Photos: Ryan Field west of Tucson had origins as a WWII training base

Ryan Air Field rose from the desert in just months in 1942, after the U.S. entrance into World War II. Under orders from the U.S. Government, Ryan Aeronautical School in San Diego, which trained pilots for the U.S. Army Air…

San Diego, which trained pilots for the U.S. Army Air Corps, moved its operations inland under threat of Japanese invasion. Ryan built two bases, one at Ryan Field west of Tucson and one in Hemet, Calif. The air field included"paved runways, aprons, hangars, barracks, mess hall, classrooms and recreational facilities," according to the Tucson Airport Authority. It closed in Sept. 1944, after training 6,000 pilots.

The state then awarded a lease to Tucson Airport Authority.Ryan Air Field on Ajo Highway, west of Tucson, in March, 1951. The extensive facilities built for training U.S. Army Air Corps pilots during World War II were empty. Arizona Gov. Howard Pyle voided a 99-year-lease to a private land holder in 1951 to keep the air field as an emergency landing strip. The state then awarded a lease to Tucson Airport Authority.Ryan Air Field on Ajo Highway, west of Tucson, in March, 1951.

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