During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in New Hampshire for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. Most of these airfields were under the command of

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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

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. Hundreds of the temporary buildings that were used survive today, and are being used for other purposes.

Major airfields

First Air Force * Grenier Field, AAF, Manchester : 344th Army Air Force Base Unit : Was: Grenier Air Force Base (1947-1949, 1951-1959) : Was: Grenier Field - Manchester Municipal Airport (1959-1966) (Civil Airport/USAFR base) : Now: Manchester-Boston Regional Airport * Note: Airports at

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, Concord,

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and Nashua were used by the USAAF during the war as landing fields for transient aircraft (as well by the Navy), but were not considered military airfields.

References

* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. . * Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. . * Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Pictorial Histories Pub .
Military Airfields in World War II - New Hampshire

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