The Sahuarita airfield had twelve buildings and other structures, observation towers, a 5,540-foot paved runway, utility lines, and a range for radio-controlled aircraft operations.

Most of those who used the range at this time were bomber crews flying out of Carswell Air Force Base in Texas.

After the Korean War, the Strategic Air Command kept the airfield in service as an emergency flight strip, even though it was "dangerously close" to the targets used for training.

[1][2][3] Today, the site of the airfield is occupied by Walden Grove High School and the adjacent Sahuarita Park, although most of the flight strip remains intact.

However, officials from the Army Corps of Engineers say that there is still a chance that unexploded ordnance remains buried in the ground.