Tennessee 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 Tennessee 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

Army Air Force Training Command
AAF Southeast Training Center
* Nashville AAC, Nashville (Non-Flying Facility): 526th Army Air Force Base Unit

Eastern Flying Training Command
* Smyrna AAF, Smyrna, Tennessee: 313th Army Air Force Base Unit: Was: Sewart Air Force Base (1941-1971)
:: William Northern Field. Tullahoma:: Sub-base of Smyrna AAF:: 343d Army Air Force Base Unit:: Now: Air Trransport Command
* Memphis AAF, Memphis: 4th Ferrying Group: Joint use USAAF/Civil Airport/US Navy: 346th Army Air Force Base Unit

* Berry Field/Nashville Municipal Airport, Nashville, Tennessee: 20th Ferrying Group: Joint use USAAF/Civil Airport: 508th Army Air Force Base Unit

Third Air Force
* Arnold Field/Dyersburg AAF, Dyersburg: 419th Army Air Force Base Unit

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 - Tennessee]

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