![]() ![]() ![]() Bainbridge Army Air Field, 6.0 miles (9.7 km) northwest of BainbridgeĪAF Basic Flying Training School/AAF Pilot School (Basic): – 322nd Base Headquarters & Air Base Squadron: 25 July 1942 – 30 April 1944 2127th Army Air Force Base Unit (AAF Eastern Flying Training Command): 30 April 1944 – 4164th Army Air Force Base Unit:(Air Technical Service Command): – 9 March 1946 Known sub-bases and auxiliariesĭonalsonville Auxiliary Field Reynoldville Auxiliary Field Faceville Auxiliary Field Vada Auxiliary Field Babcock Auxiliary Field Commodore Decatur Auxiliary Field Later: Bainbridge Air Base (1951–1961) 3306th Pilot Training Group (Contract Flying) Now: Decatur County Industrial Air Park ( IATA: BGE, ICAO: KBGE, FAA LID: BGE).Waycross Army Airfield, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northwest of Waycrossĥ31st Base Headquarters & Air Base Squadron: – 345th Army Air Force Base Unit: – 10 October 1945 Sub-base of: Hunter Field, later Drew Field, Florida Now: Waycross-Ware County Airport ( IATA: AYS, ICAO: KAYS, FAA LID: AYS).Hunter Field, 5.7 miles (9.2 km) south-southwest of SavannahĪir Base Squadron, 35th Air Base Group/36th Air Base Squadron/36th Base Headquarters & Air Base Squadron: 5 October 1940 – 302nd Army Air Force Base Unit: – 15 December 1946 Also used by: Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command (1942–1943) Was: Hunter Air Force Base (1950–1967) Now: Hunter Army Airfield (United States Army) ( IATA: SVN, ICAO: KSVN, FAA LID: SVN) And: Coast Guard Air Station Savannah.Thomasville Army Airfield, 7.4 miles (11.9 km) northeast of Thomasvilleģ39th Army Air Force Base Unit: – 6 February 1946 Now: Thomasville Regional Airport ( IATA: TVI, ICAO: KTVI, FAA LID: TVI).North Carolina, later William Northern Field, Tennessee 4157 Army Air Force Base Unit: – 26 January 1946 Now: Statesboro-Bulloch County Airport ( IATA: TBR, ICAO: KTBR, FAA LID: TBR) Statesboro Army Airfield, 3.6 miles (5.8 km) northeast of Statesboro. ![]() Sub-base of: Dale Mabry Field, Florida 346th Army Air Force Base Unit (Third AF): – 1945 Transferred to: United States Navy (1945) Now: Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge Third Air Force Harris Neck Army Airfield, 32.7 miles (52.6 km) south-southwest of Savannah.Chatham Army Airfield, 6.7 miles (10.8 km) west-northwest of SavannahĤ25th Base Headquarters & Air Base Squadron: 22 January 1943 – 10 April 1944 114th Army Air Force Base Unit (First AF): 10 April 1944 – 28 March 1945 323rd Army Air Force Base Unit (Third AF): – Also used by: Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command (1942–1943) Transferred to: Third Air Force (1945) Was: Chatham Air Force Base (1947–1950) Now: Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport ( IATA: SAV, ICAO: KSAV, FAA LID: SAV) And Savannah Air National Guard Base And Georgia ANG Combat Readiness Training Center.Major airfields First Air Force, later Third Air Force Hundreds of the temporary buildings that were used survive today, and are being used for other purposes. 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. It is still possible to find remnants of these wartime airfields. Most of these airfields were under the command of Third Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) 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. During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Georgia for antisubmarine defense in the Gulf of Mexico and for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. ![]()
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