Ardmore Army Air Field

Carter County · at Ardmore Industrial Airpark, seven miles east of Exit 40 on I-35 · location approximate

The Ardmore Army Air Field base was built to train airmen from 1942 to 1946. From 1953 to 1958, the facility was known as the Ardmore Air Force Base. A nearby marker honors the trainees who were casualties in World War II and the Korean War.

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