Kindley_Field_Bermuda.jpg
Summary
Description Kindley Field Bermuda.jpg |
English:
The main runway of the
Bermuda International Airport
, looking South-Eastward from
Ferry Reach
. The house in the foreground was built by
Vincent Astor
. The airport was built during the
Second World War
as a joint
United States Army Air Forces
/
Royal Air Force
base. Built by the
US Army
, it was originally known as
Kindley Field
(although the initial installation by the US Army was
Fort Bell
, which oversaw the completion of the airfield, and then continued in operation adjacent to it). The RAF withdrew after the War. in 1948, following the separation of the
US Army Air Forces
from the US Army to form the
US Air Force
, the base was re-named
Kindley Air Force Base
. It was turned over to the
US Navy
in 1970, which renamed it
NAS Bermuda
, although it continues to be known popularly as Kindley Field. The Bermuda Government operated a
Civil Air Terminal
from the former RAF side of the airfield. After the closure of the US bases in Bermuda in 1995, the
Bermuda Government
took over complete operation and renamed the field the
Bermuda International Airport
.
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Date | (19 April 2006 (original upload date)) |
Source | Own work by the original uploader |
Author | Author of this image is Seán Pòl Ó Creachmhaoil ( w:en:Aodhdubh ( talk | contribs )) |
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01:32, 19 April 2006 | 640 × 480 (120,034 bytes) | w:en:Aodhdubh ( talk | contribs ) | The main runway of the Bermuda International Airport, looking South-Eastward from Ferry Reach. The house in the foreground was built by [[Vincent Astor]]. The airport was built during the Second World War as a joint US Army/Royal Air Force base. Built by |