [3] Victorville's aircraft boneyard
Concord Army Airfield Franklin Auxiliary Airfield Lincoln Auxiliary Airfield Winters-Davis Flight Strip Elk Grove Auxiliary Airfield. Victorville Army Airfield, 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Victorville; 87th Army Air Force Base Unit Was: George Air Force Base (1947–1992) Now: Southern California Logistics Airport (IATA: VCV, ICAO: KVCV)
Headquartered at Victorville Army Airfield, California for most of its operational service, it controlled contract pilot schools primarily in California and other western states. There is no lineage between the current United States Air Force 36th Wing , established on 17 June 1948 at Howard Field , Canal Zone, and this organization.
The Victorville Army Airfield was constructed beginning in 1941. It was renamed the George Air Force Base when the U.S. Air Force was established in October 1947. After decades of service to the Air Force, in 1992 George Air Force Base was closed. Its land was turned over to other uses.
Pope Army Airfield dedicated the Airman’s Center building in honor of Senior Airman Goodman, who served at Pope Air Force Base from 2006 until her death in 2009 while deployed to Afghanistan.
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in California — the United States Army Air Forces (1941−1947) were active during and immediately after World War II. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap