Northwest Field (historically Northwest Guam Air Force Base)
is a military airfield in
Guam
Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic cent ...
. Built in 1945 during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
, the airfield was used as a bomber base during and after the war until it was closed in 1949.
Units deployed to the airfield included the
315th Bombardment Wing (stationed from 1945 to 1946) and the
23rd Fighter Group (stationed from 1946 to 1949).
Since around 2010, the airfield has been partially reactivated and is used for training related to operating at airfields in austere conditions, including being one of the locations to host
Cope North
Cope North is an annual multinational military exercise taking place in and around Guam. The first exercise took place in 1978.
In 2016 in addition to US, Japanese and Australian forces South Korea, the Philippines and New Zealand
New Zea ...
exercises.
References
Installations of the United States Air Force
Defunct airports in the United States
Airports in Guam
Military installations of the United States in Guam
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II
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