Coolidge Air Force Base

Coolidge Air Force Base
Coolidge AFB is located in Antigua and Barbuda
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Coolidge AFB
Location in Antigua

Coolidge Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base on the island of Antigua that operated from 1941-1948. It later reopened as Coolidge International Airport and is now known as V. C. Bird International Airport

The airport was built as an American military air base during World War II and named Coolidge Airfield after Capt. Hamilton Coolidge (1895–1918), a United States Army Air Service pilot killed in World War I.

Flying units assigned to the airfield were:

  • 35th Bombardment Squadron (25th Bombardment Group) 11 Nov 1941-Nov 1942 (B-18 Bolo)
  • 12th Bombardment Squadron (25th Bombardment Group) 23 Nov 1943-24 Mar 1944 (B-25 Mitchell)
  • 4th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (Antilles Air Command) 21 May-5 Oct 1945

Renamed Coolidge Air Force Base in 1948, it was closed as a result of budgetary cutbacks in 1949 with right of re-entry retained by the United States. Agreements were subsequently reached with the United Kingdom and, later, the Antigua government upon independence, for the establishment and maintenance of missile tracking facilities. Antigua Air Station remains on a portion of the former Coolidge AFB.

References

External links

Seal of the US Air Force.svg United States Air Force portal

Coordinates: 17°08′12″N 061°47′34″W / 17.13667°N 61.79278°W / 17.13667; -61.79278


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