U.S. Plans To Revive An Airfield In The Pacific That Was Used To Drop 2 Atomic Bombs On Japan - Share about war news

Task & Purpose: The Air Force is trying to reclaim a World War II-era airfield  

The decades-old airfield on Tinian is covered in overgrown vegetation. The Air Force plans to turn it into a modern, small air base.  

More than seven decades ago, the planes that dropped two atomic bombs on Japan took off from a small airfield on the Pacific island of Tinian in the Marianas. They were just two bombing missions among many that launched from that airfield. Then only two years later it was largely abandoned. 

Now the U.S. military is quite literally clawing it back from nature. 

The North Field, or Tinian North airfield as it is also called, is currently being prepped to be renovated and turned into an active modern U.S. Air Force facility, according to Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, commander of Pacific Air Forces. 

In an interview this month with Japanese news outlet Nikkei Asia earlier this month, Wilsbach said that the military intends to bring the airfield back to life. First will involve clearing decades of overgrowth that has sprung up, leaving an “overgrown jungle” over the airfield’s pavement  

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WNU Editor: The Chinese are not reacting well to this development .... China urges regional alert as US military steps up forward deployment (Reuters). More here .... China's military lashes out at US after breakthrough talks (Reuters).

 U.S. Plans To Revive An Airfield In The Pacific That Was Used To Drop 2 Atomic Bombs On Japan  

Air Force plans return to WWII-era Pacific airfield on Tinian -- Stars and Stripes

 US Air Force to restore WWII-era airfield to enable Pacific operations to counter Chinese presence -- Republic World 

US military revamping airfield near Guam to ensure Indo-Pacific security -- Taiwan News  

U.S. Military Restoring WWII Atomic Bomb Launch Airfield as Tensions Rise in Pacific -- KNEWZ

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