Yunnanyi

  Pre-WWII to present

  China

CITY: Yunnanyi, Yunnan

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

COORDINATES: 25°27'N / 100°44'E

OTHER NAMES: Yunnanyi, Siangyun, Xiangyun AB

Before the USA entered World War II, Yunnanyi had been a base for Chennault's Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group. The USAAF got established in Yunnanyi in in December 1942, and used the airfield as an Air Transport Command staging base. It contained large storage facilities for equipment and supplies, primarily food and ammunition, and was one of the main offloading places for transport aircraft arriving from India over the "Hump". Yunnanyi also supported 14^th Air Force fighter units. The airfield's peak use was in September 1944, toward the end of the China Defensive Campaign (1942-1945).

The airfield was closed in October 1945 when the USAAF left. However, it later reopened as Xiangyun AB, a Chinese military base, which it has remained to this day.

1338^th AAF Base Unit (Yunnanyi)

Air Transport Command India-China Wing Station 12 (December 1943 - August 1944)

1^st Combat Cargo Group, 3^rd Combat Cargo Squadron (detachment September 1944 to October 1944)