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(1941-89 B-25/GM plant) }} |type= |code= FUDS - WRD (WWII weather station) |built= |builder= |materials= |height= |used= |demolished= |condition= |ownership= |controlledby= |garrison= |commanders= |occupants= |battles= |events= }} Fairfax Field〔()〕 was an early Cold War military installation north of Kansas City, Kansas. Used as a pre-war Naval Air Station, the United States Army Air Forces leased the municipal airfield and built a WWII Air Force Plant and modification center for North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber production. Military use of the site continued as late as 1957 by Strategic Air Command for bombing practice. 〕 While Grandview Air Force Base was being completed, on 1 October 1952 Kansas City, Missouri, had CADF's Technical and Ground Training Division, and the NSA's Special Study Group met on 1 August 1953 at "Headquarters, Central Air Defense Force, Kansas City, Missouri". ;Grandview Air Force Base: On 24 February 1954, HQ CADF moved to Grandview Air Force Base〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.airfields-freeman.com/MO/Airfields_MO_NW.htm ) NOTE: (biographical webpage ) distinguished the 2 different Missouri sites for HQ CADF.〕 outside of the city limits, but the land was owned by the Kansas City, Missouri government (from whom the USAF leased the airport on 1 January 1952--the "USAF accepted responsibility for (base's ) land and buildings" in January 1953. }} ==Background== The airfield was first used in 1921 for an air meet and became the 1925 Sweeney Airport and the 1928 Fairfax Airport. A naval reserve air base was established at Fairfax Field in 1935; a Navy squadron and a Marine squadron were established on July 12.〔 (see also "U.S. Army and Air Force Wings Over Kansas," ''Kansas Historical Quarterly'', v. 25, no. 2, (Summer, 1959), pp. 138-141)〕 In 1937 Fairfax acted as an "army reserve base" with Douglas O-46 observation planes, and by 1938 the airport had four runways, including one long.〔 (cited by Freeman)〕 Fairfax's "U.S. Naval Reserve aviation base",〔() 〕 had a 30 day pre-flight training course in 1940. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fairfax Field」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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