Tezpur

  1942 to present

  India

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CITY: Tezpur, Assam

IATA/ICAO CODES: TEZ / VETZ

COORDINATES: 26°43'N / 92°47'E

OTHER NAMES: Salonibari

Sookerating was built by the RAF in 1942. It was used by the USAAF 10^th Air Force as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber base. The Air Transport Command also used it as an auxiliary field to Chabua. USAAF operations ended on 26 October 1945. After the war, Tezpur was taken over by the Indian Air Force, and developed into a full-fledged air force base in 1959.

1327^th AAF Base Unit (Tezpur)

Air Transport Command, India-China Wing Station 5 (December 1943 - August 1944)

Air Transport Command, India-China Wing 28^th Transport Group (June 1943 - December 1943)