Editing Nellis Air Force Base (section)

===McCarran Field===
{{Distinguish|McCarran International Airport{{!}}the 1942 "Alamo Airport" south of Las Vegas and named for Senator McCarran in 1948}}
Renamed to '''McCarran Field''' in the mid-1930s,{{r|TechBastard}} there were "difficulties in securing the use" of the airfield north of Las Vegas for a [[Nevada World War II Army Airfields|Nevada World War II Army Airfield]].<ref name=Futrell>{{Cite report |last=Futrell |first=Robert F. |publisher=Air Historical Office |date=July 1947 |title=Development of AAF Base Facilities in the United States: 1939–1945 |volume=ARS-69: US Air Force Historical Study No 69 (Copy No. 2) |quote=Difficulties in securing the use of the gunnery ranges at Las Vegas, Nevada, and Tyndall Field, Florida, delayed the beginning of flexible gunnery training at those stations until December 1941}}</ref> McCarran Field was bought on 2 January 1941 by the City of [[Las Vegas]], was leased to the Army on 5 January, and was "signed over" to the [[Quartermaster Corps]] on 25 January—Army construction began in March 1941.{{r|USACE2010}}{{rp|2-1}} The [[Las Vegas Federal Building|city's Federal Building]] became the May 1941 location of the 79th Air Base Group detachment (5 staff officers commanded by Lt. Col. [[Martinus Stenseth]]), and a month later 5 administrative NCOs plus other support personnel arrived.<ref name=TechBastard>{{Cite web |title=Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada |url=http://www.techbastard.com/afb/nv/nellis.php |publisher=TechBastard.com |work=The Military Standard – Air Force Bases|access-date=6 June 2013 }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=June 2013}} [[Works Progress Administration|WPA]] barracks in Las Vegas were used for enlisted men, and the motor pool with 6 vintage trucks and a semi-trailer was next to the WPA barracks. Vehicle parts were from local service stations and gasoline and oil from the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]]{{Where|reason=Where was the CCC camp?|date=June 2013}} (the [[Hoover Dam#Block 16|Block 16]] [[brothel]]s in Las Vegas were closed).<ref name=lvp1>{{cite web |url=http://www.lasvegas2005.com/past/index.asp?Anno=19 |title=Las Vegas' Past |access-date=8 November 2008 |publisher=NetPhilosophy.Com |archive-date=13 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213102209/http://www.lasvegas2005.com/past/index.asp?Anno=19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Permanent construction for barracks to house 3,000 people began in mid-1941, and by [[Pearl Harbor Attack|7 December]], 10 [[AT-6 Texan]] advanced flight trainers and 17 [[Martin B-10]] bombers were at the airfield.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}