Posted: April 23, 2019 4:01 PM
Marines to Rebuild WWII B-29 Airfield on Tinian for Training Use
By RICHARD R. BURGESS, Senior Editor
ARLINGTON, Virginia — The airfield that launched the B-29 bombers that dropped the atomic bombs on Japan in World War II is being partially refurbished for use as a divert field and refueling point for Marine Corps aircraft in training events.
The United States has “opened up a long-term contract to be able to utilize the north [air]field†on Tinian, agreed to with a 40-year deal with the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to use the north airfield on Tinian, said Col. Robert Brodie, commander of 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), speaking April 23 to the Potomac Institute in Arlington of the MEU’s recent patrol in the western Pacific in early 2019.
http://seapowermagazine.org/stories/20190423-Tinian.html
