Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Turner Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base near Albany, Georgia. In the summer of 1940, Army Air Corps personnel from Maxwell AAF in Montgomery, Alabama contacted the Albany Chamber of Commerce about the possibility of locating a training base at their community with the stipulation that the local government purchase the property. Anticipating the economic benefit to the area, the local government accepted the proposal.