Rich Field

Rich Field
Waco, Texas
Curtiss JN-4 flying from Rich Field, Waco, Texas, 1918
Rich Field
Coordinates	31°32′45″N 97°11′16″W / 31.54583°N 97.18778°W / 31.54583; -97.18778 (Rich Field)
Type	Pilot training airfield
Site information
Controlled by	Air Service, United States Army
Condition	Redeveloped into urban area
Site history
Built	1917
In use	1917–1945
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Garrison information
Garrison	Training Section, Air Service

Rich Field is a former World War I military airfield, located in Waco, Texas, near what is now the intersection of Bosque Boulevard and 41st Street. It operated as a training field for the Air Service, United States Army from 1917 until 1919. The airfield was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established in 1917 after the United States entry into World War I.^[1]