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Kaifeng Air Base

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Kaifeng Air Base

Summary
Airport typeMilitary
ServesKaifeng
LocationKaifeng, China
Coordinates34°45′16″N 114°20′21″E / 34.75444°N 114.33917°E / 34.75444; 114.33917
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Kaifeng Air Base is located in China
Kaifeng Air Base
Kaifeng
Air Base
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 8,125 2,462 Concrete

Kaifeng Air Base is a People's Liberation Army Air Force Base, located about 1 mile southeast of Kaifeng (Henan Province) in the People’s Republic of China.

History

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During World War II, the airport was known as Laifeng (Kaifeng) Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign (1942–1945). Laifeng was the home of the Chinese-American Joint Intelligence Agency, and operated as a photo-reconnaissance base, with unarmed P-38 Lightning aircraft fitted with cameras flying over Japanese-held areas during the spring and summer of 1945. The American units ended operations from the airfield after the war ended in September 1945.[1]

References

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4
  • Airfields & Seaplane Anchorages China