title: Idaho World War II Army Airfields
text: # Idaho World War II Army Airfields
  
  During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Idaho for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.
  
  Most of these airfields were under the command of Second Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) (A predecessor of the current-day U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command). However the other USAAF support commands (Air Technical Service Command (ATSC); Air Transport Command (ATC) or Troop Carrier Command) commanded a significant number of airfields in a support roles.
  
  It is still possible to find remnants of these wartime airfields. Many were converted into municipal airports, some were returned to agriculture and several were retained as U.S. Air Force installations and were front-line bases during the Cold War. Hundreds of the temporary buildings that were used survive today, and are being used for other purposes.
  
  ## Major Airfields in Idaho
  
  * Gowen Field, Boise
  
      40th Air Base Squadron/40th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron, June 1941-1 April 1944 (See 212th AAFBU)
      42nd Bombardment Group (Medium), 3 June 1941-18 January 1942
      303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy), 11 February 1942-17 June 1942
      306th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 1 March 1942-6 April 1942
      308th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 15 April 1942-20 June 1942
      Hq and Hq Sq, 15th Bombardment Wing, 23 June 1942-14 November 1942
      29th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 25 June 1942-1 April 1944 (See 212th AAFBU)
      96th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 6 August 1942-14 August 1942
      99th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 28 August 1942-30 September 1942
      100th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 28 August 1942-1 November 1942
      381st Bombardment Group (Heavy), 3 November 1942-1 December 1942
      384th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 1 December 1942-2 January 1943
      388th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 24 December 1942-1 February 1943
      393rd Bombardment Group (Heavy), 3 March 1943-3 April 1943
      445th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 1 April 1943-8 June 1943
      399th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 10 April 1943-27 April 1943
      448th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 1 May 1943-3 July 1943
      450th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 1 May 1943-21 May 1943
      Hq and Hq Sq, 15th Bombardment Operational Training Wing, July 1943-May 1944
      456th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 14 July 1943-30 July 1943
      458th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 28 July 1943-11 September 1943
      461st Bombardment Group (Heavy), 29 July 1943-11 September 1943
      464th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 22 August 1943-2 October 1943
      500th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy), 20 November 1943-12 January 1944
      210th Army Air Force Base Unit (Hq, Combat Crew Training Wing), 1 April 1944-May 1944
      212th Army Air Force Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station, Heavy), 1 April 1944-15 February 1945
      425th Army Air Force Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station, Heavy), 15 February 1945-1 March 1946
      Now: Boise Airport and Gowen Field Air National Guard Base (IATA: BOI, ICAO: KBOI)
  * Mountain Home Army Air Field, Mountain Home
  
      396th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 16 Feb 43-10 Apr 43
      470th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 1 May 43-5 Jan 44
      20th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron, 6 July 1943-1 April 1944 (See 213th AAFBU)
      490th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 4 December 1943-10 April 1944
      494th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 15 April 1944-1 June 1944
      213th Army Air Force Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station, Heavy), 1 April 1944-15 February 1945
      426th Army Air Force Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station, Heavy), 15 February 1945-20 October 1945
      Now: Mountain Home Air Force Base (IATA: MUO, ICAO: KMUO, FAA LID: MUO)
  * Pocatello AAF, Pocatello
  
      382nd Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron, 30 October 1942-1 April 1944(See 265th AAFBU)
      96th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 30 October 1942-3 January 1943
      19th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 9 December 1942-1 January 1943
      382nd Bombardment Group (Heavy), 5 April 1943-6 December 1943
      453rd Bombardment Group (Heavy), 29 July 1943-30 September 1943
      464th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 2 October 1943-9 February 1944
      476th Fighter Group (Single Engine), 26 March 1944-1 April 1944 (See 265th AAFBU)
      265th Army Air Force Base Unit (Operational Training Unit, Fighter), 1 April 1944-15 November 1944
      508th Fighter Group (Single Engine), 25 October 1944-15 November 1944
      Now: Pocatello Regional Airport (IATA: PIH, ICAO: KPIH)
  