Selfield Auxiliary Airfield | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Operator | United States Army Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Selma, Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°26′20″N 086°57′13″W / 32.43889°N 86.95361°W | ||||||||||||||||||
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Selma Auxiliary Field was a United States Army facility located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east-northeast of Selma, Alabama. Following its closure, it became Selma Municipal Airport.
History
The airport was built about 1943 as an auxiliary airfield to the Army pilot school at Craig Army Airfield. It was designated Selfield Army Auxiliary Airfield #1, and had three hard-surface runways. The field was said to not have any hangars and was apparently unmanned unless necessary for aircraft recovery.
The field was always closely tied to operations at Craig and served as an auxiliary field for a number of years during World War II with the initiation of Undergraduate Pilot Training for the Air Force though the 1960s. It became a joint use facility in the early 1950s with Delta Airlines operating DC-3 service and later Southern Airways.
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This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency