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Today, the technical facilities are an industrial area to the northeast of the
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Guam Air Depot (later Guam Air
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1537th Army Air Forces Base Unit, 30 September 1944 – 1 August 1945
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205:as the headquarters for the
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172:United States Air Force
124:United States Air Force
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305:11th Bombardment Group
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966:Categories
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403:31 January
352:References
209:and later
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946:Fifteenth
638:XX Bomber
476:Airfields
154:1944–1949
75:13°30′0″N
926:Eleventh
626:Commands
565:Marianas
330:See also
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483:China
462:USAAF
203:CB 25
135:Built
405:2013
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138:1944
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