Oregon World War II Army Airfields

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Oregon World War II Army Airfields
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Corvallis AAF
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Portland AAB
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Madras AAF
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Medford AAF
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Pendleton AAF
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Salem AAF
Map Of Oregon World War II Army Airfields
TypeArmy Airfields
Site history
Built1940-1944
In use1940-present

Oregon World War II Army Airfields were the airfields built or repurposed during World War II for training pilots and aircrews of United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) fighters and bombers in Oregon.

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Most of these airfields were under the command of Second Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) (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, though some were returned to agriculture and several were retained as United States Air Force installations and were front-line bases during the Cold War. Hundreds of the temporary buildings that were used survive today, and are being used for other purposes.

Major airfields

Second Air Force

II Fighter Command
Also known as MAAS Corvallis / MCAAF Corvalis (temp transfer to US Navy/US Marine Corps)
Now: Corvallis Municipal Airport ( IATA : CVO, ICAO : KCVO)
44th Army Air Force Base Unit
Now: Portland International Airport and Roundel of the USAF.svg Portland Air National Guard Base ( IATA : PDX, ICAO : KPDX)
Joint use AAF/Navy/Civil Airport
Sub-base of Portland AAF
Now: Roberts Field Airport ( IATA : RDM, ICAO : KRDM)
Also several auxiliary fields (Aurora Flight Strip, Eugene Municipal Airport)

Air Technical Service Command

Now: Madras Municipal Airport (was City-County Airport) ( IATA : S33)
Joint use with US Navy
Now: Medford Jackson County Airport ( IATA : MFR, ICAO : KMFR)
Spokane Air Service Command
470th Army Air Force Base Unit
Joint use with US Navy
Now: Pendleton Regional Airport ( IATA : PDT, ICAO : KPDT)
Now: McNary Field Airport ( IATA : SLE, ICAO : KSLE)

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