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OUR HISTORY 
ARMY AIR FIELDS & AIR FORCE BASES
OF WASHINGTON STATE
 
1940's
 
NAME  PRESENT NAME  PRESENT USE LOCATION
Bellingham AAF Bellingham IAP CIVIL USE Bellingham
Ellensburg AAF Bowers Field, Kittitas Co CIVIL USE Ellensburg
Ephrata AAF Ephrata MAP CIVIL USE Ephrata 
GEIGER AAF SPOKANE IAP CIVIL USE SPOKANE
Gray AAF Gray AAF, FT LEWIS U.S. ARMY TACOMA 
McChord AAF McCHORD AFB U.S. AIR FORCE TACOMA
Moses Lake AAF GRANT CO IAP CIVIL USE Moses Lake
Olympia AAF Olympia Airport CIVIL USE Olympia
Paine AAF Paine Field SNOHOMISH CO CIVIL USE EVERETT
Port Angeles AAF William R. Fairchild IAP CIVIL USE Port Angeles
Spokane AAF FAIRCHILD AFB U.S. AIR FORCE SPOKANE
Walla Walla AAF Walla Walla Regional AP CIVIL USE Walla Walla 
Yakima AAF Yakima Air Terminal
McAllister Field
 
CIVIL USE Yakima
       
 
1950's
     
  BASE COMMAND  
  FAIRCHILD AFB SAC  
  GEIGER FIELD ADC  
  LARSON AFB TAC / SAC  
  McCHORD AFB ADC  
  PAINE AFB ADC  
       
 
1970's
     
  BASE  COMMAND  
  FAIRCHILD AFB SAC   
  McCHORD AFB MAC  
       
 
1990's
     
  BASE  COMMAND  
  FAIRCHILD AFB SAC  
  McCHORD AFB MAC  
       
 
2000's
     
  BASE COMMAND  
  FAIRCHILD AFB AMC   
  McCHORD AFB AMC  
       
 
2010
     
  BASE COMMAND  
  FAIRCHILD AFB AMC   
JOINT BASE
LEWIS-McCHORD
AMC
       
 
AMERICA'S AIR FORCE
     
   

ORGANIZATIONAL NAME

ESTABLISHED

AERONAUTICAL DIVISION, UNITED STATES  ARMY SIGNAL CORPS

01 AUGUST 1907

AVIATION SECTION, UNITED STATES  ARMY SIGNAL CORPS

18 JULY 1914
UNITED STATES  ARMY AIR SERVICE 24 MAY 1918
UNITED STATES  ARMY AIR CORPS 02 JULY 1926
UNITED STATES  ARMY AIR FORCES 20 JUNE 1941
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 18 SEPTEMBER 1947
   
   
Website provided and maintained by:
 
The McChord Air Museum Foundation
P.O. Box 4205
McChord AFB, WA. 98438-0205
253-982-2485
e-mail - mamfound@mcchordairmuseum.org
 
 
 
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