Bethel Air Base

Bethel Air Base is a former United States Army airfield located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Bethel, a city in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

[1] Construction began 21 September 1941, and the airfield was activated 4 July 1942.

It was used by Air Transport Command as auxiliary airfield for Lend-Lease aircraft being flown to Siberia.

It was used for construction of AC&W Bethel Air Force Station in the mid-1950s.

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