[1] Army troops of the VII Corps 3rd Infantry were stationed here immediately following the war until April 1899.

Fulgencio Batista and Manuel Benitez Valdés were both stationed here, and this was the location of the first events of the Cuban Revolution of 1933.

[3] On New Year's Eve of 1958, the highest-ranking officials in the Batista government arranged to exfiltrate the country from Camp Columbia Airfield.

At 3am on New Year's Day of 1959, three large aircraft lifted off from this airfield, marking the official end of the Cuban Revolution, and the transition of the country to communism under the Castro regime.

[4] On January 8, 1959, Fidel Castro held a rally at Camp Columbia Airfield.