Cedar Rapids' first airport was Hunter Field, a private airport established by Dan Hunter in the 1920s.
Was inactivated in place and squadron administratively activated at Hunter Field, Georgia.
In 1932 a city resolution names the airport Hunter Field.
A trolley car was used as the first terminal at Hunter Field in the mid-1930s.
In 1940 the U.S. Army Air Corps proposed a complete takeover of Hunter Field if a war started.
While the commercial airlines continued to land at Hunter Field, a decision was made to construct a second Municipal Airport in response to the increased military presence.
With the Air Corps established already in the Savannah area at Hunter Field, work on Chatham proceeded at a slow pace.
It moved to Hunter Field, Georgia in October 1940.
At Hunter Field, the squadron converted to the Douglas A-20A Havoc.
Now, she's wondering if her husband, Richard, an Apache helicopter pilot attached to Hunter Field, will be able to stay in the military amid the huge cutbacks.