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FreightWaves Classics/ Infrastructure: Airport began as a USAAF airfield

23 September 2022

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)

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FreightWaves Classics: 75th anniversary of U.S. Air Force founding (Part 2)

20 September 2022

A P-26A in the livery of the 19th Pursuit Squadron, Wheeler Field, Hawaii. (Photo: USAF Museum)

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The 75th anniversary of the founding of the United States Air Force (USAF) occurred on September 18, 2022. The “birthday” of this branch of the United States armed forces was and is being celebrated by millions across the nation and the world. FreightWaves also celebrates this anniversary and salutes the men and women who currently serve and those who have served our...

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FreightWaves Classics: 75th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Air Force (Part 1)

19 September 2022

A SPAD S.XIII in livery of Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, 94th Aero Squadron at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)

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FreightWaves Classics: Fairchild XC-120 was ahead of its time

11 August 2022

The XC-120 in flight without a pod. (Photo: USAF/San Diego Air & Space Museum Archive)

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On August 11, 1950, the Fairchild XC-120 (also known as the Pack Plane) made its first flight. Without exaggeration, it was among the more unconventional airplanes built in the United States in the post-World War II era. Built by Fairchild Aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, the transport...

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