# Oklahoma World War II Army Airfields

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (AAF) established numerous airfields in Oklahoma for training pilots and aircrews of AAF fighters and bombers or as major maintenance and supply centers.
Most of these airfields were under the command of Third 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). However other AAF commands, including Second Air Force, Air Technical Service Command (ATSC) and Air Transport Command (ATC) commanded airfields in a support roles.
It is still possible to find remnants of these wartime airfields. 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. Hundreds of the temporary buildings that were used survive today, and are being used for other purposes.

## Major Airfields

Army Air Forces Training Command
* Altus Army Airfield, Altus
    AAF Central Flying Training Command
    2508th Army Air Forces Base Unit
    Now: Altus Air Force Base
* Chickasha Field, Chickasha
    AAF Central Flying Training Command
    2549th Army Air Forces Base Unit
    Now: Chickasha Municipal Airport (IATA: CHK, ICAO: KCHK)
* Cimarron Army Airfield, Cimmaron
    AAF Central Flying Training Command
    2508th Army Air Forces Base Unit
    Now: Clarence E. Page Municipal Airport (IATA: RCE, ICAO: KRCE)
* Enid Army Airfield, Enid
    AAF Central Flying Training Command
    2518th Army Air Forces Base Unit
    Now: Vance Air Force Base
* Frederick Army Airfield, Frederick
    AAF Central Flying Training Command
    2520th Army Air Forces Base Unit
    Now: Frederick Municipal Airport (IATA: FDR, ICAO: KFDR)
* Hatbox Army Airfield, Muskogee
    AAF Central Flying Training Command
    2557th Army Air Forces Base Unit
    Later: Hatbox Field (Closed)
* Miami Municipal Airport, Miami
    AAF Central Flying Training Command
    2556th Army Air Forces Base Unit
    Now: Miami Municipal Airport (IATA: MIO, ICAO: KMIO)
* Mustang Field, El Reno
    Central Flying Training Command
    2554th Army Air Forces Base Unit
    Now: El Reno Regional Airport (IATA: RQO, ICAO: KRQO)
* Ponca City Airport, Ponca City
    Central Flying Training Command
    323d Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment
    Now: Ponca City Regional Airport (IATA: PNC, ICAO: KPNC)
Air Technical Service Command
* Tinker Field, Oklahoma City
    4136th Army Air Force Base Unit
    Now: Tinker Air Force Base
Second Air Force
* Ardmore Army Airfield, Ardmore
    222d Army Air Forces Base Unit
    Later: Ardmore Air Force Base (IATA: ADM, ICAO: KADM)
    Now: Ardmore Municipal Airport
Third Air Force
* Muskogee Army Airfield, Muskogee
    349th Army Air Forces Base Unit
    Now: Davis Field
* Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma City
    Joint Use USAAF/Civil Airport
    348th Army Air Forces Base Unit
    Now Will Rogers World Airport (IATA: OKC, ICAO: KOKC)
    and Will Rogers Air National Guard Base
* Woodward AAF
    Second Air Force until 1944
    Sub-field of Will Rogers Field
    354th Army Air Forces Base Unit
    Now: West Woodward Airport (IATA: WWR, ICAO: KWWR)
Air Transport Command
* Tulsa Municipal Airport, Tulsa
    582d Army Air Forces Base Unit
    Now: Tulsa International Airport
    and Tulsa Air National Guard Base (IATA: TUL, ICAO: KTUL)
Note: The former Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base, now Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark, was originally Naval Air Station Clinton as acquired by the U. S. Navy in 1942. NAS Clinton was closed at the end of World War II and turned over to the City of Clinton. It was on 15 September 1954 that the USAF leased the former NAS Clinton site from the City of Clinton to be used as an Air Force Base.