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Lemoore Army Air Field, located nine miles (14 km) southwest of Lemoore, California, was a dirt air field usable only in dry weather. It nevertheless was used by the AAF Western Flying Training Command as a processing and training field. The site of Lemoore AAF is located south of the intersection of Route 198 & 27th Avenue, two miles (3 km) west of the main gate of Lemoore NAS. == History== This base was built during World War II as an Army Air Forces training field. The Federal Government acquired for the Lemoore Basic Flying School in 1941-42. Approximately were acquired in fee by grant deed from individual land owners, were leased from the City of Lemoore and were acquired by transfer from the National Housing Agency. According to a World War II-era diagram, the field consisted of a roughly triangular shaped landing mat, which measured 3,470' along its longest side. A 3,700' long north/south apron sat to the southwest of the landing mat, and west of the apron was the building area. In addition, the airfield had a PX gas station, 10 gas tanks, a truck fill station, oil & lube station, motor repair shop with 4 grease racks & 4 underground tanks, fire station, cadet quarters, warehouses, officers quarters, mess hall, utilities shop, chapel, classrooms, water reservoir & water well, taxiways, runway, landing field, and two hangars. Additional structures constructed by the Army for the Lemoore site were located south of the area shown on the 1941 & 1942 site maps, including an amphitheater & swimming pool. Lemoore AAF was described by the 1944 US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields as having a 6,500' hard-surface runway, although the remarks included, "Entire field available only when dry." Known sub-bases and auxiliaries were: * Boston Field (A-1) (abandoned, now farmland) * Huron Field (A-2) (abandoned, now farmland) * Indian Field (A-3) (abandoned, now farmland) * Murray Field (A-4) (abandoned, now farmland) * West Field (A-5) (abandoned, now farmland) * Summit Lake Field (A-6) (Now NAS Lemoore) * Helm Field (A-7) (abandoned, now farmland) * Corcoran Municipal Airport * Porterville Army Airfield (Now Portersville Municipal Airport) * Coalinga Municipal Airport (Old) (Closed) 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「Lemoore Army Air Field」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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