Alliance Auxiliary Field

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Alliance Auxiliary Army Airfield

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23 July 1943
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Serves Marianna, Florida
Coordinates 30°35′59″N085°06′36″W / 30.59972°N 85.11000°W / 30.59972; -85.11000 Coordinates: 30°35′59″N085°06′36″W / 30.59972°N 85.11000°W / 30.59972; -85.11000
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Location of Alliance Auxiliary Field

Alliance Auxiliary Army Airfield is a closed military airfield. It was located 14 miles southeast of Marianna, Florida.

Marianna, Florida City in Florida, United States

Marianna is a city in Jackson County, Florida, United States. The population was 6,102 at the 2010 census. In 2017 the estimated population was 7,293. It is the county seat of Jackson County and is home to Chipola College. The official nickname of Marianna is "The City of Southern Charm".

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History

Originally constructed by the United States Army Air Forces in 1943 as one of four auxiliary airfields for the pilot training school at Marianna Army Airfield. Its original designation was Alliance Auxiliary Army Airfield #4. The airfield was constructed with two asphalt 5'000 foot runways, each with a parallel taxiway.

United States Army Air Forces Aerial warfare branch of the United States army from 1941 to 1947

The United States Army Air Forces, informally known as the Air Force,or United States Army Air Force, was the aerial warfare service of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1939/41–1945), successor to the previous United States Army Air Corps and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force of today, one of the five uniformed military services. The AAF was a component of the United States Army, which in 1942 was divided functionally by executive order into three autonomous forces: the Army Ground Forces, the Services of Supply, and the Army Air Forces. Each of these forces had a commanding general who reported directly to the Army Chief of Staff.

The airfield was apparently unmanned, had no buildings nor any permanent units assigned. It was used for emergency and for touch-and-go landings as part of the pilot training school. With the end of World War II and the closure of Mariana AAF in 1945, the airfield was closed and abandoned.

World War II 1939–1945 global war

World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries—including all the great powers—eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. A state of total war emerged, directly involving more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. The major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. World War II was the deadliest conflict in human history, marked by 50 to 85 million fatalities, most of whom were civilians in the Soviet Union and China. It included massacres, the genocide of the Holocaust, strategic bombing, premeditated death from starvation and disease, and the only use of nuclear weapons in war.

In the years since, the airfield concrete and asphalt has been removed and today the land is in private ownership, being used for agriculture. Aerial imagery shows no trace of the facility, and a county farm road was constructed over the former military airfield. A small crop-dusting airstrip (County Line Airstrip Airport (FL35)) was constructed in 2008 about a mile to the northeast, but it has no relationship to the former military airfield.

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