Now joint-use civilian airport and Iowa ANG base for KC-135 air refueling aircraft. Used by Air Defense Command as an Interceptor base, 1946-1968 Ground Control Radar station, 1959-1970. Used by ATSC as an Aircraft/Crew processing center for heavy bomber crews. 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 Cold War. It is still possible to find remnants of these wartime airfields. 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. Most of these airfields were under the command of First 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). Class=notpageimage| Map Of Iowa World War II Army Airfieldsĭuring World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Iowa for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.
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