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Altteureu Airfield
Altteureu Airfield (), also known as Cheju-do No. 2 (K-40) Air Base, was a former Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and United States Air Force (USAF) Military airbase, air base on southern Jeju Island, South Korea. It was mostly returned to farm land from the late 1960s onwards, though the site is still owned and used to some extent by the Republic of Korea Air Force, in particular a Airport#Infrastructure, grass airstrip known semi-officially as ''Alddreu Airport''. History The airfield, then known as ''Altehru Airfield'', was originally developed between 1926 and 1930 during the Korea under Japanese rule, Japanese Imperial period. The local population were used as forced labour to flatten and clear the landscape, and later to build underground tunnels. Initially, it was primarily used as a refueling station, as well as a base for Reconnaissance aircraft, reconnaissance and Maritime patrol aircraft, maritime patrol aircraft. During the Second Sino-Japanese War it was also use ...
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Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
The was the Naval aviation, air arm of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The organization was responsible for the operation of naval aircraft and the conduct of aerial warfare in the Pacific War. The Japanese military acquired their first aircraft in 1910 and followed the development of air combat during World War I with great interest. They initially procured European aircraft but quickly built their own and launched themselves onto an ambitious aircraft carrier building program. They launched the world's first purpose-built aircraft carrier, , in 1922. Afterwards they embarked on a conversion program of several excess battlecruisers and battleships into aircraft carriers. The IJN Air Service had the mission of national air defence, deep strike, naval warfare, and so forth. It retained this mission to the end. The Pilot training in the Imperial Japanese Navy, Japanese pilot training program was very selective and rigorous, producing a high-quality and long-serving pilot corps ...
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