During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in North Carolina for antisubmarine defense in the Atlantic Ocean and for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. 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

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

Major Airfields

Troop Carrier Command * Pope Field,

Fort Bragg Fort Bragg is a military installation of the United States Army in North Carolina, and is one of the largest military installations in the world by population, with around 54,000 military personnel. The military reservation is located within Cum ...

, Fayetteville : 92d Army Air Force Base Unit (I TCC) : Was: Pope Air Force Base : Now: Roundel of the USAF

Pope Field * Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base, Maxton : 392d Army Air Force Base Unit : Glider training facility Third Air Force * Morris Field, Charlotte : 30th Army Air Force Base Unit : Now:

Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte Douglas International Airport ( IATA: CLT, ICAO: KCLT, FAA LID: CLT), typically referred to as Charlotte Douglas, Douglas Airport, or simply CLT, is an international airport in Charlotte, North Carolina, located roughly six miles we ...

and : Now: Roundel of the USAF

Charlotte Air National Guard Base * Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro : 333d Army Air Force Base Unit : Now: Roundel of the USAF

Seymour Johnson Air Force Base *

Bluethenthal Field Wilmington International Airport is a public airport located just north of Wilmington, North Carolina, in unincorporated Wrightsboro, Cape Fear Township, New Hanover County. ILM covers 1,800 acres (728 ha). During the calendar year 2018 ILM ...

, Wilmington : 423d Army Air Force Base Unit : Now: Wilmington International Airport Army Air Force Training Command
AAF Southeast Training Center * Asheville-Hendersonville AAF, Hendersonville : Joint Use USAAF/Contract Flying School : Also used by United States Navy * Lindley Field/Greensboro-High Point MAP, Greensboro : Joint Use Civil Airport/USAAF/United States Navy *

Winston-Salem Airport Smith Reynolds Airport is a public airport 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Winston-Salem in Forsyth County, North Carolina, Forsyth County, North Carolina. The airport has two runways, and is used for general aviat ...

, Winston-Salem : Joint Use Civil Airport/USAAF/United States Navy Air Technical Service Command * Raleigh-Durham AAF, Raleigh

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 - North Carolina

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