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Ohio World War II Army Airfields

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Ohio for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.

Most of these airfields were under the command of First Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC). However the other USAAF support commands (Air Technical Service Command (ATSC); Air Transport Command (ATC)) 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

Contract Primary Flying Instruction
Now: Wood County Airport
374th Army Air Force Base Unit
Was: Lockbourne Air Force Base (1948-1974)
Was: Rickenbacker Air Force Base (1974-1980)
Now: Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base (1980-Present)
Also: Rickenbacker International Airport (1994-Pres)<br />
Eastern Flight Training Center
: Kenton County Airport, Covington, Kentucky
: Sub-base of Lockbourne AAB
: Now: Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport<br />

Air Transport Command

Joint use USAAF–Navy–Civil airfield
Now: Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport<br />

Air Technical Service Command

Aircraft assembly and modification facilities
Now: Cleveland Hopkins International Airport<br />
478th Army Air Force Base Unit
Merged 1948 with Wright Field AAF
Merged 1948 with Patterson Field
Now: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (1948-Pres)
* Dayton AAF, Dayton
: Sub-base of Wright Field AAF
: Joint use USAAF/Navy/Civil Airfield
: Now: Dayton International Airport<br/>
* Clinton County AAF, Wilmington, Ohio
: Sub-base of Wright Field AAF
: Glider Training
: Was: Clinton County Air Force Base (1947-1972)
: Now: Airborne Airpark<br/>

References

  • Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. .
  • Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. .
  • Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Pictorial Histories Pub .

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