Wheeler AAF comprises approximately of land adjacent to Schofield Barracks and home to a variety of Department of Defense activities including the Defense Information Systems Agency ( DISA ), the 169th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron ( 169 ACWS ) of the Hawaii Air National Guard, the 193rd Aviation Regiment ( Medium Lift ) and Detachment 55 Operational Support Airlift ( Det 55 OSA ) of the Hawaii Army National Guard and the Regular Army's 25th Infantry Division's Combat Aviation Brigade.

; 1992: AAF ( Aircraft and Adventure Factory ) by Mallard: including first " real " ATC.

The AAF Low-Level Container Specification uses Structured Storage, a file storage system developed by Microsoft, to store the objects on disk.

While MXF uses a KLV ( Key Length Value ) format for storage, AAF uses the Microsoft Structured Storage system.

Before April 1944, Liberal was home to a Twin Engine Flying Training Group with four squadrons ( 60, 63, 1029, 1030 ), the 527th Base Hq & Air Base Sq, 324th Sub Depot, 444th ( later 744th ) AAF Band, and 396th Aviation Sq.

* 93d Bombardment Group ( 13 December 1945 )( B-24 ) Arrived at Clovis AAF for inactivation.

* WWII photos of the 7th AAF Heavy Bombardment Group Liberators

The Eighth Air Force was specifically charged with the atomic mission, however only the 509th Composite Group at Roswell AAF had modified B-29s with the capability to drop nuclear weapons.

The 7th Bomb Group at Fort Worth AAF was modifying their aircraft to carry the atomic bomb.

The first group to do so was the 470th Bombardment Group ( Heavy ), which trained at Mountain Home from May 1943 until January 1944, when the unit moved to Tonopah AAF Nevada.

On 4 November the 354th Fighter Group arrived from Portland AAF, Oregon and they were informed they were to fly the North American P-51B Mustang.

Besides the air depot, Honington also housed an operational fighter unit when the 364th Fighter Group took up residence at Honington in February 1944, arriving from Santa Maria AAF, California.

Along with the depot maintenance mission, Wattisham also hosted an Eighth Air Force fighter group, the 479th Fighter Group, arriving from Santa Maria AAF, California, on 15 May 1944.

Boeing B-17G-75-BO Fortress AAF Serial No. 42-38050 of the 303d Bombardment Group.

Consolidated B-24J-180-CO Liberator Serial AAF Serial No. 44-40807 of the 466th Bombardment Group.

The 36th Fighter Group was transferred from Howard AAF in the Panama Canal Zone to Furstenfeldbruck Air Base flying Lockheed F-80B " Shooting Stars ".

The name of the base was changed to Bergstrom Army Airfield ( AAF ) on 3 March 1943, in honor of Captain John August Earl Bergstrom, a reservist in the 19th Bombardment Group, who was killed at Clark Field, Philippines on December 8, 1941.

The 116th Fighter Group consisted of the 128th Fighter Squadron at Marietta AAF, and the 158th Fighter Squadron at Chatam Army Airfield, near Savannah.

Biancur Field, Eglin Auxiliary Field # 6, was named for 1st Lt Andrew Biancur, USAAF, a test pilot of the Medium Bombardment Section of the 1st Proving Ground Group, killed in crash of a prototype YP-61-NO Black Widow, AAF Ser.

Casper AAF was assigned to Second Air Force, with a mission of being a heavy bomber ( B-17 ; B-24 ) replacement training unit, with the 331st Bombardment Group being the training unit with four squadrons ( 461st, 462d, 463d and 464th Bombardment ) performing training of personnel in heavy bomber operations.

The 28th Bombardment Group on Shemya and the 343d Fighter Group at Alexai Point AAF, Attu, assumed the responsibilities of the two commands.

After transition training to the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Vance was assigned in December 1943 to the 489th Bombardment Group at Wendover AAF, Utah, as Deputy Group Commander.

Personnel and aircraft of the new group, consisting of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, were transferred to Fort Worth AAF from the 92nd Bombardment Group at Spokane AAFld, Washington.

93d Bomb Group Consolidated B-24D-1-CO Liberator, AAF Serial No. 41-23711, at RAF Alconbury England in 1942.

The first American Eighth Air Force unit to take residence at RAF Alconbury was the 93d Bombardment Group, known as the " Travelling Circus " from Fort Myers AAF ( Page Field ), Florida on 7 September 1942.

From 15 April to the first week of June 1943, the 95th Bombardment Group was stationed at RAF Alconbury, being transferred Rapid City AAF, South Dakota.

* AAF Proving Ground Command **, 1 April 1942 – 1 June 1945

* AAF Center, 1 June 1945

* 2135th AAF Base Unit, 1 May 1944-30 October 1945

* 308th AAF Base Unit, 1 March 1946-27 February 1948

* 2113th AAF Base Unit, May 1, 1944 – August 15, 1946

* 4134th AAF Base Unit, 1 April 1944

* 203d AAF Base Unit, 1 September 1947

: AAF Technical Service Command, 31 August 1944 ( redesignated Air Technical Service Command, 1 July 1945 )

: AAF Materiel Command, 1 April 1943

: AAF Technical Service Command, 31 August 1244 ( redesignated Air Technical Service Command, 1 July 1945 )

The assessment, designated AWPD / 1, defined four tasks for the AAF: defense of the Western Hemisphere, an initial defensive strategy against Japan, a strategic air offensive against Germany, and a later strategic air offensive against Japan in prelude of invasion.

It also planned for an expansion of the AAF to 60, 000 aircraft and 2. 1 million men.

* 60th AAF ( later AF ) Base Unit, 21 October 1946 – 1 August 1948

* Westover AAF ( later, AFB ), Massachusetts, 1 October 1947

: Redesignated: 556 AAF Base Unit, 31 Mar 1944 – 1 Dec 1946

* AAF Technical Service Comd, 31 August 1944 – 1 July 1945

* 4135th AAF Base Unit, 1 April 1944 – 26 September 1947

* 3704th AAF ( later AF ) Base Unit, 1 May 1944-22 August 1948

The 428th AAF Base Unit ( Flight Test ) was activated as a unit of the 58th Bombardment Wing and the host of Kirtland Field on 1 February 1946.

* 326th AAF Base Unit, 1 May 1944

Although assigned to Continental Air Command, Abilene AAF was classified as an inactive sub-base of Fort Worth Army Airfield and was sold to the city of Abilene for $ 1.

They believed the 1, 500 acres ( 6 km² ) of the former Tye AAF were the perfect site for a new base.