Tennessee World War II Army Airfields

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

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 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
Army Air Force Training CommandAAF Southeast Training Center
 * Nashville AAC, Nashville (Non-Flying Facility)
 * Aviation Cadet Classification Center
 * 526th Army Air Force Base Unit

Eastern Flying Training Command
 * Smyrna AAF, Smyrna, Tennessee
 * 313th Army Air Force Base Unit
 * Was: Sewart AAF until 1947, then Sewart Air Force Base (1947-1971)
 * Now: Smyrna Airport and Roundel of the USAF.svg Army Aviation Support Facility #1, Tennessee Army National Guard
 * William Northern Field, Tullahoma
 * Sub-base of Smyrna AAF
 * 343d Army Air Force Base Unit
 * Now: Roundel of the USAF.svg Arnold Air Force Base

Air Transport Command
 * Memphis AAF, Memphis
 * 4th Ferrying Group
 * Joint use USAAF/Civil Airport/US Navy
 * 346th Army Air Force Base Unit
 * Now: Memphis International Airport and Roundel of the USAF.svg Memphis Air National Guard Base


 * Berry Field/Nashville Municipal Airport, Nashville, Tennessee
 * 20th Ferrying Group
 * Joint use USAAF/Civil Airport
 * 508th Army Air Force Base Unit
 * Now Nashville International Airport and Roundel of the USAF.svg Berry Field Air National Guard Base

Third Air Force
 * Arnold Field/Dyersburg AAF, Dyersburg
 * 419th Army Air Force Base Unit