Maine World War II Army Airfields
# Maine World War II Army Airfields

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Maine for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.

Most of these airfields were under the command of First Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) (A predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command). However the other USAAF support commands (Air Technical Service Command (ATSC); Air Transport Command (ATC) or Troop Carrier Command) commanded a significant number of airfields in a support roles.

It is still possible to find remnants of these wartime airfields. Many were converted into municipal airports, some were returned to agriculture and several were retained as United States Air Force installations and were front-line bases during the Cold War. Hundreds of the temporary buildings that were used survive today, and are being used for other purposes.

## Major Airfields

First Air Force

* Dow AAF, Bangor

    7th Army Air Force Base Unit
    Was: Dow Air Force Base (1947 – 1968)
    Now: Bangor Air National Guard Base and Bangor International Airport (IATA: BGR, ICAO: KBGR, FAA LID: BGR)

Air Transport Command

* Presque Isle AAF, Presque Isle

    North Atlantic Wing, ATC
    494th Army Air Force Base Unit
    Was: Presque Isle Air Force Base (1948 – 1961)
    Now: Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle (IATA: PQI, ICAO: KPQI, FAA LID: PQI)
* Houlton AAF, Houlton

    North Atlantic Wing, ATC
    378th Army Air Force Base Unit
    Now: Houlton International Airport (IATA: HUL, ICAO: KHUL, FAA LID: HUL)
