Naval Auxiliary Air Station Hollister

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title: Naval Auxiliary Air Station Hollister
text: Naval Auxiliary Air Station Hollister is a former United States Navy air station. Unlike many military airfields, Hollister NAAS was a civilian field before being purchased by the U.S. Navy in early 1942. The first flight on the site took place in 1912 in what was then a pasture. Over time civilian flying activities at the site increased. In the 1920s the airfield was purchased by a cropduster and renamed Turner Field. After acquiring the property, the Navy constructed two modern runways of over
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