Oregon World War II Army Airfields were the airfields built or repurposed during World War II for training pilots and aircrews of United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) fighters and bombers in Oregon.
Oregon World War II Army Airfields | |
|---|---|
| Part of World War II | |
  Corvallis AAF Portland AAB Madras AAF Medford AAF Pendleton AAF Salem AAF Map Of Oregon World War II Army Airfields | |
| Type | Army Airfields |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1940-1944 |
| In use | 1940-present |
Most of these airfields were under the command of Second Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) (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, though 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
editSecond Air Force
- II Fighter Command
- Also known as MAAS Corvallis / MCAAF Corvalis (temp transfer to US Navy/US Marine Corps)
- Now: Corvallis Municipal Airport (IATA: CVO, ICAO: KCVO)
- Portland AAB, Portland
- 44th Army Air Force Base Unit
- Now: Portland International Airport and
Portland Air National Guard Base (IATA: PDX, ICAO: KPDX) - Joint use AAF/Navy/Civil Airport
- Redmond AAF, Redmond
- Sub-base of Portland AAF
- Now: Roberts Field Airport (IATA: RDM, ICAO: KRDM)
- Also several auxiliary fields (Aurora Flight Strip, Eugene Municipal Airport)
Air Technical Service Command
- Madras AAF, Madras
- Now: Madras Municipal Airport (was City-County Airport) (IATA: S33)
- Medford AAF, Medford
- Joint use with US Navy
- Now: Medford Jackson County Airport (IATA: MFR, ICAO: KMFR)
- Pendleton Field AAF, Pendleton
- Spokane Air Service Command
- 470th Army Air Force Base Unit
- Joint use with US Navy
- Now: Pendleton Regional Airport (IATA: PDT, ICAO: KPDT)
- Salem AAF, Salem
- Now: McNary Field Airport (IATA: SLE, ICAO: KSLE)
See also
editReferences
edit- 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 - Oregon