During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Alabama for antisubmarine defense in the Gulf of Mexico and for training pilots and aircrews of AAF fighters and bombers.

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Alabama World War II Army Airfields
Part of World War II
Map of major Alabama World War II Army Airfields   Third Air Force     AAF Training Command   AAF Contract Flying Schools  Air Technical Service Command
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

Third Air Force

• Demopolis Army Air Field, 8 miles (13 km) west-southwest of Demopolis

Detachment, 39th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron

Auxiliary of Key Field, Mississippi

Now: Demopolis Municipal Airport (ICAO: KDYA, FAA LID: DYA, formerly 7A2)

• Camp Sibert Army Air Field, 5 miles (8.0 km) west-southwest of Gadsden

Support of The Chemical Warfare Service, Camp Sibert

Now: Northeast Alabama Regional Airport (IATA: GAD, ICAO: KGAD, FAA LID: GAD)

AAF Training Command

AAF Eastern Flying Training Command

Contract Flying Schools

Air Technical Service Command

Minor Airfields

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

• 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 - Alabama

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