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Washington World War II Army Airfields
Part of World War II
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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 Washington 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.

Major airfields

Army Air Force Training Command

• Yakima Air Base, Yakima

Joint use USAAF/Civil Airport

Contract Flying School

Now: Yakima Air Terminal (IATA: YKM, ICAO: KYKM)

Air Transport Command

• Gray Field, AAF, Fort Lewis

302d Army Air Force Base Unit

Now: Gray Army Airfield, active Army Airfield which supports Fort Lewis.

References

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
• Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.
• Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Pictorial Histories Pub . ISBN 1-57510-051-7
• Military Airfields in World War II - Washington airfieldsdatabase.com

• Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Washington (state)
• 1940s in Washington (state)
• Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the United States by state
• United States World War II army airfields
• Military history of Washington (state)
• Washington (state) history-related lists