Nampong Air Force Base

Nampong Air Force Base AMSL		140 m / 459 ft
Coordinates	25°21′09.24″N 097°17′41.58″E / 25.3525667°N 97.2948833°E / 25.3525667; 97.2948833
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Nampong Air Force Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 18/36 3,360 11,025 Asphalt

Nampong Air Force Base (ICAO: VYNP) is a Myanmar Air Force base in Myitkyina, Myanmar (Burma).

Formerly known as Myikyina West, it is located several miles to the west of Myitkyina. It is in current military use and home to a fighter squadron and an attack squadron.

History

Built by the Allies during

as a combat resupply airfield, air-dropping pallets of supplies and ammunition to the advancing Allied forces on the ground.

With the defeat of the Japanese forces in Burma, the group began cargo and passenger flights over "

.

The Americans left in November 1945 at the end of the war.

References

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

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