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Northwest Field (historically Northwest Guam Air Force Base) [1] is a military airfield on the West Pacific island of Guam.Originally built during World War II, Northwest Field was closed as an airfield in 1949 but has been used for other military activity since, including housing a satellite tracking station, air defenses, and being used for training.
North Field and its co-located Northwest Field was a massive installation, with four main runways, taxiways, revetments for over 200 B-29s, and a large containment area for base operations and personnel. The first host unit at North Field was the 314th Bombardment Wing, XXI Bomber Command, Twentieth Air Force. The 314th arrived in Guam on 16 ...
This is a list of airports in Guam (a U.S. territory), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
MCB Camp Blaz is named after Guam local, Brigadier General Vicente T. "Ben" Blaz. Blaz was the first person of an ethnic minority to reach general rank in the USMC and the highest ranking Chamorro ever, as well as Guam's delegate to Congress from 1985 to 1993. [3] The base officially opened on January 25, 2023, with a ceremony on January 26.
The 331st Bombardment Group was first activated in July 1942 at Salt Lake City Army Air Base, Utah with the 461st, 462d, 463d and 464th Bombardment Squadrons assigned. In September it moved to Casper Army Air Field, where it conducted Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress replacement training until 1943, when it converted to the Consolidated B-24 Liberator.
Headquarters. Joint Region Marianas' mission is to provide installation management support to all Department of Defense components and tenants through assigned regional installations on Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands in support of training in the Marianas; to act as the interface between the Department of Defense and the civilian community; to ensure compliance with all environmental ...
Peterson Field, Colorado, 17 July 1944; Fort Lawton, Washington, 10–17 March 1945; Northwest Field, Guam, Mariana Islands, 5 April 1945; Ashiya Army Air Base, Japan, 30 May 1946; Itazuke Army Air Base (later Itazuke Airfield, Itazuke Air Base), Japan, 31 May 1946 – 1 March 1950. Ashiya Air Station, Japan, 25 January 1951
The 16th became part of Twentieth Air Force on 7 March 1945 and moved to Northwest Field (Guam) [1] as part of the 315th Bombardment Wing. Its B-29s were marked with a Diamond-B tail code. The group entered combat on 16 June 1945 with a bombing raid against an airfield on Moen.