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4 unusual facts about Daniel Field


Daniel Field

Initially assigned to the Army Air Corps Southeast Air District, the first units at Daniel Army Airfield the 14th and 15th Transport Squadrons of the 61st Transport Group arrived on July 12, 1941 from Kelly Field, near San Antonio, Texas.

Eastern Air Lines resumed service to Augusta in 1948, later joined by Piedmont Airlines.

The same year, Delta Air Lines began serving Atlanta and Charleston, S.C. from Augusta.

Throughout the war, Delta Air Lines served the airport with commercial airline service.



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