Constructed in 1941 and also known as Pryor Field, the Southeast Air Forces Training Center was operated by Southern Aviation Training School and provided primary flight training for Army Air Forces pilots during World War II. Its two aircraft hangars and beacon tower are the remaining artifacts of one of only a few World War II Army Air Forces Training Centers that have remained in continuous use as airplane hangars since 1941. The facility was deactivated on December 28, 1944, turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers in September 1945, and eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration as surplus before becoming a civil airport. The hangars were then used to convert surplus Army aircraft for commercial airline use for the Southern Airways Company, which later became part of Delta Airlines. The facility was listed in the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 2010.