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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinian_Naval_Base
Les américains sont en train de re vamper la base qui à servi à faire décoller Élona Gay, vers Hiroshima le 6 aout 1945
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USMC Staff Sergeant Federico Claveria of Baldwin Park, California stops to give sweets to a Japanese child in the internment camp on Tinian Island - Aug 1944 #ww2 #usmc #worldwar2 #tinian #tinianisland #pacific #marines #internment

“In the middle of the Pacific ocean, an abandoned US airfield once key to dropping the nuclear bomb on Japan - and nearly lost to history amid encroaching forest - is being revived.
But as the Americans hack away at the jungle overgrowth at #Tinian island airfield and other old, World War II-era bases across the region, it will not be with Japan on their mind.”

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/china-tensions-rising-us-revives-wwii-era-pacific-airfield-4017481?cid=internal_sharetool_iphone_30122023_cna

China tensions rising, US revives WWII-era Pacific airfield

WASHINGTON: In the middle of the Pacific ocean, an abandoned US airfield once key to dropping the nuclear bomb on Japan - and nearly lost to history amid encroaching forest - is being revived. But as the Americans hack away at the jungle overgrowth at Tinian island airfield and other old, World War II-era

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

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https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-12-26/tinian-airfield-reclaimed-wwii-air-force-12473942.html

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

The U.S. Air Force is bringing the island airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan back into service as it seeks bases where its Pacific forces can disperse in wartime.

Stars and Stripes
“Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, commander of Pacific Air Forces, told Nikkei Asia for a Dec. 13 report that North Airfield on the island of Tinian is being reclaimed from jungle that has overgrown it since World War II.” https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-12-26/tinian-airfield-reclaimed-wwii-air-force-12473942.html #Tinian #Pacific #WWII #USAirForce #USmilitary
Air Force plans return to WWII-era Pacific airfield on Tinian

The U.S. Air Force is bringing the island airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan back into service as it seeks bases where its Pacific forces can disperse in wartime.

Stars and Stripes
Boeing B-29A-55-BN Superfortress 'Jack's Hack', is beautifully preserved at the New England Air Museum in Connecticut. Although completed in July 1945, this aircrcaft did not see active service during WW2. However, it is shown here in the markings of a B-29 which served on Tinian with the 468th Bomb Group of the 58th Bomb Wing, USAAF. #museum #B29 #Boeing #Tinian #Superfortress #aviation #WW2 #avgeek #history #USAAF #Connecticut #USA