New Mexico World War II Army Airfields

New Mexico World War II Army Airfields
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 New Mexico for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.

Most of these airfields were under the command of Fourth 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

Fourth Air Force Alamogordo AAF, Alamogordo 359th Army Air Force Base Unit Now: Holloman Air Force Base Clovis AAF, Clovis 409th Army Air Force Base Unit Now: Cannon Air Force Base Fort Sumner AAF, Fort Sumner 467th Army Air Force Base Unit Now: Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (IATA: FSU, ICAO: KFSU) Deming AAF, Deming 388th Army Air Force Base Unit Now: Deming Municipal Airport (IATA: DMN, ICAO: KDMN) Air Technical Service Command Kirtland Field AAF, Albuquerque 3d Army Air Force Base Unit Now: Kirtland Air Force Base

Army Air Forces Training Command Carlsbad AAF, Carlsbad 386th Army Air Force Base Unit Now: Cavern City Air Terminal (IATA: CNM, ICAO: KCNM, FAA LID: CNM) Hobbs AAF, Hobbs Western Flight Training Center 387th Army Air Force Base Unit Was: Hobbs Army Air Field (1942-1948) Now: Hobbs Industrial Air Park Roswell AAF, Roswell West Coast Training Center, 1941 91st Army Air Force Base Unit Was: Walker Air Force Base (1947-1967) Now: Roswell International Air Center (RIAC) (IATA: ROW, ICAO: KROW, FAA LID: ROW)

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 - New Mexico

External links

• "Keep 'Em Flying: The Story of the Hobbs Army Air Field"
• "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: New Mexico"

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