| Augusta Regional Airport March 2015 | Busi ess World 71 to the Airport’s large new industrial park. Founded as a flight training school for the US Military in 1941 as a means to bolster the country's efforts heading into World War II, the airport, then called Bush Field, along with the accompanying buildings and property were deeded to the City of Augusta in 1948 by the U.S. Government. In 2000, Bush Field was renamed Augusta Regional Airport at Bush Field to reflect its representation of the rapidly growingCentral Savannah River Area (CSRA), including communities in Georgia and South Carolina. From its early military flight training beginnings,the Augusta Regional Airport has evolved into an integral travel hub and economic engine for the CSRA. "In 1950 the first commercial service operations commenced at the new Airport," says Director of Marketing Diane Johnston.
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