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Pennsylvania World War II Army Airfields

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During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Pennsylvania 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 Technical Service Command

Connellsville MAP, Connellsville

Now: Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville Airport {{airport codes||KVVS|VVS}}

Olmsted Field AAF, Middletown

487th/496th Army Air Force Base Unit

Was: Olmsted Air Force Base (1947-1968)

Now: Harrisburg International Airport {{airport codes|MDT|KMDT|MDT}}

First Air Force

Philadelphia Northeast Airport, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

431st Army Air Force Base Unit (Reduced)

Now: Northeast Philadelphia Airport {{airport codes|PNE|KPNE|PNE}}

Reading AAF, Reading

390th Army Air Force Base Unit

Now: Reading Regional Airport {{airport codes|RDG|KRDG|RDG}}

Air Transport Command

Pittsburgh Army Air Base, Pittsburgh

Now: Pittsburgh IAP Air Reserve Station {{airport codes|PIT|KPIT|PIT}}

Army Air Forces Training Command

Waynesboro MAP, Waynesboro

Contract Primary Pilot Training

Closed, 1950 Now: non-aviation industrial site.

Other

Other known airfields used by the USAAF were at Ebensburg, Milton, Beaver Falls and Williamsport. It has yet to be discovered what use the AAF made of those facilities.

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}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20140517043623/http://www.airfieldsdatabase.com/ww2/ww2.htm Military Airfields in World War II - Pennsylvania]

External links

{{Portal|United States Air Force|Military of the United States}}{{USAAF Training Bases World War II}}{{USAAF 1st Air Force World War II}}

5 : Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Pennsylvania|Military history of Pennsylvania|Military facilities in Pennsylvania|Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the United States by state|United States World War II army airfields

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