FreightWaves Classics/ Infrastructure: Airport began as a USAAF airfield

World War II era aircraft at the Frederick Regional Airport. (Photo: WWII Airborne Demonstration Team Facebook page)

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On September 23, 1942, an airport built for the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) opened near Frederick, in Tillman County, Oklahoma.Airport operations began about 10 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States entered World War II.

Originally named Frederick Army Airfield, it was also available for civilian purposes under a joint-use agreement.

Emblem of the United States Army Air Forces Training Command. (Image: USAAF)Emblem...

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