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  2. Shafter Airport - Wikipedia

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    Shafter Airport ( IATA: MIT, ICAO: KMIT, FAA LID: MIT ), also known as Minter Field and formerly known as Air Corps Basic Flying School, [2] is a public use airport located four nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) east of the central business district of Shafter and 14 miles northwest of Bakersfield, [2] a city in Kern County, California, United ...

  3. Minter Army Airfield auxiliary fields - Wikipedia

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    Wasco Auxiliary Field in 1945. Wasco Auxiliary Field or Wasco Field No. 1 was a satellite airfield of Minter Field, 1.5 miles north the town of Wasco, California, at 35°37′11″N 119°21′13″W at an elevation of 313 ft (95 m). The US Army leased the small 40-acre Wasco Airport and 120 acres north of the airport from Kern County on June 16 ...

  4. Minter Field Air Museum - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates. 35°30′11″N 119°10′56″W  / . 35.5031°N 119.1823°W. / 35.5031; -119.1823. Type. Aviation museum. Website. www .minterfieldairmuseum .com. The Minter Field Air Museum is an aviation museum located at the Shafter Airport in Shafter, California focused on the history of Minter Field Army Airfield .

  5. California World War II Army Airfields - Wikipedia

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    Minter Field Army Airfield, 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Bakersfield; 64th Army Air Force Base Unit Now: Shafter-Minter Field Airport (IATA: MIT, ICAO: KMIT) Known sub-bases and auxiliaries Wasco Auxiliary Airfield Pond Auxiliary Field Famoso Auxiliary Airfield Dunlap Auxiliary Airfield Semi-tropic Auxiliary Airfield Poso Auxiliary Airfield

  6. Minter Village, California - Wikipedia

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    Minter Village is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. [1] It is located 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Bakersfield, [2] at an elevation of 423 feet (129 m). [1] During World War II, the place was the site of an Army Air Corps airfield Minter Field. [2] Minter Village was founded in 1946, following the deactivation of the ...

  7. Shafter, California - Wikipedia

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    GNIS feature IDs. 1661428, 2411873. Website. www.shafter.com. Shafter is a city in Kern County, California, United States. It is located 18 miles (29 km) west-northwest of Bakersfield. [4] The population was 16,988 at the 2010 census, up from 12,736 at the 2000 census. The city is located along State Route 43.

  8. Lost Hills Airport - Wikipedia

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    Lost Hills Auxiliary Field in 1945. The airport was built as the Lost Hills Auxiliary Field or Lost Hills Field No. 7, a satellite airfield of Minter Field, a US Army World War II pilot training base. In 1942 the War Department received the free use of land from Jean Atkinson on November 5, 1942. The US Army added 288.26 acres more of free land ...

  9. 35th Flying Training Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces) - Wikipedia

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    The 35th Flying Training Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Western Flying Training Command, and was disbanded on 16 June 1946 at the Minter Field, California. There is no lineage between the United States Air Force 35th Fighter Wing, established on 10 August 1948 at Irumagawa Airbase, Japan, and this ...