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Bolo Airfield
Part of Eighth Air Force
Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Japan
Aerial view of Bolo airfield, Okinawa
Coordinates26°26′19.64″N 127°43′06.73″E / 26.4387889°N 127.7185361°E / 26.4387889; 127.7185361
TypeMilitary Airfield
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Army Air Forces
Site history
BuiltPrior to April 1945
In use1945-1946
Bolo Airfield Seabee map 1945

Bolo Airfield (also known as Bolo Point Airfield) is a former World War II airfield at Naval Base Okinawa in Okinawa, at Bolo Point on the East China Sea coast. The airfield was inactivated after 1946 and returned to Japanese control in 1972. Currently, it is a part of Yomitan village, where it has been redeveloped into a golf course and recreation area.

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