Camp Springs Army Air Field

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Camp Springs Army Air Field was the original World War II-era military airfield that later evolved into Andrews Air Force Base, a major U.S. Air Force installation near Washington, D.C.

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Label Occurrences
Camp Springs Army Air Field canonical 1

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army Air Forces installation ⓘ
military airfield ⓘ
activeDuring World War II ⓘ
associatedWithConflict World War II ⓘ
convertedTo permanent Air Force base ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
evolvedInto Andrews Air Force Base ⓘ
followedBy Andrews Air Force Base ⓘ
garrisonFor Army Air Forces units ⓘ
hasRunways yes ⓘ
hasType airfield ⓘ
historicalSignificance origin site of a major U.S. Air Force installation ⓘ
laterPartOf Joint Base Andrews ⓘ
locatedIn Prince George's County, Maryland ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Washington, D.C. ⓘ
locatedOn Camp Springs, Maryland ⓘ
militaryBranch Army Air Forces ⓘ
notableFor being the predecessor of Andrews Air Force Base ⓘ
operatedBy United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
partOf United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
precededBy farmland at Camp Springs, Maryland ⓘ
region Maryland ⓘ
serviceBranch United States Army ⓘ
strategicRole defense of the U.S. capital region ⓘ
usedFor air defense ⓘ
military aviation operations ⓘ
pilot training ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andrews Air Force Base → formerName → Camp Springs Army Air Field ⓘ