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Coolidge Air Force Base was an American military air base on the island of Antigua that operated from 1941 until 1948. It later reopened as Coolidge International Airport and is now known as V. C. Bird International Airport. The airport was built as a United States Army Air Forces base during World War II and named Coolidge Airfield after Capt. Hamilton Coolidge (1895–1918), a United States Army Air Service pilot killed in World War I.[citation needed] Flying units assigned to the airfield were:[citation needed]

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  • Coolidge Air Force Base was an American military air base on the island of Antigua that operated from 1941 until 1948. It later reopened as Coolidge International Airport and is now known as V. C. Bird International Airport. The airport was built as a United States Army Air Forces base during World War II and named Coolidge Airfield after Capt. Hamilton Coolidge (1895–1918), a United States Army Air Service pilot killed in World War I.[citation needed] Flying units assigned to the airfield were:[citation needed]
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  • Coolidge Air Force Base was an American military air base on the island of Antigua that operated from 1941 until 1948. It later reopened as Coolidge International Airport and is now known as V. C. Bird International Airport. The airport was built as a United States Army Air Forces base during World War II and named Coolidge Airfield after Capt. Hamilton Coolidge (1895–1918), a United States Army Air Service pilot killed in World War I.[citation needed] Flying units assigned to the airfield were:[citation needed] * 35th Bombardment Squadron (25th Bombardment Group) 11 November 1941 until November 1942 * 12th Bombardment Squadron (25th Bombardment Group) 23 November 1943 until 24 March 1944 * 4th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (Antilles Air Command) 21 May until 5 October 1945 Renamed Coolidge Air Force Base in 1948, it was closed as a result of budgetary cutbacks in 1949, with right of re-entry retained by the United States.[citation needed]
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