Norman, Oklahoma

===Military in Norman===
In 1941, the [[University of Oklahoma]] and Norman city officials established Max Westheimer Field, a university airstrip, and then leased it to the [[U.S. Navy]] as a Naval Flight Training Center in 1942.<ref name="odell" /> It became the [[Naval Air Station Norman]], and it was used for training combat pilots during [[World War II]]. A second training center, known as Naval Air Technical Training Center, and a naval hospital were later established to the south.<ref name="odell"/> In the years following World War II the airstrip was transferred back to the university's control.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rv-9.com/maxwf.html |publisher=rv-9.com |title=Max Westheimer Field |access-date=August 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227075729/http://www.rv-9.com/maxwf.html |archive-date=December 27, 2010 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Today the airstrip is called the [[University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport]]. Following the war the remaining military presence and post-war veterans who came to Norman to get an education again grew the city's population, which was 27,006 by 1950.<ref name="odell"/><ref name="Decennials" /> The Navy again utilized the bases in a lesser capacity from 1952 to 1959 in support of the [[Korean War]] effort.<ref name="odell"/>