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Anton Field

Coordinates: 08°58′58.06″N 079°34′20.09″W / 8.9827944°N 79.5722472°W / 8.9827944; -79.5722472
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Anton Army Airfield
Part of Sixth Air Force
Located in Panama
Anton AAF is located in Panama
Anton AAF
Anton AAF
Coordinates08°58′58.06″N 079°34′20.09″W / 8.9827944°N 79.5722472°W / 8.9827944; -79.5722472
TypeMilitary Airfield
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Army Air Forces
Site history
In use1943

Anton Army Airfield is a former United States Army Air Forces World War II airfield in Panama used as an auxiliary of Howard Field as part of the defense of the Panama Canal.

Wartime units assigned to the station were:

Today there is little or no trace of the airfield.

References

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
  • Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
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