Maine World War II Army Airfields

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Maine 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
First Air Force
 * Dow AAF, Bangor
 * 7th Army Air Force Base Unit
 * Was: Dow Air Force Base (1947 – 1968)
 * Now: Bangor Air National Guard Base and Bangor International Airport

Air Transport Command
 * Presque Isle AAF, Presque Isle
 * North Atlantic Wing, ATC
 * 494th Army Air Force Base Unit
 * Was: Presque Isle Air Force Base (1948 – 1961)
 * Now: Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle


 * Houlton AAF, Houlton
 * North Atlantic Wing, ATC
 * 378th Army Air Force Base Unit
 * Now: Houlton International Airport