During World War II, the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Arkansas for training fighter and bomber pilots and aircrews.

Most of the airfields were under the command of Third Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (USAAFTC).

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.