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 | The Michael Army Air Field at Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah, USA is considered by many to be the "new Area 51," replacing Groom Lake, Nevada as the location of the US Military's top secret research facility. |  | 10/23/2007 | 723 | 
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 | Great Saling was the original Air Ministry name for the airfield when construction was begun in 1942 by the 819th Engineer Battalion (Aviation) of the US Army however on 21 May 1943 the official name was changed to Andrews Field in honour of Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews.
Frank M. Andrews was a pioneer exponent of air power and was destined to become a very high ranking fi... |  | 06/01/2008 | 556 |
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 | Originally constructed in 1927, this installation has changed names and ownership several times. Originally established as Kawaihapai Military Reservation in 1927, it was redesignated as Mokuleia Airfield and was used by the Army Air Forces throughout World War II. The name was changed to Dillingham Air Force Base after the USAF was formed in 1947. The base was deactivated in 1948 and returned ... | | 10/30/2008 | 119 |
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 | During the battle of Stalingrad, and especially of their 6th army was encircled, the Germans used the Gumrak airfield for their operations: re-supply, taking wounded away, ect. The overlay photo was taken on March 6, 1943, after the field was overrun by the Red Army | | 04/12/2007 | 1,372 |
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 | RAF Birch is a former World War II airfield in England. It is located about 2 miles north-east of Tiptree in Essex.
Birch Airfield was assigned USAAF designation as Station 149.
Birch Airfield was allocated in August 1942 to the United States Army Air Force Eighth Air Force for development into a heavy bomber base but construction work did not get under way until well in... | | 06/10/2008 | 280 |
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 | RAF Glatton is a former World War II airfield in England. The field is located 10 miles N of Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire.
Glatton was constructed in 1943 and was assigned to the United States Army Air Force Eighth Air Force as a heavy bomber airfield. Its layout was unique in that the three runways surrounded Rose Court Farm which continued to operate in the center of the airfi... | | 05/30/2008 | 240 |
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 | A close-up of Carlstrom's hangars & ramp, from a 1943 USDA aerial photo of Carlstrom Field. | | 04/27/2007 | 337 |
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 | RAF Chipping Ongar (also known as Willingale) is a former World War II airfield in England. The field is located chiefly in the parish of Willingale 2 miles north-east from the town of Chipping Ongar and eight miles from Chelmsford in Essex.
Chipping Ongar airfield was one of 15 airfields in Essex that was allocated to the United States Army Air Forces by the Air Ministry in 194... | | 06/10/2008 | 317 |
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 | A 1943 USDA aerial photo of Dorr Field | | 04/27/2007 | 291 |
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 | This former airfield had an extremely short life in its original role as a military airfield. According to Army Corps of Engineers documents,
the Navy acquired 220 acres by lease for Hart Outlying Field in early 1942.
The Naval Air Advanced Training Command developed the site
and used it to support flight training operations in the Jacksonville area.Only nine months... | | 10/06/2009 | 16 |
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 | RAF Gosfield is a former World War II airfield in England located near Gosfield Village in Essex, approximately 4 miles from Braintree and 2 miles from Halstead. During the war it was used by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Force Ninth Air Force as USAAF station 154.
Gosfield had been utilised as a landing ground during World War I but it is not known if this ... | | 06/06/2008 | 283 |
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 | Strawberry Field was a children's home run by the Salvation Army at the time John Lennon played there as a child. He made it famous with the Beatles song "Strawberry Fields Forever". It is now a Salvation Army retreat called "The Boiler Room". |  | 01/24/2006 | 360 |
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