in Ellis County, 1 mile northwest of Walker, Kansas or 3 miles northeast of Victoria, Kansas. Walker Army Airfield (AAF) is significantly historic as it...
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U.S. 40. Walker Army Airfield, an abandoned World War II airfield. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Walker, Kansas "General...
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Hunter Army Airfield (IATA: SVN, ICAO: KSVN, FAA LID: SVN), located in Savannah, Georgia, United States, is a military airfield and subordinate installation...
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Base. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roswell Army Airfield. Official website of the Walker Air Force Base Museum Whiteman AFB, Missouri – Current...
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took over a small portion of the base. Walker Army Airfield, 2.93 miles (4.72 km) northeast of Victoria, Kansas. This was used for B-29 Superfortress bomber...
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13 July 1944 Kansas World War II Army Airfields B-29 Superfortress Development Pratt Army Air Field Smoky Hill Army Air Field Walker Army Air Field This...
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War II, Kansas was a major United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) training center for pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. Kansas was favored...
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Henry Post Army Airfield (IATA: FSI, ICAO: KFSI, FAA LID: FSI) is a military use airport located at Fort Sill in Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States...
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Victoria, Walker, and Wheatlan. Kansas portal National Register of Historic Places listings in Ellis County, Kansas Walker Army Airfield, an abandoned...
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July 1944) Kansas World War II Army Airfields B-29 Superfortress Development Great Bend Army Air Field Smoky Hill Army Air Field Walker Army Air Field...
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the state of West Bengal, India. During World War II, the airfield hosted the United States Army Air Force 462d Bombardment Group prior to its deployment...
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Raco AAF Raco Army Airfield is a closed military airfield. It is located 24.5 miles (39.4 km) west-southwest of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States...
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Germany Walker Army Airfield, an abandoned World War II airfield. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Victoria, Kansas "George...
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List of American military installations (redirect from List of United States Army installations in Kosovo)
Bucholz Army Airfield Volkel Air Base Łask Air Base Lajes Air Base Al Udeid Air Base Câmpia Turzii Air Base Prince Sultan air base Baledogle Airfield Kunsan...
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Florida KAPG (APG) – Phillips Army Airfield – Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland KAPH (APH) – A.P. Hill Army Airfield – Fort Walker, Virginia KAPN (APN) – Alpena...
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abandoned airfields in the US can be found at the website that is cited in many of the entries below. There are at least 68 in the state. Anniston Army Airfield...
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C-130 and other light aircraft. See Far East Air Force Korean airfields (K-sites) for airfields established in the Korean Peninsula during the Korean War...
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coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Eagle Pass Army Airfield is a former World War II military airfield complex. It is located 10.6 miles (17.1 km) north...
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769th Bombardment Squadron (category Bombardment squadrons of the United States Army Air Forces)
B-29s available to equip the squadron. Instead, it moved to Walker Army Air Field, Kansas at the end of the month. Smoky Hill was one of four bases chosen...
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Wichita-Hutchinson, Kansas television market. Gorham was both a setting and filming location of the 1973 film Paper Moon. Walker Army Airfield, an abandoned...
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771st Bombardment Squadron (category Strategic bombing squadrons of the United States Army Air Forces)
1944 Smoky Hill Army Air Field, Kansas, 1 July 1943 Walker Army Air Field, Kansas, 28 July 1943 – c. 12 March 1944 Piardoba Airfield, India, c. 16 April–12...
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24th Infantry Division (United States) (category Infantry divisions of the United States Army)
Brigades to Fort Riley, Kansas, as part of Exercise Reforger while the division's 3rd Brigade was maintained in Germany. As the US Army withdrew from Vietnam...
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Guadalcanal campaign. The Second Air Force provided four airfields for training in the vicinity of Salina, Kansas, not far from Boeing's Wichita plant where most...
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770th Bombardment Squadron (category Strategic bombing squadrons of the United States Army Air Forces)
Kansas, where most of the early Superfortresses would be produced. However, no B-29s were available to equip the squadron. It moved to Walker Army Air...
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Pearl Harbor (film) (category Films about the United States Army Air Forces)
stationed at Wheeler Airfield. Ewen Bremner as First Lieutenant "Red" Winkle, a USAAC combat pilot stationed at Wheeler Airfield. Greg Zola as First Lieutenant...
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830th Bombardment Squadron (category Bombardment squadrons of the United States Army Air Forces)
Base, Iowa, 24 July 1945 Smoky Hill Army Air Field, Kansas, 8 September 1945 Roswell Army Air Field (Later Walker Air Force Base), New Mexico, 23 June...
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Pyote Air Force Base (redirect from Pyote Army Airfield)
AFS Pyote AFS Closing, San Angelo Standard-Times dated 12 May 1963 Pyote Army Air Field / Pyote AFB / Pyote Airfield, Pyote, TX 2007 Pyote AFB Photos...
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New Castle Air National Guard Base (redirect from New Castle Army Airfield)
with the 552d Army Air Forces Base Unit being the host unit in charge of the base and its facilities. The primary mission of the airfield was to facilitate...
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Eareckson Air Station (redirect from Shemya Army Airfield)
Paramushiro, the largest island in the chain. It supported three airfields and the Imperial Japanese Army Kashiwabra Staging Area. In addition, it was the headquarters...
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