Marine Corps Air Facility Walnut Ridge

Marine Corps Air Facility Walnut Ridge
Walnut Ridge Army Air Field
Part of Army Air Forces Training Command
Located near: Walnut Ridge, Arkansas
Oblique airphoto of Walnut Ridge Army Air Field, looking northeast, taken while under construction in 1942
Marine Corps Air Facility Walnut Ridge is located in Arkansas
Marine Corps Air Facility Walnut Ridge
Marine Corps Air Facility Walnut Ridge
Coordinates36°07′29″N 090°55′30″W / 36.12472°N 90.92500°W / 36.12472; -90.92500
Site history
Built1942
Built byUnited States Marine Corps
United States Army Air Forces
In use1942-1945
Battles/warsWorld War II
Garrison information
Garrison11th Flying Training Group (1942-1944)
See Also: Walnut Ridge Air Force Station
Flying cadets at Walnut Ridge AAF in front of a Vultee BT-13A Valiant, 1943 (Serial 41-23074 visible)
Consolidated B-32 Dominators awaiting the smelter at RFC Walnut Ridge, 1946 (Serial 42-108562 visible)

Marine Corps Air Facility Walnut Ridge is a former United States Army and United States Marine Corps airfield in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. After it was closed, it was turned into Walnut Ridge Regional Airport.


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