Indiana World War II Army Airfields

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Indiana for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.

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). 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, 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
 Troop Carrier Command


 * Baer Army Air Base, Fort Wayne
 * I Troop Carrier Group
 * 45th Army Air Force Base Unit
 * Now: Fort Wayne Air National Guard Station


 * Stout Field AAF, Indianapolis
 * Headquarters, Troop Carrier Command, Glider Ferrying & Pickup faciity
 * I Troop Carrier Group
 * 362d Army Air Force Base Unit
 * Used by Indiana Air National Guard until 1961. Now closed and part of urbanised Indianaoplis area

Air Transport Command


 * Bendix Field AAF, South Bend
 * Now: South Bend Regional Airport

Air Technical Service Command


 * Evansville MAP, Evansville
 * Now: Evansville Regional Airport


 * Freeman Army Airfield, Seymour
 * Southeast Training Center
 * 447th Army Air Force Base Unit
 * Now: Freeman Municipal Airport

Army Air Force Training Command


 * Atterbury Army Airfield, Columbus
 * Sub-base of George AAF, Illinois (now: Lawrenceville-Vincennes International Airport )
 * 304th Army Air Force Base Unit
 * Now: Columbus Municipal Airport

Other


 * Note: Bunker Hill/Grissom Air Force Base was a United States Navy airfield during World War II.