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Venice Army Airfield is an inactive United States Army Forces base, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south-southeast of Venice, Florida. It was active during World War II as a Third Air Force training airfield. It was closed on November 30, 1945.
On 30 August 1940, the United States Army Air Corps received approval to build a base at Hunter Municipal Airfield. Official dedication of the airfield as Savannah Army Air Base took place 19 February 1941. The Army Air Corps assigned Savannah AAB initially to the Southeast Air District (later Third Air Force), III Air Support Command. [7]
Homestead Army Air Base, 6.0 miles (9.7 km) east-northeast of Homestead; Station 8, Caribbean Wing, ATC 563d Army Air Force Base Unit Was: Dade County Airport (1945-1955) Was: Homestead Air Force Base (1955-1994) Now: Homestead Air Reserve Base (1994-Present) (IATA: HST, ICAO: KHST, FAA LID: HST) Miami Army Airfield (36th Street Airport), Miami
Smoky Hill Army Airfield Kansas: Salina Regional Airport: Stuttgart Army Air Field: Arkansas: 1942-1944 [14] Stuttgart Municipal Airport: Travis Field: Georgia: 1942-1960: Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport: Waco Army Airfield: Texas: TSTC Waco Airport: Walnut Ridge Army Air Field: Arkansas: 1942-1944 [15] Walnut Ridge Regional Airport
The 117th Air Control Squadron is Georgia Air National Guard air control unit headquartered in Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah.It provides theater command with air battle management, radar surveillance, air space control, and long haul communication capabilities to plan and execute combined air operations; air superiority and air strike ground attack operations, and provides state authorities ...
The group was organized at Army Air Base, Savannah, Georgia in January 1941 as the 45th Bombardment Group and equipped with Douglas A-20 Havocs (along with a few DB-7s, an export version of the A-20). [c] Its original assigned squadrons were the 78th, 79th and 80th Bombardment Squadrons. The 17th Reconnaissance Squadron was attached to the group.
The 158th Airlift Squadron (158 AS) is a unit of the Georgia Air National Guard's 165th Airlift Wing (165 AW) located at Savannah Air National Guard Base, Georgia. The 158th is equipped with the C-130J Super Hercules and is operationally-gained by the Air Mobility Command (AMC).
The 3rd Air Support Command was a United States Army Air Forces command, assigned to the 3rd Air Force throughout its existence. It was organized at Army Air Base, Savannah, Georgia. By early 1942, most of its trained personnel had been lost to overseas theaters. It moved to Drew Field, Florida, where it was disbanded on 16 March 1942.