Rogers Airfield (also known as 30-Mile Drome) is a former World War II airfield near Redscar Bay, Papua New Guinea. It was part of a multiple-airfield complex in the Port Moresby area, located 30 miles (48 km) north-west of Port Moresby by air, near Rorona (also spelled Rarona).
On November 15, 1942, the airfield was named in honor of Major Floyd "Buck" W. Rogers (C.O. of 3rd BG, 8th BS) who was KIA flying A-24 41-15797.
RogersAirfield (also known as 30-Mile Drome) is a former World War II airfield near Redscar Bay, Papua New Guinea. It was part of a multiple-airfield...
coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) The Port Moresby Airfield Complex was a World War II military airfield complex, built near Port Moresby in the Territory...
Rogers may refer to: Rogers Pass (British Columbia) Rogers Island (Nunavut) Rogers, Arkansas, a city Rogers, alternate name of Muroc, California, a former...
Will Rogers World Airport, with a market share of nearly 48% as of April 2022. The airport first opened in 1911 as Oklahoma City Municipal Airfield. It...
paddle. Sir Peter Scratchley led an expedition to the area in 1885. The RogersAirfield was located near the bay and several planes crashed nearby during World...
Rogers Dry Lake is an endorheic desert salt pan in the Mojave Desert of Kern County, California. The lake derives its name from the Anglicization from...
Allied ground forces, the USAAF Fifth Air Force established a series of airfields, some at existing facilities, but most were carved out of the jungle to...
Airfield) was south of Wilshire and west of Crescent (now bounded by Wilshire Boulevard, Fairfax Avenue, and San Vincente Boulevard). Emery H. Rogers...
continues to operate as the remaining military aviation presence at the airfield. Sign for Exit 2 Kalaeloa Airport on Interstate H-1 A Hawaiian Airlines...
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selected. On 30 August, Vasey watched them carry out a practice jump at RogersAirfield. This turned out to be the easy part. Brand new guns were received...
Established in the 1930s as Muroc Field, the facility was renamed Muroc Army Airfield and then Muroc Air Force Base before its final renaming in 1950 for World...
The James Rogers McConnell Air Museum is an aviation museum located at the Gilliam-McConnell Airfield in Carthage, North Carolina focused on aviation...
Cataraqui, the naval air squadron maintained a facility at Norman Rogersairfield operating Harvards and one C-45D Expeditor until it was disbanded in...
Bankstown Airfield, Australia, 7 April 1942 RogersAirfield (30 Mile Drome),[citation needed] Port Moresby, New Guinea, c. 20 July 1942 Tsili Tsili Airfield, New...
Onslow had successfully 'sunk' all seven. During the Vietnam war an urgent airfield was needed at Quảng Trị by the United States forces. U.S. Seabee Battalions...
Air Corps Southeast Air Corps Training Center. The mission of the new airfield was a basic (Phase II) flying school to instruct air cadets in flying,...
operations at Norman Rogers Airport, west of the city, which had been built as a military field, and the original Kingston Airfield was redeveloped as a...
FTW). The airfield was previously administered by Will Rogers Field, Clovis Army Air Field, Woodward Army Air Field, and Liberal Army Airfield prior to...
Colorado Springs, is a United States Space Force base that shares an airfield with the adjacent Colorado Springs Municipal Airport and is home to the...
specific functions. The 15th Operations Group (15 OG) controls all flying and airfield operations. The 15th Maintenance Group (15 MXG) performs aircraft and aircraft...
Schwimmer Airfield (also known as 14-Mile Drome) is a former World War II airfield near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It was part of a multiple-airfield complex...
located 3 miles south of Dereham, Norfolk, England. The airfield now operates as Shipdham Airfield. RAF Shipdham was the first US heavy bomber base in Norfolk...
of World War I, in December 1919 Mather Field was closed as an active airfield. However, a small caretaker unit was assigned to the facility for administration...
installation was a U.S. Army Air Forces training base known as Lockbourne Army Airfield, becoming an Air Force base in 1948 a few months following the establishment...
Andrews Air Force Base (Andrews AFB, AAFB) is the airfield portion of Joint Base Andrews, which is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force...
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