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Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now. Vol. 2. Pictorial Histories Pub. ISBN 1575100517; Military Airfields in World War II – California; Wilson, Art (2008). Runways in the Sand. Blythe, CA: Art Wilson. p. 128. ISBN 978-0615218892. OCLC 316309702. LCC D769.85.C21 B598 2008
Gardner Army Airfield is a former United States Army Air Force World War II Field located 9 miles southeast of Taft, California. It was named for Major John H. Gardner , a World War I aviator hero. Gardner AAF is historically significant as Major General Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager first learned how to fly an airplane there.
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
The airport was built by the United States Army during World War II, known as Santa Maria Army Air Field. [3] Its primary mission was to provide training for B-25 bomber pilots, however flight training was abandoned by December 1942. The field fell into a state of disuse until the arrival of the Lockheed P-38 twin engine fighter in September 1943.
Needles Airport (IATA: EED, ICAO: KEED, FAA LID: EED) is a county-owned public airport in San Bernardino County, California, United States, five miles (9 km) south of Needles. [1] It opened in May 1941. During World War II the airfield was known as Needles Army Airfield [2] and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourth Air Force ...
Mirage Auxiliary Airfield (No 3) was used by the Victorville Army Airfield during World War II for training pilots and crews. Mirage Auxiliary Airfield is located just north of California State Route 18 and just north of the city of El Mirage, California , at 34°37′29″N 117°35′59″W / 34.62472°N 117.59972°W / 34.62472 ...
Apparently the airfield had also been significant expanded at some time after World War II as the 1953 chart depicted the field as having a 6,100' runway. According to 1 February 1957 issue of the Fresno Bee , the 1,460-acre (5.9 km 2 ) site of the former Army Airfield was sold by the City of Lemoore in 1957 to the Navy, to be used as part of ...
The airfield returned as a civil airport now with a 4,000 foot paved runway. For the Korean War, there was a need for a live-fire training range. So, in 1952, Condor Field reopened as Marine Corps Training Center Twentynine Palms and the airfield was called an expeditionary airfield. A second 6,000-foot steel-mat runway was added for jet and ...