Stout AAF

  1926 to 1960

  United States of America

CITY: Indianapolis, IN

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

OTHER NAMES: Stout Field

Stout Field was built in 1926 as en enroute stop for transcontinental flights.

When World War II came about, most civilian traffic had already moved to the newer Indianapolis International Airport, and the USAAF started leasing the airfield from the state. Stout became a training and military transport base, as the headquarters for I Troop Carrier Command. Elements of the Central (later Eastern) Technical Training Command were also located there.

After the war, the land was declared too small to build runways suitable for the new jets, and activity at Stout wound down until air operations stopped in 1960.

800^th AAF Base Unit (I Troop Carrier Command Administrative Unit) (April 1944 to November 1945)

814^th AAF Base Unit (I Troop Carrier Command Testing & Ferrying, Troop Carrier) (April 1944 to October 1945)

434^th Troop Carrier Wing (March 1947 to July 1949)