Ohio World War II Army Airfields

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

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

Army Air Force Training Command

• Bricker APT, Bowling Green

Contract Primary Flying Instruction

Now: Wood County Airport (IATA: 1G0)

• Lockbourne AAB, Columbus

374th Army Air Force Base Unit

Was: Lockbourne Air Force Base (1948-1974)

Was: Rickenbacker Air Force Base (1974-1980)

Now: Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base (1980-Pres)

Also: Rickenbacker International Airport (1994-Pres)
(IATA: LCK, ICAO: KLCK, FAA Location identifier: LCK)

Eastern Flight Training Center

Kenton County Airport, Covington, Kentucky

Sub-base of Lockbourne AAB

Now: Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
(IATA: CVG, ICAO: KCVG, FAA Location identifier: CVG)

Air Transport Command

• Lunken APT, Cincinnati

Joint use USAAF–Navy–Civil airfield

Now: Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport
(IATA: LUK, ICAO: KLUK)

Air Technical Service Command

• Cleveland MAP, Cleveland

Aircraft assembly and modification facilities

Now: Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
(IATA: CLE, ICAO: KCLE, FAA Location identifier: CLE)

• Patterson Field AAF, Fairborn

478th Army Air Force Base Unit

Merged 1948 with Wright Field AAF

• Wright Field, AAF, Dayton

Merged 1948 with Patterson Field

Now: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (1948-Pres)

• Dayton AAF, Dayton

Sub-base of Wright Field AAF

Joint use USAAF/Navy/Civil Airfield

Now: Dayton International Airport
(IATA: DAY, ICAO: KDAY, FAA Location identifier: DAY)

• Clinton County AAF, Wilmington, Ohio

Sub-base of Wright Field AAF

Glider Training

Now: Airborne Airpark
(IATA: ILN, ICAO: KILN, FAA Location identifier: ILN)

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 - Ohio