Editing Issoudun (section)

===World War I===
In 1917, the [[United States Army Air Service|U.S. Air Service]] established its largest European training centre, the [[Issoudun Aerodrome|3rd Aviation Instruction Center]], about {{cvt|14|km|0}} northwest of the town. At the time of the Armistice, 11 November 1918, thirteen fields were in operation and well over 10,000 ground personnel, student pilots and instructors were located there. It was at that time the largest air base in the world. A single monument on Department Route 960 remains to mark Issoudun's part in the [[World War I|Great War]].

The United States Air Service formally left Issoudun on 28 June 1919, almost eight months after the war ended.  The sites of the former airfields have returned to their previous status as agricultural fields.

On 28 June 2009, the people of Issoudun had a commemoration ceremony in honour of the American aviators who had trained, and in many cases, died while training there.