Donaldson Air Force Base
| Donaldson Air Force Base Greenville Army Air Base | |
|---|---|
| Greenville County, near Greenville, South Carolina | |
USGS 2006 airphoto | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Air Force Base |
| Owner | Greenville, South Carolina Greenville County, South Carolina |
| Controlled by | United States Air Force |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 34°45′30″N 82°22′35″W / 34.75833°N 82.37639°W |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1942 |
| In use | 1942–1963 |
Donaldson Air Force Base is a former facility of the United States Air Force located south of Greenville, South Carolina. It was founded in 1942 as Greenville Army Air Base; it was deactivated in 1963 and converted into a civilian airport. It is currently an active airfield known as Donaldson Center Airport.
It was used by the United States Army Air Forces' Third Air Force as a B-25 Mitchell medium bomber training airfield during World War II. It was home to C-124 Globemaster II transports and called "The Airlift Capital of the World" for its role in the Berlin airlift, Korean War, and Cold War, being assigned to both Tactical Air Command (TAC) and the Military Air Transport Service (MATS).