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Thunderbird Field was a military airfield in Glendale Arizona used for contract primary flight training of Allied pilots during World War II. Created in part by actor James Stewart the field became part of the United States Army Air Forces training establishment just prior to American entry into the war and was re-designated Thunderbird Field #1 after establishment of Thunderbird Field #2 at nearby Scottsdale on 22 June 1942.
