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Photos: Marana Air Base in '40s, '50s and 60s
- Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
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Pinal Air Park north of Tucson began its life as a 3.5-acre flight training base in World War II (Marana Army Air Field), to a contract flight school for the U.S. Air Force in the 50s (Marana Air Base) to numerous quasi-government and private air services in the 60s.
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