Selman Army Airfield is an inactive United States Air Force base, approximately 7.7 miles east of Monroe, Louisiana.

The military base was built at the site of a small civil airport constructed in the 1930s named "Selman Airport", which was named after a Navy Pilot, Lieutenant Augustus J. Selman, USN, a native of Monroe, LA, died at Norfolk, Virginia, on November 28, 1921, of injuries received in an airplane crash in the line of duty.

The station was designed to be nearly self-sufficient, with not only hangars, but barracks, warehouses, hospitals, dental clinics, dining halls, and maintenance shops were needed.

Forty enlisted men moved out to the post that night and a living military organization began to grow within the gates.

On August 11, a motor convoy from Turner Army Airfield, Albany, Georgia, brought the cadres of the first squadrons of ground troops to the post.

The day after the arrival of the staff, enlisted men and cadets of the Pre-Flight School, classes were in session in improvised academic halls.

Vultee BT-13 Valiants were flown for basic flying training, and TC-47 Skytrains and TC-46 Commandos were used beginning in late 1944 for various administrative needs by the Base Flight.

WASPs flew C-45s in navigational flying to train cadet The curriculum consisted of teaching young men how to "get 'em there and get 'em back."

The second is dead reckoning, which consist of keeping track of how far you have gone and in what direction since you started, using instruments which measure various aspects of the plane in motion, such as speed, deviation, wind drift and so on.

The navigation school increased to twenty-four weeks in May 1945, with new subjects including radar indoctrination, over water flight, and cruise control.

With the end of the war in the Pacific, students at Selman AAF were asked if they wanted to remain in the postwar Air Forces.

In early July 1946 Selman received orders from Air Training Command to shut down operations as a separation center for returning overseas personnel, with a programmed closure date of the end of the month.

The airport is owned by the City of Monroe and is located three nautical miles (6 km) east of its central business district.