- Naval Air Station Agana
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Naval Air Station Agana
Brewer FieldIATA: GUM – ICAO: PGUM – FAA LID: GUM Location of Naval Air Station Agana
GUMSummary Airport type Military Owner United States Navy Serves Guam Location Barrigada and Tamuning, Guam Elevation AMSL 297 ft / 91 m Coordinates 13°29′02″N 144°47′50″E / 13.48389°N 144.79722°ECoordinates: 13°29′02″N 144°47′50″E / 13.48389°N 144.79722°E Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 6L/24R 10,015 3,053 Asphalt/Concrete 6R/24L 10,014 3,052 Asphalt/Concrete 
Newly arrived P-47 Thunderbolts lined up in a maintenance area at Agana Airfield on March 28, 1945.
Naval Air Station Agana is a former United States Navy air station located on Guam. It was opened by the Japanese Navy in 1943 and closed in 1993. During and after its closure, it was operated alongside Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport.
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History
The airport was built by the Japanese Navy about 1943, calling the military airfield Guamu Dai Ni (Guam No. 2) as part of their defense of the Marianas. After the island was recaptured by American forces in 1944, it was renamed Agana Airfield, due to the proximity of the town. After being repaired in October 1944, the United States Army Air Force Seventh Air Force used the airfield as a base for the 11th Bombardment Group, which flew B-24 Liberator bombers from the station until being moved to Okinawa in July 1945. With the reassignment of the heavy bombers, the 41st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron flew long range reconnaissance aircraft (F-4 P-38 Lightnings) from the field until January 1946.
After the war, the USAAF used the airfield for fighter defense of the Marianas (21st Fighter Group), (549th Night Fighter Squadron) until early 1947 and as a transport hub (9th Troop Carrier Squadron). In 1947, the USAAF turned over the airfield to the United States Navy, which consolidated its facilities with those at the closing Harmon Air Force Base in 1949, and operated Naval Air Station, Agana until it was closed by the 1993 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission.[1][2][3]
See also
- USAAF in the Central Pacific
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.- ^ Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
- ^ www.pacificwrecks.com
- ^ www.globalsecurity.org
External links
- Resources for this airport:
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