La Chorrera Army Airfield is a former
United States Army Air Forces
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World War II
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air base on
Panama
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. It was a sub-base of
Albrook Field
Albrook Air Force Station is a former United States Air Force facility in Panama. It was closed on 30 September 1997 as a result of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties which specified that United States military facilities in the former Panama Canal Zon ...
and later
Howard Field which used for dispersal and overflow units as part of the defense of the
Panama Canal
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.
Units assigned to the field were:
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30th Pursuit (later Fighter) Squadron (
37th Fighter Group), 24 November 1941 – 3 January 1943
(P-40 Warhawk)
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31st Pursuit (later Fighter) Squadron (
37th Fighter Group), 9–23 December 1941; 3 February-19 May 1942 (P-40 Warhawk)
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24th Fighter Squadron (
16th Fighter Group), 15 March–September 1942; 10Jan-28 May 1943
(P-39 Airacobra)
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28th Fighter Squadron (
37th Fighter Group),26 March-2 May 1942 (P-40 Warhawk)
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15th Fighter Squadron (
53d Fighter Group), 2 January-10 November 1942 (P-39 Airacobra)
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53d Fighter Squadron (
32d Fighter Group), 7 January-8 June 1943 (P-40 Warhawk)
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43d Fighter Squadron
The 43rd Fighter Squadron is part of the 325th Fighter Wing at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. It conducts advanced fighter training for F-22 Raptor pilots.
The squadron is one of the oldest in the United States Air Force, its origins dating ...
(
XXVI Fighter Command), 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. .
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External links
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Panama
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