Virginia World War II Army Airfields

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Virginia 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
Air Technical Service Command
 * Blackstone AAF, Blackstone
 * Supported Fort Pickett
 * Now: Roundel of the USAF.svg Allen C Perkinson Airport/Blackstone Army Airfield

Army Air Force Training Command Was also a part of First Air Force
 * Langley Field AAF, Hampton
 * 2d Army Air Force Base Unit
 * Eastern Technical Training Center
 * Now: Roundel of the USAF.svg Joint Base Langley-Eustis (1947-Pres)

First Air Force
 * Norfolk AAF, Norfolk
 * 390th Army Air Force Base Unit
 * Now: Norfolk International Airport


 * Richmond AAF, Richmond
 * 428th Army Air Force Base Unit
 * Now: Byrd Field/Richmond International Airport