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The US Is Rebuilding the Airfields That Staged the Hiroshima Nuclear Strike
- ungreased0675 11mo agoI’d like to know more about how the first WWII airfield was built. That had to have been a colossal effort.
- sillywalk 11mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinian_Naval_Base https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinian_Naval_Base
- sillywalk 11mo agoThe War Zone has an article with more details, apparently this has been going on since late 2023: https://www.twz.com/air/massive-wwii-b-29-bomber-base-fully-reclaimed-for-future-pacific-fight https://www.twz.com/air/massive-wwii-b-29-bomber-base-fully-...