This thesis research crafts a historic context for Georgias non-urban World War II airfields used to train pilots. Historically significant at a state and national level, these airfields can be preserved via documentation and identification, physical preservation, and interpretation. Evaluation of WWII airfield National Register documentation guidance and similar studies, along with the use of case studies to identify key character-defining features of these kinds of airfield resources, afforded the opportunity to craft a pilot study for an effort that should be applied regionally and nationwide. to determine a standard approach to the preservation of these resources.