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  2. Médiouna Airfield - Wikipedia

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    The Mediouna camp, near Casablanca (Morocco), accommodated cadet officers only between January and May 1943. From January 1943 to June 1945, about 5,000 officers divided into five classes were trained in the Cherchell-Mediouna E.E.A..

  3. Morocco in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Moroccan anti-occupation nationalist movements gained momentum in Morocco during World War II against the French and Spanish occupation of Morocco. [6] Nationalists in Spanish Morocco created the 'National Reform Party' and the 'Moroccan Unity Movement', which united during the war and were common vehicles for Fascist propaganda. [6]

  4. Marnia Airfield - Wikipedia

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    Location of Marnia Airfield, French Morocco Marnia Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Morocco , located approximately 9 km west of Tangier and 37 km north-northeast of Asilah. History

  5. List of former United States Air Force installations - Wikipedia

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    Ben Guerir Air Base, Morocco (Closed 1958) Boulhaut Air Base, Morocco (Closed 1963) Comiso Air Base, Italy; Used as BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile base, 1983–1991. Hellenikon Airport, Greece (Closed 1993) Iraklion Air Station, Crete, Greece (Closed 1993) Nouasseur Air Base, Morocco (Closed 1963) Pirinclik Air Base, Turkey (Closed 1997)

  6. Military history of Morocco - Wikipedia

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    During the period of the French protectorate of Morocco (1912–1956) large numbers of Moroccans were recruited for service in the Spahi and Tirailleur regiments of the French Army of Africa. During World War II more than 300,000 Moroccan troops (including goumier auxiliaries) served with the Free French forces in North Africa, Italy, France ...

  7. Ras el Ma Airfield - Wikipedia

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    Ras el Ma Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Morocco, located in the southeast suburbs of Ras Kebdana. [dubious – discuss] The airfield served as a support facility for the port, allowing Allied aircraft to be assembled and parepared for combat duty, then flown from the airstrip as replacements during the North African Campaign.

  8. Berguent Airfield - Wikipedia

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    During World War II the airfield's primary use was for C-47 Skytrain troop carrier and logistics operations by the Twelfth Air Force.The airfield was constructed as a temporary facility, with a hard earth or pierced steel planking (PSP) runway and parking apron. with few or no permanent structures, Tents were used for ground support operations and personnel billeting.

  9. Nouasseur Air Base - Wikipedia

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    USAF air base siting in the former French protectorate in Morocco developed out of the Allied presence there at the close of World War II.In the early 1950s, SAC developed an "Operation Reflex" strategy between its southern bases and Morocco, with B-36 and B-47 wings rotating to North Africa for extended temporary duty as a staging area for bombers pointed at the Soviet Union.