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Lae Nadzab Airport

Index Lae Nadzab Airport

Lae Nadzab Airport is a regional airport located at Nadzab outside Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea along the Highlands Highway. [1]

73 relations: Air Niugini, Asphalt, Bell P-39 Airacobra, Belly landing, Buka Airport, Bulolo Airport, Civil aviation, Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Dassault Mirage III, Domestic airport, Douglas A-20 Havoc, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Emergency landing, Fifth Air Force, Finschhafen Airport, Forward operating base, Girua Airport, Goroka Airport, Gurney Airport, Highlands Highway, Hoskins Airport, Invasion of Salamaua–Lae, Jacksons International Airport, Lae, Lae Airfield, Landing at Lae, Landing at Nadzab, Lutheranism, Madang Airport, Malahang, Markham River, Marshall Islands, Martin B-26 Marauder, Military air base, Mission (station), Momote Airport, Morobe Province, Nadzab, North American B-25 Mitchell, Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea Defence Force, PNG Air, Rabaul Airport, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Royal Australian Air Force, South West Pacific Area (command), Travel Air (Papua New Guinea), United States Army, United States Army Air Forces, ..., United States Army Air Forces in the South West Pacific Theatre, V Bomber Command, V Fighter Command, Vanimo Airport, Wewak Airport, 22d Air Refueling Wing, 345th Bombardment Wing, 35th Fighter Wing, 374th Airlift Wing, 375th Air Mobility Wing, 38th Combat Support Wing, 3d Wing, 421st Fighter Squadron, 433d Airlift Wing, 43d Airlift Wing, 475th Air Base Wing, 503rd Infantry Regiment (United States), 54th Tactical Fighter Wing, 6th Air Intelligence Squadron, 71st Flying Training Wing, 8th Fighter Wing, 90th Missile Wing, 91st Air Division. Expand index (23 more) »

Air Niugini

Air Niugini Limited is the national airline of Papua New Guinea, based in Air Niugini House on the property of Jacksons International Airport, Port Moresby.

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Asphalt

Asphalt, also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black, and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum.

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Bell P-39 Airacobra

The Bell P-39 Airacobra was one of the principal American fighter aircraft in service when the United States entered World War II.

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Belly landing

A belly landing, pancake landing or gear-up landing occurs when an aircraft lands without its landing gear fully extended and uses its underside, or belly, as its primary landing device.

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Buka Airport

Buka Airport is an airport serving Buka Island in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (also known as North Solomons) in Papua New Guinea.

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Bulolo Airport

Bulolo Airport is an airfield serving Bulolo, in the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.

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Civil aviation

Civil aviation is one of two major categories of flying, representing all non-military aviation, both private and commercial.

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Consolidated B-24 Liberator

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California.

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Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938.

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Dassault Mirage III

The Dassault Mirage III is a family of single-seat, single-engine, fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by French aircraft company Dassault Aviation.

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Domestic airport

A domestic airport is an airport that handles only domestic flights—flights within the same country.

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Douglas A-20 Havoc

The Douglas A-20 Havoc (company designation DB-7) is a United States attack, light bomber, intruder, and reconnaissance aircraft of World War II.

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner.

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Emergency landing

An emergency landing is a prioritised landing made by an aircraft in response to an emergency containing an imminent or ongoing threat to the safety and operation of the aircraft or involving a sudden need for a passenger or crew on board to be on land, such as a medical emergency.

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Fifth Air Force

The Fifth Air Force (5 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces (PACAF).

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Finschhafen Airport

Finschhafen Airport is a general aviation airport in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.

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Forward operating base

A forward operating base (FOB) is any secured forward military position, commonly a military base, that is used to support tactical operations.

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Girua Airport

Girua Airport is an airport serving Popondetta, a city in the Oro (or Northern) province in Papua New Guinea.

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Goroka Airport

Goroka Airport is an airport in Goroka, Papua New Guinea.

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Gurney Airport

Gurney Airport is an airport serving Alotau in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.

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Highlands Highway

The Highlands Highway, sometimes known as the Okuk Highway, is the main land highway in Papua New Guinea.

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Hoskins Airport

Hoskins Airport is an airport in Hoskins (on the island of New Britain) in Papua New Guinea.

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Invasion of Salamaua–Lae

The Invasion of Salamaua–Lae (8–13 March 1942), called Operation SR by the Japanese, was an operation by Imperial Japanese forces to occupy the Salamaua–Lae area in the Territory of New Guinea during the Pacific campaign of World War II.

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Jacksons International Airport

Jacksons International Airport, also known as Port Moresby Airport, is located 8 kilometres (5 miles) outside Port Moresby, in Papua New Guinea.

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Lae

Lae is the capital of Morobe Province and is the second-largest city in Papua New Guinea.

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Lae Airfield

Lae Airfield is a former World War II airfield and later, civilian airport located at Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.

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Landing at Lae

The Landing at Lae was an amphibious landing to the east of Lae and then the subsequent advance on the town during the Salamaua–Lae campaign of World War II.

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Landing at Nadzab

The Landing at Nadzab was an airborne landing on 5 September 1943 during the New Guinea campaign of World War II in conjunction with the landing at Lae.

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Lutheranism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestant Christianity which identifies with the theology of Martin Luther (1483–1546), a German friar, ecclesiastical reformer and theologian.

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Madang Airport

Madang Airport, is an airport located in Madang, Papua New Guinea.

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Malahang

Malahang is a suburb of Lae, Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea.

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Markham River

The Markham River is a river in eastern Papua New Guinea.

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Marshall Islands

The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Aolepān Aorōkin M̧ajeļ), is an island country located near the equator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the International Date Line.

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Martin B-26 Marauder

The Martin B-26 Marauder was an American World War II twin-engined medium bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in Middle River, Maryland (just east of Baltimore) from 1941 to 1945.

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Military air base

A military air base (sometimes referred to as a military airfield, military airport, air force station, air force base or short air base) is an aerodrome (military base) used by a military force for the operation of military aircraft.

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Mission (station)

A religious mission or mission station is a location for missionary work.

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Momote Airport

Momote Airport is an airport on Los Negros Island in the Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea.

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Morobe Province

Morobe Province is a province on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea.

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Nadzab

Nadzab Village is in the Markham Valley, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea on the Highlands Highway.

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North American B-25 Mitchell

The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American twin-engine, medium bomber manufactured by North American Aviation (NAA).

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Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea (PNG;,; Papua Niugini; Hiri Motu: Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an Oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia.

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Papua New Guinea Defence Force

The Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of Papua New Guinea.

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PNG Air

PNG Air is an airline based on the grounds of Jacksons International Airport, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

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Rabaul Airport

Rabaul Airport, also called Tokua Airport, is an airport serving Kokopo and Rabaul, the current and former capitals of East New Britain Province on New Britain island in Papua New Guinea.

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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was a World War II era fighter aircraft produced by the United States from 1941 through 1945.

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Royal Australian Air Force

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), formed March 1921, is the aerial warfare branch of the Australian Defence Force (ADF).

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South West Pacific Area (command)

South West Pacific Area (SWPA) was the name given to the Allied supreme military command in the South West Pacific Theatre of World War II.

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Travel Air (Papua New Guinea)

Travel Air is an airline based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF), informally known as the Air Force, was the aerial warfare service of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II (1939/41–1945), successor to the previous United States Army Air Corps and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force of today, one of the five uniformed military services.

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United States Army Air Forces in the South West Pacific Theatre

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces engaged in combat against the air, ground and naval forces of the Empire of Japan in the South West Pacific Theatre.

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V Bomber Command

The V Bomber Command is an inactive United States Army Air Forces unit.

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V Fighter Command

The V Fighter Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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Vanimo Airport

Vanimo Airport is an airport in Vanimo, Papua New Guinea.

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Wewak Airport

Wewak Airport, also known as Boram Airport, is an airport in Wewak, Papua New Guinea.

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22d Air Refueling Wing

The 22d Air Refueling Wing (22 ARW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Mobility Command's Eighteenth Air Force.

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345th Bombardment Wing

The 345th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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35th Fighter Wing

The 35th Fighter Wing is an air combat unit of the United States Air Force and the host unit at Misawa Air Base, Japan.

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374th Airlift Wing

The 374th Airlift Wing is a unit of the United States Air Force assigned to Fifth Air Force.

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375th Air Mobility Wing

The 375th Air Mobility Wing (375 AMW) is a unit of the United States Air Force assigned to Eighteenth Air Force.

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38th Combat Support Wing

The 38th Combat Support Wing is an inactive wing of the United States Air Force.

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3d Wing

The 3d Wing is a unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Eleventh Air Force.

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421st Fighter Squadron

The 421st Fighter Squadron is part of the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.

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433d Airlift Wing

The 433d Airlift Wing is an Air Reserve component of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to Fourth Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, stationed at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. If mobilized, the wing is gained by Air Mobility Command.

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43d Airlift Wing

The 43rd Airlift Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit last stationed at Pope Field, part of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where it was inactivated in March 2011.

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475th Air Base Wing

The 475th Air Base Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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503rd Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 503rd Infantry Regiment, formerly the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) and the 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment (AIR), is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army.

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54th Tactical Fighter Wing

The 54th Tactical Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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6th Air Intelligence Squadron

The 6th Air Intelligence Squadron is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force.

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71st Flying Training Wing

The 71st Flying Training Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Education and Training Command.

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8th Fighter Wing

The United States Air Force 8th Fighter Wing is the host unit at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea and is assigned to Seventh Air Force.

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90th Missile Wing

The 90th Missile Wing is a component of Twentieth Air Force, stationed at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base and equipped with LGM-30G Minuteman III Missiles. It has served at Warren as a component of Strategic Air Command, Air Combat Command, Air Force Space Command and Air Force Global Strike Command since 1963. The wing was first organized at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington as the 90th Bombardment Wing, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress unit. After moving to Forbes Air Force Base, Kansas, it served as a training unit for Strategic Air Command units and aircrews in the B-29. In 1953 it converted to the strategic reconnaissance mission, upgrading to the Boeing RB-47 Stratojet in 1954. After 1958 it trained reconnaissance crews with the B-47 and continued that mission until it was inactivated in 1960.

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91st Air Division

The 91st Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lae_Nadzab_Airport

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