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Tampa was known as florida Air base

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city because it had an airfield for

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every community . Every county in this

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area had contributed something to the

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Air Force's war effort . So obviously

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everyone knows where MacDIll air Force

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base is today . MacDIll was really the

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only one that was intended to be a

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permanent installation when it was

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first devised in 1935 . We also had

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bases at Hillsborough Army Airfield ,

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which is today where Busch Gardens and

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the University of South florida's main

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campuses . Alcide Sarasota's Army

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airfield , as well as brooksville Army

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Airfield . So a huge amount of military

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reservation within the city limits of

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Tampa , but it didn't stop there across

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the bay in Pinellas County , you have

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the Pinellas Army airfield which has

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today , ST Pete Clearwater

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International Airport . All of these

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are subordinate bases . So Tampa , it

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was the air base city for the

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southeastern United States because it

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was headquarters for Third Air Force ,

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It was responsible for bases stretching

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all the way to indiana and Missouri .

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All of the southeastern United States

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reported to Tampa . So that was why it

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was known as florida's air base city in

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World War Two .