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Virginia World War II Army Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces. Pages in category "Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Virginia" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Military and war museums in Virginia (2 C, ... Virginia in the American Civil War; Virginia in the American Revolution; R. ... Virginia World War II Army Airfields
Orville demonstrating the flyer to the U.S. Army, Fort Myer, Virginia September 1908. Photo: by C.H. Claudy. Thaddeus S. C. Lowe and the Union Army Balloon Corps during the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War; 3 September 1908 - Orville Wright flew the first heavier than air flight in Virginia from Fort Myer.
The American Civil War Museum is a multi-site museum in the Greater Richmond Region of central Virginia, dedicated to the history of the American Civil War.The museum operates three sites: The White House of the Confederacy, the American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar in Richmond, and the American Civil War Museum at Appomattox.
American Civil War museums in Virginia (2 C, 29 P) ... Pages in category "Military and war museums in Virginia" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 ...
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park (6 P) Pages in category "American Civil War museums in Virginia" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
The airfield is located 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Washington, D.C. It was named for noted World War II aviation engineer Brig. Gen. Donald Angus Davison. [3] The airfield provided support for Army One from 1957 to 1976 for presidents Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford.
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Virginia for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. Most of these airfields were under the command of First Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) (A predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force Air ...