Kaifeng Air Base Explained

Kaifeng Air Base
Pushpin Map:China
Pushpin Label:Kaifeng
Air Base
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Type:Military
City-Served:Kaifeng
Location:Kaifeng, China
R1-Number:03/21
R1-Length-M:2,462
R1-Length-F:8,125
R1-Surface:Concrete

Kaifeng Air Base is a People's Liberation Army Air Force Base, located about 1 mile southeast of Kaifeng (Henan Province) in the People’s Republic of China.

History

During World War II, the airport was known as Laifeng (Kaifeng) Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign (1942–1945). Laifeng was the home of the Chinese-American Joint Intelligence Agency, and operated as a photo-reconnaissance base, with unarmed P-38 Lightning aircraft fitted with cameras flying over Japanese-held areas during the spring and summer of 1945. The American units ended operations from the airfield after the war ended in September 1945.[1]

References

Notes and References

  1. http://airforcehistoryindex.org/search.php?q=Kaifeng&c=u&h=100&F=&L= USAFHRA Document Search - Kaifeng