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Anton Army Airfield

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Type
  
Military Airfield

In use
  
1943

Anton Army Airfield

Controlled by
  
United States Army Air Forces

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:

  • 30th Fighter Squadron (XXVI Fighter Command), 3 January-10 February 1943 (P-40 Warhawk)
  • 29th Bombardment Squadron (6th Bombardment Group), 29 March-13 May 1943 (Northrup A-17 Nomad)

    • Today there is little or no trace of the airfield.

    References

    Anton Army Airfield Wikipedia
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