<P> A month later, headquarters of the 38th Flying Training Wing relocated from Roswell Army Airfield, New Mexico to Kirtland Field . One of the wings under the Western Flying Training Command, the 38th held jurisdiction not only over Kirtland Field but also the Hobbs, Roswell, and Carlsbad Army Air Fields; Williams Field, Arizona; and Victorville Air Field, California . The wing relocated to Williams Field, Arizona, in February 1945 due to Kirtland Field's conversion to a Superfortress base under the Second Air Force . </P> <P> Kirtland Field served as a B - 29 Superfortress base in support of the incendiary bombing raids on Japan . In March 1945, Kirtland Field was converted into a Superfortress base in a matter of only 45 days after its assignment to the Second Air Force . The Second Air Force, operating under the Continental Air Forces, concentrated on training for heavy and very heavy bombers during the war . Kirtland Field was one of six stations in the 16th Bombardment Operational Training Wing program . Other locations were Alamogordo Army Airfield and Clovis Army Airfield in New Mexico; Biggs Army Airfield and Pyote Army Airfield in Texas; and Davis - Monthan Army Airfield in Arizona . </P> <P> Perhaps one of the most important functions Kirtland Field served during World War II was as a transportation center for the needs of scientists developing the atomic bomb in Los Alamos . The Manhattan Project personnel in Los Alamos first became aware of the value of the location of the air base during the process of converting the atomic bomb into a practical airborne weapon . Because Kirtland Field was the closest large airport, its runways and bombloading pit supported the atomic bomb program during 1944 and 1945 . It also became an important staging ground for the ferrying of men and material to various field sites . </P> <P> From Kirtland Field, Manhattan Project scientists were flown back and forth to Wendover Army Air Base for testing in a disguised "Green Hornet" aircraft . Members of the USAAF made similar trips from Wendover through Albuquerque to Los Alamos . A special Manhattan Engineer District, Military Police unit was located at Kirtland Field to guard facilities used to load Los Alamos--assembled ordnance and test shapes on Silverplate aircraft . The loading pit constructed at Kirtland Field, although primitive and manually operated, operated until December 1945, when a hydraulic lift was installed . </P>

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