It was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the United States' entry into World War I in April 1917.

[1] The property leased by the War Department consisted of 800 acres of land for which the government paid $4,000 a year as rent, with an option of purchase for $32,000.

It had sixteen hangars, repair shops, warehouses, barracks, a hospital and nearly 200 Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" and De Havilland DH-4 "Gypsy Month" trainers.

All the former hangars and structures of the military airfield have been torn down, though the remnants of a swimming pool remain are seen in aerial photos.

There is an Alabama historical marker located on the south side of Ray Thorington Road across from Foxchase Drive.

A subdivision named Avalon was developed in 2005 along the northwest border of the airfield's former location about 200 yards east of this marker, crossing over the former SW-to-NE runway.