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transports which moved personnel and materiel in and out of the base, along with evacuating casualties to rear areas. The
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reconnaissance aircraft that flew photo-recon missions over
Japanese-held territory; and
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422:China Air Task Force
404:Fourteenth Air Force
282:Fourteenth Air Force
954:Transport in Qujing
778:427th Night Fighter
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290:68th Composite Wing
141:24.98806; 103.64250
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416:Previously:
408:World War II
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90:Airport type
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684:33d Fighter
679:23d Fighter
646:Bombardment
139: /
127:103°38′33″E
114:Coordinates
933:Categories
908:Fourteenth
903:Thirteenth
484:Hsingching
317:References
124:24°59′17″N
918:Twentieth
913:Fifteenth
808:Transport
733:Squadrons
713:Transport
559:Shwangliu
529:Liangshan
464:Chihkiang
454:Chengkung
430:Airfields
205:Direction
893:Eleventh
564:Suichwan
549:Peishiyi
504:Kwanghan
469:Hanchung
305:See also
235:Concrete
212:Surface
98:Location
93:Military
898:Twelfth
873:Seventh
672:Fighter
579:Yunnani
574:Yangkai
569:Tsuyung
544:Nanning
539:Luliang
534:Liuchow
514:Laifeng
509:Kweilin
499:Kunming
494:Kanchow
489:Huhsien
459:Chengtu
273:During
269:History
255:Luliang
209:Length
193:Runways
176:Luliang
108:, China
85:Summary
878:Eighth
858:Fourth
848:Second
639:Groups
524:Loping
474:Hankow
449:Chanyi
444:Ankang
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228:2,651
225:02/20
106:Yunnan
888:Tenth
883:Ninth
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863:Fifth
853:Third
843:First
608:Wings
601:Units
479:Hsian
437:China
401:USAAF
263:China
249:is a
340:ISBN
75:ZL11
71:ICAO
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60:IATA
406:in
257:in
220:ft
152:Map
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