The new building is located on the site of the former Courtland Army Airfield, which was activated in 1942 as a Basic Flying School for Air Cadets. The wartime site was built rapidly to support training for up to 100,000 new aviators a year and once housed more than 4,000 enlisted personnel. After the airfield was deactivated in 1945, the property was transferred to the State of Alabama, and most of the original buildings were removed. In the 19…
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