North Carolina World War II Army Airfields

North Carolina World War II Army Airfields
North Carolina World War II Army Airfields

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Part of World War II
Type Army Airfields
Built 1940-1944
In use 1940-present

During World War II, the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) established numerous airfields in North Carolina for antisubmarine defense in the Atlantic Ocean and for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.

Most of these airfields were under the command of Third Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) (A predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command). However the other USAAF support commands (Air Technical Service Command (ATSC); Air Transport Command (ATC) or Troop Carrier Command) commanded a significant number of airfields in a support roles.

It is still possible to find remnants of these wartime airfields. Many were converted into municipal airports, some were returned to agriculture and several were retained as United States Air Force installations and were front-line bases during the Cold War. Hundreds of the temporary buildings that were used survive today, and are being used for other purposes.

Major Airfields

Troop Carrier Command

92d Army Air Force Base Unit (I TCC)
Now: Roundel of the USAF.svg Pope Air Force Base
  • Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base, Maxton
392d Army Air Force Base Unit
Glider training facility

Third Air Force

30th Army Air Force Base Unit
333d Army Air Force Base Unit
Now: Roundel of the USAF.svg Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
423d Army Air Force Base Unit

Army Air Force Training Command
AAF Southeast Training Center

Joint Use USAAF/Contract Flying School
Also used by United States Navy
Joint Use Civil Airport/USAAF/United States Navy
Joint Use Civil Airport/USAAF/United States Navy

Air Technical Service Command

References

  • Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.
  • Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0912799129.
  • 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 - North Carolina

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