[1] Kobler Field was constructed between August and October 1944 near Aslito on the southern end of Saipan as a base for Twentieth Air Force B-29 Superfortresses carrying out the strategic bombing campaign against the Japanese Home Islands.

The airfield was named after Lt. Wayne F. Kobler, a 19th Fighter Squadron pilot who was killed on 27 June 1944 while flying his P-47 on a low-level attack mission on Tinian.

[3] A LORAN navigation station was established at the end of Kobler Field in November 1944, which the United States Coast Guard continued to operate until January 1978.

The 819th Bombardment Squadron flying B-24 Liberators deployed to Kobler Field in August 1944 to undertake attacks on Japanese islands and shipping.

On 22 June 1945, following a raid on Kure Naval Arsenal, a B-29 crashed at Kobler Field while attempting to land on two engines.