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Utah World War II Army Airfields

Utah World War II Army Airfields
US Army Air Corps Hap Arnold Wings.svg
Part of World War II
Utah World War II Army Airfields is located in Utah
Dugway AAF
Dugway AAF
Hill AAF
Hill AAF
Kearns Center/AAB
Kearns Center/AAB
Salt Lake City MAP
Salt Lake City MAP
Wendover AAF
Wendover AAF
Map Of Utah World War II Army Airfields
Type Army Airfields
Site history
Built 1940-1944
In use 1940--present

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

Most of these airfields were under the command of Second 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.

Proving Ground Command

Air Technical Service Command

Army Air Forces Training Command


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