Gunter Annex In 1940 , the Montgomery Municipal Airport was selected as the location for a preliminary flying school to expand the Air Corps Training Program . The Army began leasing the 189‐acre municipal airport and purchased an additional 300 acres for the cantonment area , establishing Gunter Field . There were four 3,500‐foot long hard surfaced runways added to Gunter Field in 1943 , capable of accommodating nearly 400 assigned aircraft by 1944 . Gunter Field was established by the Southeastern Training Center as the first training facility created specifically for Basic Flight Training .
Gunter Field was redesignated Gunter AFB in 19 Extension Course Institute of Air University as w of Aviation Medicine was established at the bas
In 1958 a Semi‐Automatic Ground Environment established at Gunter AFB . Gunter AFB was hom locations across the US , whose purpose was to Air Force general air surveillance radar stations continental air defense . The Data Center was in Montgomery Air Defense Sector , and remained when it was eventually deactivated due to adva
In 1971 the Air Force Data Systems Design Cent followed by the Senior Noncommissioned Offic Gunter AFB was redesignated again in 1973 as G after undergoing major construction , in 1988 G reestablished as an AFB .
Gunter AFB now falls under the command of M redesignated as Maxwell Air Force Base , Gunter
Today , Gunter Annex no longer possesses active but is home to several major support groups inc Cycle Management Center ( AFLCMC ), Air Force and the Defense Information Systems Agency ( D
Hangar at the municipal airport in Montgomery Alabama , now Gunter Annex ( circa 1933‐4 )
After World War II , flight training had come to an end , at Gunter Field , and by early 1946 all remaining aircraft had been transferred to Maxwell Army Air Base , and Gunter Field was placed in ‘ stand by ’ status .
Source : Air Force Historical Research Agency ; Maxwe Resource Management Plan , 2011 ; www . airfieldsfreeman . com / AL / Airfields _ AL _ Montgomery ; www . worldlibrary . org / articles / gunter _ air _ force _ sta
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