Sweetwater Dam Naval Outlying Landing Field
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sweetwater-dam-naval-outlying-landing-field-300-2743501
title:
Sweetwater Dam Naval Outlying Landing Field
text:
Sweetwater Dam Naval Outlying Landing Field was a airfield near Naval Auxiliary Air Station Brown Field and Naval Air Station North Island used to support the training of US Navy pilots during World War 2. The runway built in 1944 was located in what is now a neighborhood 8 mile east of San Diego, California. The Navy support airfields are called Naval Outlying Landing Field (NOLF). For the war, many new trained pilots were needed. The Naval Outlying Landing Field provided a place for pilots to
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1940s US Navy runway in California
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweetwater_Dam_Naval_Outlying_Landing_Field
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2024-02-13T09:04:49Z
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