Michigan World War II Army Airfields

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Michigan 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). Other USAAF support commands (Air Technical Service Command (ATSC); Air Transport Command (ATC) or Troop Carrier Command) commanded a significant number of airfields in support roles.

Remnants of these wartime airfields exist. 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
Air Technical Service Command
 * Alpena AAF, Alpena
 * 100th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron
 * Now: Alpena County Regional Airport


 * Kinross AAF, Kinross
 * Sub-base of Alpena AAF, Phelps Collins CTRC
 * Was: Kinross Air Force Base (1947-1959)
 * Was: Kincheloe Air Force Base (1959-1977)
 * Now: Chippewa County International Airport

Kincheloe AFB as a BOMARC missile site. Closed 1972. Old runways used for automotive testing.
 * Raco AAF, Raco
 * Sub-base of Alpena AAF
 * Was: Used by Michigan National Guard and by
 * Now: Non-aviation use


 * Grayling AAF, Grayling
 * Roundel of the USAF.svg still active United States Army airfield (did not xfer to USAF), part of Camp Grayling


 * Tri-City AAF, Saginaw
 * Now: MBS International Airport

Troop Carrier Command
 * Kellogg AAF, Battle Creek
 * Troop Carrier Training
 * 321st Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron
 * Now: W. K. Kellogg Airport / Battle Creek Air National Guard Base

First Air Force
 * Selfridge AAF, Mt. Clemens
 * 4th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron
 * Was Selfridge Air Force Base (1947-1971)
 * Now: Roundel of the USAF.svg Selfridge Air National Guard Base (1971-present)


 * Oscoda AAF, Oscoda
 * 524th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron (reduced)
 * Sub-base of Selfridge AAF
 * Was: Oscoda Air Force Base (1947-1953)
 * Was: Wurtsmith Air Force Base (1953-1993)
 * Now: Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport

Army Air Force Training Command Also home of the Yankee Air Museum
 * Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, Michigan
 * Eastern Technical Training Command
 * 484th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron
 * Now: Public Airport

Air Transport Command
 * Romulus AAF, Detroit
 * 3d Ferrying Group
 * 345th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron
 * Joint Use USAAF/Civil Airport
 * Now: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport