[5] In early 1942, the War Department leased the site and it was provided to the United States Army Air Forces for a training airfield.

The Army Air Force began to rush the project to completion and changed the civil building plans to that of a military airfield and ground station.

Barracks, mess halls, a hospital, church, theater, administrative buildings, aircraft hangars and a control tower were built.

The civilian workers were instructed in Army aviation procedures and to fill hundreds of jobs necessary to support the pilot training program.

The school used a number of two-engine trainers, including the Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, Curtiss-Wright AT-9, Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita, and TB-25 Mitchell.

By 1950 the facility was disposed of by the War Assets Administration (WAA) and deeded to the local government, being operated as Waco Municipal Airport.

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