In the middle of the Pacific ocean, an abandoned US airfield once key to dropping the nuclear bomb on Japan and nearly lost to history amid encroaching forest is being revived.Including, on August 6 and August 9 of that year, the planes that dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Early this month, Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, commander of Pacific Air Forces, confirmed that the airfield from which first atomic bomb drop was launched is being reclaimed.
Beijing urged the regional countries to be vigilant after reports of a US plan to revive a Pacific airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan in 1945.
The US Air Force plans to bring the Pacific island airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan back into commission as it tries to broaden its basing options in the event of any hostilities with China, the service’s top officer in the Pacific says.
According to the Marianas Visitors Authority, arrivals to the islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Rota grew 45% to 15,800 visitors in November 2023, compared to 10,931 visitors received in November