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[[Image:Hillsborough Army Airfield FL - 2005.jpg|thumb|2005 photo showing remains of airfield in urbanized area of Tampa.]] |
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'''Hillsborough Army Airfield''' is a former [[World War II]] [[United States Army Air Forces]] airfield which was located about 7 miles north of [[Tampa, Florida]]. |
'''Hillsborough Army Airfield''' is a former [[World War II]] [[United States Army Air Forces]] airfield which was located about 7 miles north of [[Tampa, Florida]], near [[Temple Terrace, Florida]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Revision as of 15:02, 17 April 2012
Hillsborough Army Airfield
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| Part of Army Air Force Training Command | |
| Tampa, Florida | |
 15 January 1948 photo | |
| Coordinates | 28°02′50″N 082°25′06″W / 28.04722°N 82.41833°W |
| Type | Army Airfield |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1943 |
| In use | 1943-1945 |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | Army Air Force Training Command |
Hillsborough Army Airfield is a former World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield which was located about 7 miles north of Tampa, Florida, near Temple Terrace, Florida.
History
Hillsborough was built by the United States Army Air Force about 1943 and its primary mission was to be an auxiliary airfield for both Drew and MacDill Army Airfields. It was assigned to the Third Air Force. Hillsborough Army Airfield had three runways (NE/SW, NW/SE & E/W) of about 5,200' in length and several hangars along the west side of the airfield. The base normally had about 28 airplanes at the field at one time. The base closed in early 1945.
At some point after World War II, Hillsborough was reused as a civilian airport, known as Henderson Airport, however it was closed in the late 1950s. The University of South Florida campus began construction in 1957 on a site adjacent to the north side of Henderson Airport, and the Busch Gardens theme park was opened in 1959 just south of the airport.
Today the airfield is all but unrecognizable in the urbanized area of Tampa, however the center of the airport, with two cris-crossing runways in an X shape, is visible from satellite images. The Tampa Bay regional headquarters of the Florida Department of Transportation building is located on the site of the northeastern runway. Coordinates of the airport center, at the runway crossing, are 28.04744,-82.418361.