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Yucca Army Airfield is a former military airfield located about west of Yucca, in Mohave County, Arizona. It is on the east side of Interstate 40, south of Kingman. It is now used a private facility owned by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles named Arizona Proving Ground Airport. ==Military use== In 1943-44, the US Army Air Forces acquired to build a satellite airfield for the use of Kingman AAF & its Gunnery School. Activated on 1 December 1941, the facility consisted of two 6,000' asphalt runways, taxiways, control tower, a total of 45 buildings, roads, a railroad spur, electrical utilities, water utilities, and a sewage disposal plant. Yucca AAF was commanded by the 3019th Army Air Force Base Unit, as part of AAF Western Flying Training Command. It primarily was a Flexible Gunnery School, with the adjoining Yucca Air to Air Gunnery Range being located to the southwest of Yucca AAF. It consisted of a total of , and the range had four runways. Bell P-39 & P-63 fighters were used as gunnery targets at Yucca Aux AAF. B-26 bombers were also used as target tugs at Yucca AAF. In addition to the main base, the adjoining Yucca Air to Air Gunnery Range was located to the southwest of Yucca AAF. It consisted of a total of 550,000 acres, and the range had 4 airfields. The civil Port Kingman Airport was also utilized as an auxiliary landing field: * (Cyclopic Army Auxiliary Airfield #1 ) * (Hackberry Army Auxiliary Airfield #3 ) * (Topock Army Auxiliary Airfield #5 ) * (Lake Havasu Auxiliary Army Airfield #6 ) * (Signal Auxiliary Army Airfield #7 ) * (Port Kingman Airport ) Yucca AAF was closed and turned over to the Army Division Engineers on 23 December 1945. It declared surplus in 1946 and responsibility for it was given to the War Assets Administration. 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「Yucca Army Airfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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