Rich Field | |
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Waco, Texas | |
![]() Curtiss JN-4 flying from Rich Field, Waco, Texas, 1918 | |
Coordinates | 31°32′45″N 97°11′16″W / 31.54583°N 97.18778°W |
Type | Pilot training airfield |
Site information | |
Controlled by | ![]() |
Condition | Redeveloped into urban area |
Site history | |
Built | 1917 |
In use | 1917–1945 |
Battles/wars | ![]() World War I World War II |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | Training Section, Air Service |
Rich Field is a former World War I military airfield, located in Waco, Texas, near what is now the intersection of Bosque Boulevard and 41st Street. It operated as a training field for the Air Service, United States Army from 1917 until 1919. The airfield was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established in 1917 after the United States entry into World War I.[1]