North Carolina World War II Army Airfields

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in North Carolina for antisubmarine defense in the Atlantic Ocean and for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.

North Carolina World War II Army Airfields
Part of World War II
Type	Army Airfields
Site history
Built	1940-1944
In use	1940-present

Most of these airfields were under the command of Third 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

Troop Carrier Command Pope Field, Fort Bragg, Fayetteville 92d Army Air Force Base Unit (I TCC) Was: Pope Air Force Base Now: Pope Field Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base, Maxton 392d Army Air Force Base Unit Glider training facility Third Air Force Morris Field, Charlotte 30th Army Air Force Base Unit Now: Charlotte Douglas International Airport and Now: Charlotte Air National Guard Base Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro 333d Army Air Force Base Unit Now: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Bluethenthal Field, Wilmington 423d Army Air Force Base Unit Now: Wilmington International Airport

Army Air Force Training Command AAF Southeast Training Center Asheville-Hendersonville AAF, Hendersonville Joint Use USAAF/Contract Flying School Also used by United States Navy Lindley Field/Greensboro-High Point MAP, Greensboro Joint Use Civil Airport/USAAF/United States Navy Winston-Salem Airport, Winston-Salem Joint Use Civil Airport/USAAF/United States Navy Air Technical Service Command Raleigh-Durham AAF, Raleigh

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 - North Carolina

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