Stanley Army Airfield is a former
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
airfield located on
Oahu
Oahu () (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ''Oʻahu'' ()), also known as "The Gathering place#Island of Oʻahu as The Gathering Place, Gathering Place", is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is home to roughly one million people—over t ...
,
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...
. It was a temporary airfield, used for fighter planes as part of the island's defense. Today it is the golf course of
Schofield Barracks.
History
United States Army Air Corps
The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was the aerial warfare service component of the United States Army between 1926 and 1941. After World War I, as early aviation became an increasingly important part of modern warfare, a philosophical r ...
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk units based at Stanley Field:
*318th Fighter Group's 19th Fighter Squad
*15th Fighter Group's 18th Fighter Squad
See also
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Hawaii World War II Army Airfields
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces fought the Empire of Japan in the Central Pacific Area. As defined by the War Department, this consisted of most of the Pacific Ocean and its islands, excluding the Philippines, Australia, th ...
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Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Hawaii
Buildings and structures in Honolulu County, Hawaii
Defunct airports in Hawaii
History of Oahu