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  2. Naval Base Marshall Islands - Wikipedia

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    Map of Marshall Islands in Micronesia (shown in dark magenta) Curtiss SOC Seagull flies over Wotje Atoll in the Marshall Islands on 1 February 1942. Naval Base Marshall Islands were United States Navy advance bases built on the Marshall Islands during World War II to support the Pacific War efforts.

  3. Naval Base Majuro - Wikipedia

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    Naval Base Majuro was a major United States Navy base built on Majuro Atoll, in the Marshall Islands to support the World War II efforts in the Pacific War. The base was built after the Battle of Majuro-Kwajalein ended 3 February 1944. Majuro was found to be unoccupied and abandoned when the United States Army arrived. The US Navy built ...

  4. Bucholz Army Airfield - Wikipedia

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    Its position is ideal for refueling during trans-Pacific flights, and the airport is available to civilians through Air Marshall Islands and United Airlines. Since the entirety of Kwajalein Atoll is a military base, non-military passengers on commercial flights are transported to and from the neighboring island of Ebeye , the civilian ...

  5. Naval Base Kwajalein - Wikipedia

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    In 1946 the base was used for support of Operation Crossroads, the start of a series of nuclear tests at the Marshall island atolls of Bikini Atoll and Enewetak Atoll. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] At the end of the war, the Marshall Islands came under the control of the United States as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands until the independence ...

  6. Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site - Wikipedia

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    An exoatmospheric kill vehicle (kinetic penetrator, mid-phase) is launched from Meck Island on 3 December 2001. The Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, commonly referred to as the Reagan Test Site (formerly Kwajalein Missile Range), is a missile test range in Marshall Islands (Pacific Ocean).

  7. Naval Base Eniwetok - Wikipedia

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    Marshall Islands on the globe in the Pacific Ocean Marshall Islands map Naval Base Eniwetok HQ 1945. Naval Base Eniwetok was a major United States Navy base located at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands, during World War II. The base was built to support the island-hopping strategy used by allied nations fighting the Empire of Japan in the ...

  8. 'Rogue' or 'sneaker?' What caused the giant wave in the ... - AOL

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    The big wave happened on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, on the island of Roi-Namur, part of the Kwajalein Atoll, in the Marshall Islands. The wave caused significant damage to Dyess Army Field and ...

  9. Dyess Army Airfield - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese designated the runways A, B, and C, with A being the vertical leg, B being the diagonal and C intersecting at a right angle to A. The Seabees of the Naval Base Kwajalein repaired runways A and C. Today the only runway that remains is A. On September 19, 1950, the Marshall Islands' worst aviation accident happened near Dyess.