Oklahoma World War II Army Airfields

Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma 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

Army Air Forces Training Command Altus AAF, Altus Central Flying Training Command 453d Army Air Force Base Unit Now: Altus Air Force Base Enid AAF, Enid Gulf Coast Training Center, 1942 Central Flying Training Command 80th Army Air Force Base Unit Now: Vance Air Force Base Frederick AAF, Frederick Central Flying Training Command 452d Army Air Force Base Unit Now: Frederick Municipal Airport (IATA: FDR, ICAO: KFDR) Miami Municipal Airport, Miami Central Flying Training Command Now: Miami Municipal Airport (IATA: MIO, ICAO: KMIO) Mustang Field AAF, El Reno Central Flying Training Command 320th Flying Training detachment Now: El Reno Regional Airport (IATA: KRQO, ICAO: RQO) Air Technical Service Command Tinker Field AAF, Oklahoma City 497th Army Air Force Base Unit Now: Tinker Air Force Base

Fourth Air Force Ardmore AAF, Ardmore 418th Army Air Force Base Unit Now: Ardmore Municipal Airport (IATA: ADM, ICAO: KADM) Muskogee AAF, Muskogee 534th Army Air Force Base Unit Was: Hatbox Field (Now Closed) Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma City Joint Use USAAF/Civil Airport 38th Army Air Force Base Unit Now Will Rogers World Airport (IATA: OKC, ICAO: KOKC) Woodward AAF Sub-field of Will Rogers Field 532d Army Air Force Base Unit Now: West Woodward Airport (IATA: WWR, ICAO: KWWR) Air Transport Command Tulsa Municipal Airport, Tulsa Now: Tulsa International Airport (IATA: TUL, ICAO: KTUL)

Note: Clinton-Sherman AFB, originally Clinton Naval Air Station, was acquired by the U. S. Navy in 1942. It was on 15 September 1954, that the USAF leased the site from the City of Clinton to be used as an Air Force Base.

References

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
• Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.
• Military Airfields in World War II - Oklahoma

External links

	United States Air Force portal
	Military of the United States portal