The Awase area was captured during the first week of the Battle of Okinawa and was surveyed for possible airbase construction in late April 1945.

[1] Along with the airfield the African American Seabees of the 34th constructed a JCC(Joint Communications Center) Radio Transmitter Station.

[2] Construction of the airfield was delayed by torrential rains late May into June so the heavy earth-moving equipment was diverted to the maintenance and upgrading of the island's roadways.

[2] On 30 June 1945 the base was declared operational and the first aircraft from Marine Air Group 33 (MAG-33) landed at the airfield.

VMF(N)-543 operating F6F-3Ns night-fighters transferred to Awase from Kadena Airfield in July and remained there until the end of the war.