Georgia World War II Army Airfields

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events=During World War II, the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Georgia for antisubmarine defense in the Gulf of Mexico 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

Air Technical Service Command
* Atlanta Municipal Airport: 303d Army Air Force Base Unit: USAAF/Civil Airfield Joint Use
* Bainbridge AAF: 332d Army Air Force Base Unit
* Wright Field/Camp Stewart AAF, Hinesville: WASP/Antiaircraft Training
* Daniel Field, Augusta: 21st Army Air Force Base Unit
* Herbert Smart Airport, Macon: USAAF/Civil Airfield Joint Use
* Marietta AAF, Marietta: 522d Army Air Force Base Unit: Now: : 469th Army Air Force Base Unit
* Robins Field, Warner Robins: 479th Army Air Force Base Unit: Warner Robins Air Technical Service Center: Now:
* Statesboro ATC, Statesboro: 343d Army Air Force Base Unit:: Harris Neck AAF (Aux), Darien:: Sub-base of Statesboro ATC:: Also used by United States Navy:: 42d Army Air Force Base Unit

Army Air Forces Training Command
AAF Southeast Training Center
Eastern Flight Training Command
* Turner Field, Albany: 68th Army Air Force Base Unit: Was: Turner Air Force Base (1947-1967): NAS Turner (1967-1976)
* Spence AAF, Moultrie: 75th Army Air Force Base Unit

Third Air Force
* Chatham AAF, Savannah: 425th Army Air Force Base Unit: Was: Chatham Air Force Base (1947-1950)
* Hunter Field, Savannah: 36th Army Air Force Base Unit: Was: Hunter Air Force Base (1950-1967): Now: Hunter Army Airfield
* Moody Field, Valdosta: 78th Army Air Force Base Unit: Now:
* Thomasville AAF, Thomasville: 42d Army Air Force Base Unit
* Waycross AAF, Waycross: 531st Army Air Force Base Unit

Troop Carrier Command
* Lawson Field, Fort Benning, Columbus: 54th Army Air Force Base Unit (I TCC): Was: Lawson Air Force Base (1947-1954): Now: Lawson Army Airfield (1954-Pres)

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
* [http://www.airfieldsdatabase.com/WW2/WW2.htm Military Airfields in World War II - Georgia]

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