![]() By Tiberius Kowalski.Ģ) Extract zip file to your hard drive, this will create the folder ģ) got to -> -> -> and move file "cvx0226.bgl" to your folder. military base during the 20th century, Johnston airport was shut down in 2005. It was used as test site for all kinds of weapons. Johnston is an unincorporated territory of the United States. Johnston Atoll is a small atoll in the north Pacific. This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website. VPB-124 operating PB4Y-2s from 2 July 1945 –.VP-28 operating P2V-5FS from 17 April-7 July 1962 in support of nuclear testing.VP-6 operating P2V-5FS in July 1962 in support of nuclear testing.VP-4 operating SP-2Hs from 22 January to July 1966.VP-23 operating PBY-5s from 7 December 1941 – 8 July 1942.VP-13 operating PB2Y-3s from 1 March-19 November 1943.VP-11 operating PBY-5s from 30 April-1 July 1942.VB-148 operating PV-2s from 7 June-16 August 1945.VB-142 operating PV-1s from 28 August-11 November 1943.VB-104 operating PB4Y-1s from 11 April-14 August 1943.VB-102 operating PB4Y-1s from 28 February-22 April 1943.US Navy and Marine units based at Johnston included: In December 1943 the 99th Naval Construction Battalion arrived at the atoll and proceeded to lengthen the runway to 6,000 feet (1,800 m) and add an additional 10 acres (4.0 ha) of parking to the seaplane base. The 5th Battalion departed in January 1943. In July 1942 the civilian contractors at the atoll were replaced by 500 men from the 5th and 10th Naval Construction Battalions, who expanded the fuel storage and water production at the base and built additional facilities. On 15 December 1941 the atoll was shelled by a Japanese submarine outside the reef, several buildings were hit, but no personnel were injured. The base was complete by 7 December 1941. A 4,000 feet (1,200 m) by 500 feet (150 m) runway was built together with two 400-man barracks, two messhalls, a cold-storage building, an underground hospital, a fresh-water plant, shop buildings and fuel storage. In September 1941 construction of an airfield on Johnston Island commenced. In February 1941 Johnston Atoll was designated as a Naval Defensive Sea Area and Airspace Reservation. On Sand Island barracks were built for 400 men, a messhall, underground hospital, radio station, water tanks and a 100 feet (30 m) steel control tower. Three seaplane landings were cleared, one 11,000 feet (3,400 m) by 1,000 feet (300 m) and two cross-landings each 7,000 feet (2,100 m) by 800 feet (240 m) and dredged to a depth of 8 feet (2.4 m). Part of the lagoon was dredged and the excavated material was used to make a plane parking area connected by a 2,000 feet (610 m) causeway to Sand Island. In November 1939 further work was commenced on Sand Island by civilian contractors to allow the operation of one squadron of patrol planes with tender support. They erected some buildings and a boat landing on Sand Island and blasted coral to clear a 3,600 feet (1,100 m) seaplane landing. ![]() In 1935 personnel from the US Navy's Patrol Wing Two carried out some minor construction to develop the atoll for seaplane operation. ![]()
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