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A semi-permanent USAAF presence was established in May 1947 as the facility was being reconstructed to facilitate Marshall Plan aid to Greece and Turkey. On 5 October 1948, the United States Air Force assigned the Military Air Transport Service 1632d Air Base Squadron to the airport with ten C-47 Skytrain cargo aircraft being based at the airport.
Built in 1938, Ellinikon International Airport was originally called Kalamaki Airfield. Following the German invasion of Greece in 1941, Kalamaki Airfield was used as a Luftwaffe air base during the occupation. After World War II, the Greek government allowed the United States to use the airport from 1945 until 1993.
7206th Air Base Group, at Hellenikon Air Base, Greece [16] Detachment 1, HQ, 7206th ABG – Iraklion AS (Kreta, GR) 7206th Security Police Squadron; 7206th Supply Squadron; 7206th Air Base Group Hospital; 7061st Munitions Support Squadron, at Araxos Air Base, Greece; 7275th Air Base Group, at San Vito dei Normanni Air Station, Italy
This is a list of modern Greek military bases in Greece that are operated by the Military of Greece: ... Skyros Air Base Kasteli Air Base; Agrinio Air Base ...
Elliniko is the site of a major development project for coastal Athens beginning in 2020 and due for completion in 2026 - the Hellenikon Metropolitan Park consisting of luxury homes, hotels, a casino, a marina, shops, offices and Greece's tallest buildings such as the Riviera Tower [3] and Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. [4]
On November 14, while the Axis troops were retreating from Greece, the aircraft of the Squadron landed in Hassani Airfield (later the Hellenikon Air Base and Ellinikon International Airport), near Athens. Although mainland Greece was liberated, Crete and other islands were still under German occupation.
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Three years later the squadron was reactivated as the 922d Strategic Squadron at Hellenikon Air Base, near Athens, Greece. It was assigned to the 306th Strategic Wing, which controlled SAC European operations from its station at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.