History
The Kingman Airport was originally built as a World War II United States Army Air Forces training field. Between 1942 and 1945, the U.S. Army Air Forces acquired approximately 4,145 acres in Mohave County outside of Kingman, Arizona and established the Kingman Army Airfield and associated Kingman Aerial Gunnery School training facilities in 1942.
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