During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Alabama for antisubmarine defense in the Gulf of Mexico and for training pilots and aircrews of AAF fighters and bombers.

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.

AAF Eastern Flying Training Command

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency