Minnesota World War II Army Airfields
Minnesota World War II Army Airfields |
Part of World War II |
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Army Airfields |
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1940-1944 |
In use |
1940-present |
During World War II, the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Minnesota 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) (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 Transport Command
- Joint use USAAF/Civil Airport
- Now: Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (IATA: MSP, ICAO: KMSP, FAA LID: MSP)
Air Technical Service Command
- Joint use USAAF/Civil Airport
- Now: St. Paul Downtown Airport (IATA: STP, ICAO: KSTP, FAA LID: STP)
Army Air Force Training Command
- Contract flying training
- Now: Lake Elmo Airport (IATA: 21D)
- Contract flying training/Glider training
- Now: Returned to agriculture.
- Contract flying training/Glider training
- Closed 1961. Now: Industrial site.
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
- Military Airfields in World War II - Minnesota
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