Hicks Field

Hicks Field Camp Taliaferro Field #1
Located near Saginaw, Texas
Hicks Field, Texas, 1918
Hicks Field
Coordinates	32°54′44″N 97°24′05″W / 32.91222°N 97.40139°W / 32.91222; -97.40139 (Hicks Field) Hicks Field 32°54′58″N 97°25′23″W / 32.91611°N 97.42306°W / 32.91611; -97.42306 (Hicks Field Bombing Target) Bombing Target
Type	Pilot training airfield
Site information
Controlled by	Royal Flying Corps (1916)   Air Service, United States Army (1917–1920)   United States Navy (1920–1940)   United States Army Air Forces (1940–1945)
Condition	Redeveloped as industrial park
Site history
Built	1916
In use	1916–1945 (military), 1945–ca.1976 (civil airfield)
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Garrison information
Garrison	Training Section, Air Service (World War I) Army Air Force Training Command (World War I)

Hicks Field (Camp Taliaferro Field #1) is a former World War I military airfield, located 5.6 miles (9.0 km) North-northwest of Saginaw, Texas. It operated as a training field for the Air Service, United States Army between 1917 until 1920. It was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the United States entry into World War I in April 1917.^[1]

After the United States' entry into World War I in April 1917, General John J. Pershing invited the British Royal Flying Corps to establish training fields in Texas for the training of American and Canadians volunteers because of its mild weather. After looking at sites in Dallas, Fort Worth, Waco, Austin, Wichita Falls and Midland, three sites were established in 1917 in the Fort Worth vicinity (known as the "Flying Triangle."), those being Hicks Field (#1), Barron Field (#2), and Benbrook Field (#3).

Canadians named the training complex Camp Taliaferro after Walter Taliaferro, a US aviator who had been killed in an accident. Camp Taliaferro was headquartered under the direction of the Air Service, United States Army, which had an administration center near what is now the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

After the closing of Hicks Field, there was a new airport opened called "Hicks Airfield".