United States Army Air Forces Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Installations==== {| align=center class="wikitable" |- |+CONUS installations<ref>Futrell, Historical Study 69, Chart I, p. 169.</ref> |- ! Type of facility||align=center| 7 December 1941 ||align=center| 31 December 1941 ||align=center| 31 December 1942 ||align=center| 31 December 1943 ||align=center| 31 December 1944 || [[VE Day]] || [[VJ Day]] |- | ''Total all installations''||align=center|''181''|| align=center|''197''||align=center|''1,270''||align=center|''1,419''||align=center|''1,506''||align=center|''1,473''||align=center|''1,377'' |-style="background: #eeeeee;" | '''Main bases'''||align=center|114||align=center|151||align=center|345||align=center|345||align=center|377||align=center|356||align=center|344 |-style="background: #eeeeee;" | '''Satellite bases'''||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|71||align=center|116||align=center|37||align=center|56||align=center|57 |-style="background: #eeeeee;" |'''Auxiliary fields'''||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|198||align=center|322||align=center|309||align=center|291||align=center|269 |- |''Total CONUS airfields''||align=center|''114''||align=center|''151''||align=center|''614''||align=center|''783''||align=center|''723''||align=center|''703''||align=center|''670'' |-style="background: #eeeeee;" |'''Bombing & gunnery ranges'''||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|unk||align=center|-||align=center|480||align=center|473||align=center|433 |-style="background: #eeeeee;" |'''Hospitals''' & other owned facilities||align=center|67||align=center|46||align=center|29||align=center|32||align=center|44||align=center|30||align=center|30 |- |Contract pilot schools||align=center|unk||align=center|unk||align=center|69||align=center|66||align=center|14||align=center|14||align=center|6 |- |Rented office space||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|unk||align=center|unk||align=center|79||align=center|109||align=center|103 |- |Leased hotels & apartment bldgs||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|464||align=center|216||align=center|75||align=center|75||align=center|75 |- |Civilian & factory tech schools||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|66||align=center|47||align=center|21||align=center|17||align=center|16 |-style= |College training detachments||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|16||align=center|234||align=center|2||align=center|1||align=center|1 |- |Specialized storage depots||align=center|-||align=center|-||align=center|12||align=center|41||align=center|68||align=center|51||align=center|43 |} {| align=center class="wikitable" |- |+Overseas airfields <ref>''AAF Statistical Digest'', Table 217 β Airfields outside CONUS 1941β1945.</ref> |- ! Location || 31 December 1941 || 31 December 1942 || 31 December 1943 || 31 December 1944 || [[VE Day]] || [[VJ Day]] |- | US possessions|| align=center|19||align=center|60||align=center|70||align=center|89||align=center|130||align=center|128 |-style="background: #eeeeee;" | North America||align=center|7||align=center|74||align=center|83||align=center|67||align=center|66||align=center|62 |- | Atlantic islands||align=center|5||align=center|27||align=center|-||align=center|20||align=center|21||align=center|21 |-style="background: #eeeeee;" |South America||align=center|-||align=center|27||align=center|28||align=center|22||align=center|32||align=center|32 |- |Africa||align=center|-||align=center|73||align=center|94||align=center|45||align=center|31||align=center|21 |-style="background: #eeeeee;" |Europe||align=center|-||align=center|33||align=center|119||align=center|302||align=center|392||align=center|196 |- |Australia||align=center|-||align=center|20||align=center|35||align=center|10||align=center|7||align=center|3 |-style="background: #eeeeee;" |Pacific islands||align=center|-||align=center|21||align=center|65||align=center|100||align=center|57||align=center|56 |- |Asia||align=center|-||align=center|23||align=center|65||align=center|96||align=center|175||align=center|115 |-style="background: #eeeeee;" |'''Total overseas'''||align=center|'''31'''||align=center|'''358'''||align=center|'''559'''||align=center|'''751'''||align=center|'''911'''||align=center|'''634''' |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page