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457:"Hadrian" Glider. Cadets honed their skills, takeoff, and towed flight on a 350' nylon rope behind a C-47 Skytrain tow plane. The pilots held their position with two gliders being double towed. Also gliders were prepared on the ground for being snatched by a tow aircraft flying overhead. Cadets also were trained in infantry skills, as they were expected to serve as combat soldiers after landing.
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In 2002, the FAA showed Miller Field was active with four aircraft based at it. However, it was abandoned in the early 2000s and today the large concrete parking ramp remains, and a few abandoned buildings, in various states of disrepair. The former World War II hangar walls still stand. The former
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During the 1960s, it was reopened as "Miller Field
Airport" (FAA code: 2E1) and was used for general aviation. The three main runways were removed and sold for hardcore during the 1970s, the majority of the airfield and station areas being sold off to agricultural interests. Miller Field Airport
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During the 1980s Miller Field was used by drug smugglers who flew cocaine out of Mexico in general aviation aircraft. They would fly over Miller field, and drop below FAA Radar for a few cycles to dump the drugs out to smugglers waiting on the ground who would then pick up the drugs and drive off
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training as crews were needed in the
Pacific Theater for the strategic bombardment of Japan. Second Air Force took over control of the base directly, with the 16th Bombardment Training Wing taking over training from the 46th on 1 March 1944. Along with the B-29 training, Second Air Force also
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opened in May 1942. While under construction the command's temporary headquarters operated from a tent city in
Amarillo. During the summer of 1942 three runways were laid down along with a large parking ramp and taxiway system. Four large hangars along with support buildings, barracks a street
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It was initially designated as "East Field" and had three 8,000-foot paved runways, with a large paved ramp and hangar on the east side. Dallam also had a substantial number of support buildings on a street grid to the east of the ramp. Its history is similar to
Hartley Field, being an auxiliary
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network, electric, sewer and water lines were constructed. On 1 July 1942, the still uncompleted airfield was assigned to the
Central Flying Training Command, being under the jurisdiction of the Army Air Forces Glider School. In September 1942, Cadets began arriving for training at the school.
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Built during 1942, it was initially designated as "West Field" and had three 8,000' paved runways, with a large paved ramp and hangar on the east side. Hartley also had a substantial number of support buildings on a street grid to the east of the ramp. Hartley Field was initially used as an
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airport is still in use by crop dusters. Some concrete foundations and the remains of some wartime streets can still be seen in aerial photography. What looks like a tree farm and a large number of agricultural vehicles and a large metal building are also located on the former station area.
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pilots from the field in August for long-range escort missions of B-29s in the
Pacific. Training ended in January 1945 and it became an emergency landing field for B-29s. With the end of the war, many surplus aircraft were stored on the airfield.
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on 1 January 1945. During 1946 all useful military equipment was transferred from the three airfields in the area and buildings were dismantled and sold. The airfield was transferred to the
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Dallam was used for storage and placed in an inactive state after the end of the war, although it apparently was used in some manner by the 3320th
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had one 6,500-foot runway (17/35) along with a fixed-base operator providing fuel and general aviation repairs. It was listed as being owned by a Mr Delmer Miller in 1985.
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glider airfield in 1942, and used by the 415th Bombardment Group
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pilots in very long range escort missions to support
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624:Second Air Force, 1 March 1944 – 31 December 1945
1474:Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II
688:( A-20's, A-24's, A-26's, B-25's, and P-39 RTU)
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618:Central Flying Training Command, 1 July 1942
53:Dalhart Army Airfield, Texas 13 October 1943
2527:World War II airfields in the United States
1020:Located about 8 miles west of Dalhart AAF,
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1443:AFHRA Records Search Dalhart Army Airfield
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1419:Dalhart Army Airfield Historical Marker
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1097:Dalhart Army Airfield Auxiliary #2
811:Dalhart Army Airfield Auxiliary #1
764:(28 August 1944 – 14 January 1945)
621:II Bomber Command, 1 February 1943
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1372:Texas World War II Army Airfields
780:References for unit assignments:
702:: 15 February 1943 – 5 April 1944
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1387: This article incorporates
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613:Major Commands to Which Assigned
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752:(7 July 1944 – 13 January 1945)
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662:(22 February 1943-1 April 1944)
400:Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
696:: 23 March 1943 – 5 April 1944
478:European Theater of Operations
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2414:United States Army Air Forces
1471:Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) .
1321:521st Fighter-Bomber Squadron
599:Air Technical Service Command
344:United States Army Air Forces
2517:1943 establishments in Texas
1358:with them and sell them on.
758:(25 August-11 December 1944)
371:Auxiliary #1 (Hartley Field)
188:Dalhart Army Airfield, Texas
643:14th Troop Carrier Squadron
447:14th Troop Carrier Squadron
379:Auxiliary #2 (Dallam Field)
321:GPX (secondary coordinates)
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1038:465th Bombardment Squadron
776:(5 June-26 September 1944)
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694:465th Bombardment Squadron
678:469th Bombardment Squadron
672:468th Bombardment Squadron
666:467th Bombardment Squadron
660:466th Bombardment Squadron
482:South Plains Army Airfield
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29:Dalhart Municipal Airport
1055:72d Fighter Wing. The
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1069:United States Air Force
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768:449th Bombardment Group
744:331st Bombardment Group
686:415th Bombardment Group
571:504th Bombardment Group
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1661:IV Air Support Command
1646:II Air Support Command
1389:public domain material
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905:36.02194°N 102.68944°W
774:502d Bombardment Group
762:383d Bombardment Group
756:382d Bombardment Group
750:333d Bombardment Group
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441:1944 Dalhart AAF guide
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359:Hartley County, Texas
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182:Dalhart Army Airfield
41:Dalhart Army Airfield
18:Dalhart Army Airfield
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1103:Miller Field Airport
910:36.02194; -102.68944
708:23d Fighter Squadron
629:Major units assigned
575:Paul W. Tibbets, Jr.
536:507th Fighter Groups
470:B-17 Flying Fortress
139:36.02250; -102.54722
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2377:77th Reconnaissance
2372:71st Reconnaissance
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