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air base on

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. It was a sub-base of

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and later

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which used for dispersal and overflow units as part of the defense of the

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. Units assigned to the field were: * 30th Pursuit (later Fighter) Squadron (

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), 24 November 1941 – 3 January 1943 (P-40 Warhawk) * 31st Pursuit (later Fighter) Squadron (

), 9–23 December 1941; 3 February-19 May 1942 (P-40 Warhawk) * 24th Fighter Squadron ( 16th Fighter Group), 15 March–September 1942; 10Jan-28 May 1943 (P-39 Airacobra) *

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),26 March-2 May 1942 (P-40 Warhawk) * 15th Fighter Squadron ( 53d Fighter Group), 2 January-10 November 1942 (P-39 Airacobra) *

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), 7 January-8 June 1943 (P-40 Warhawk) *

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), 6 April-29 August 1944 (P-39 Airacobra)

References

* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. . *

External links

Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Panama {{USAF-stub