United States Army Air Forces
Installations

United States Army Air Forces

Section Title: Installations
Table Section Text: None

Type of facility	7 December 1941	31 December 1941	31 December 1942	31 December 1943	31 December 1944	VE Day	VJ Day

Total all installations	181	197	1,270	1,419	1,506	1,473	1,377

Main bases	114	151	345	345	377	356	344

Satellite bases	71	116	37	56	57

Auxiliary fields	198	322	309	291	269

Total CONUS airfields	114	151	614	783	723	703	670

Bombing & gunnery ranges	unk	480	473	433

Hospitals & other owned facilities	67	46	29	32	44	30	30

Contract pilot schools	unk	unk	69	66	14	14	6

Rented office space	unk	unk	79	109	103

Leased hotels & apartment bldgs	464	216	75	75	75

Civilian & factory tech schools	66	47	21	17	16

College training detachments	16	234	2	1	1

Specialized storage depots	12	41	68	51	43

Sentence(s)

In December 1943, the peak size of the AAF was 783.

final_sentence: In December 1943, the peak size of the AAF was 783.