Scribner State Airport is three miles southeast of Scribner, in Dodge County, Nebraska. Facilities Scribner State Airport covers at an elevation of 1,325 feet (404 m). It has two concrete runways: 17/35 is 4,200 by 75 feet (1,280 x 23 m) and 12/30 is 3,199 by 60 feet (975 x 18 m). In the year ending August 22, 2007 the airport had 2,600 aircraft operations, average 216 per month: 96% general aviation and 4% military. 21 aircraft were then based at the airport: 67% single-engine and 33% ultralight. History Scribner State Airport was built in 1942 as a United States Army Air Forces training airfield. The site is south of the Elkhorn River and is surrounded by low rolling hills on the east, north and west. The area is agricultural. The first news that Scribner Army Airfield would be built came on 1 October 1942, with eviction notices given to area farmers shortly thereafter. Construction soon began, with two runways completed by 26 November 1942. 87 buildings and structures were built. The base opened on 9 December 1942. Scribner AAF was one of eleven training airfields in Nebraska, and came under the command of Second Air Force. It was initially a satellite base to Sioux City Army Air Base, Iowa, though by 1943 it became an independent base, with Ainsworth Army Airfield, Nebraska, being designated as Scribner's satellite. The 4316th Army Air Force Base Unit had host unit responsibilities at Scribner. In December 1942, the Base Commander was Major A. J. Guffanti. The field's primary mission was to provide aircrew training for B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator bomber air crews. In addition, P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilots completed proficiency training at Scribner before reassignment to the European Theater of Operations. Crews that used Scribner Army Airfield included the following: 583d Bombardment Squadron (3 July-1 August 1943) (B-17 Flying Fortress) Component of: 383d Bombardment Group, assigned to Geiger Field, Washington Provided Operational Training at Scribner. 36th Fighter Group (November 1943-March 1944) 22nd, 23rd, and 53rd Fighter Squadrons (P-47 Thunderbolt) Deployed to Ninth Air Force in England Scribner also became a camouflage school. By 1943 the entire airfield was camouflaged to look like a farm and small village to prove that an airfield could be hidden from the enemy. The hangar was painted red to resemble a barn, chicken wire was stuffed with green colored spun glass to resemble trees, and a