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Base Summary

Base Mission and Use
The former U.S. Navy support base of NAS Agana encompassed approximately 2,000 acres in the central portion of the island of Guam.  The original airport was built by the Japanese Navy about 1943, calling the military airfield Guamu Dai Ni (Guam No. 2) as part of their defense of the Marianas. After the island was recaptured by American forces in 1944, it was renamed Agana Airfield, due to the proximity of the town.

After being repaired in October 1944, the United States Army Air Forces Seventh Air Force used the airfield as a base for the 11th Bombardment Group, which flew B-24 Liberator bombers from the station until being moved to Okinawa in July 1945. With the reassignment of the heavy bombers, the 41st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron flew long range reconnaissance aircraft (F-4 versions of the P-38 Lightning) from the field until January 1946.

After the war, the USAAF used the airfield for fighter defense of the Marianas (21st Fighter Group), (549th Night Fighter Squadron) until early 1947 and as a transport hub (9th Troop Carrier Squadron). In 1947, the USAAF turned over the airfield to the United States Navy, which consolidated its facilities with those at the closing Harmon Air Force Base in 1949, and operated Naval Air Station Agana until it was closed by the 1993 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission.

Military air facilities in Guam include an air field at Andersen Air Force Base and the Naval Air Station, which is alongside the international airport. The A.B. Won Pat International Airport, formerly known as the Guam International Airport, is a major Pacific airline crossroad.

 

Base Overview

  • Agana, Guam
  • Total Acreage: 1819
  • BRAC Year: 1993
  • Closure Date BRAC III and
  • BRAC IV: 31 Mar 1995
  • Action: Closure - completing
    Environmental Actions
  • Local Redevelopment Authority (LRA)
    Information: City of Guam
    Guam Economic Development
    and Commerce Authority
    590 S. Marine Corps Drive
    ITC Building, Suite 511
    Tamuning, GU 96913

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