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      • During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Illinois 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). 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

      Chanute Field, Rantoul
      Eastern Technical Training Center (Metrological School; adv. Specialities)
      9th Army Air Force Base Unit
      Was: Chanute Air Force Base (1917-1993)
      Now: Rantoul National Aviation Center (ICAO: KTIP, FAA LID: TIP)
      Curtis-Parks AAF, East St. Louis
      Contract Pilot School
      Now: St. Louis Downtown Airport
      George Army Airfield, Lawrenceville
      AAF Southeast Training Center
      327th Army Air Force Base Unit
      Now: Lawrenceville-Vincennes International Airport (IATA: LWV, ICAO: KLWV, FAA LID: LWV)
      Atterbury Army Airfield, Columbus, Indiana
      Sub-base of George AAF
      Now: Columbus Municipal Airport (IATA: CLU, ICAO: KBAK, FAA LID: BAK)
      Sturgis Army Airfield, Sturgis, Kentucky
      Sub-base of George AAF
      Now: Sturgis Municipal Airport (ICAO: KTWT, FAA LID: TWT)
      Air Transport Command

      Scott Field, AAF, Belleville
      8th Army Air Force Base Unit
      Now: Scott Air Force Base (IATA: BLV, ICAO: KBLV, FAA LID: BLV)
      Air Technical Service Command

      Chicago MAP, Chicago
      395th Army Air Force Base Unit
      Joint use USAAF/Civil Airport
      Now: the Scottsdale neighborhood in Chicago, and the southeast side of Burbank, Illinois (see Ashburn Flying Field)
      Orchard Place Airport/Douglas Army Airfield, Chicago
      Joint use USAAF/Civil Airport
      Later a joint use civil-military airport as O'Hare International Airport & O'Hare Air Reserve Station
      Now: O'Hare International Airport (IATA: ORD, ICAO: KORD, FAA LID: ORD)


      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


      External links


      Military Airfields in World War II - Illinois

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