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{{Infobox military installation<br />
| name=Hailakandi Airfield<br />
| ensign=Tenth Air Force - Emblem (World War II).png<br />
| ensign_size=60px<br />
| partof = [[Tenth Air Force]]<br />
| location= Hailakandi, [[India]]<br />
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| pushpin_map= India Assam#India<br />
| pushpin_relief = 1<br />
| pushpin_mark = Airplane_silhouette.svg<br />
| pushpin_label = Hailakandi Airfield<br />
| pushpin_mapsize=300<br />
| coordinates= {{Coord|24|41|03|N|092|33|29|E|display=inline,title}} (Approximate)<br />
| type=Military airfield<br />
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| controlledby=[[United States Army Air Forces]]<br />
| condition= <br />
| built=1944<br />
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| used= 1944–1945<br />
| materials= <br />
| demolished= <br />
| battles= [[Burma campaign (1944–45)|Burma Campaign 1944–1945]]<br />
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}}<br />
'''Hailakandi Airfield''' is a former wartime [[United States Army Air Forces]] airfield in [[India]], used during the [[Burma campaign (1944–45)|Burma Campaign 1944–1945]]. It is now abandoned. Hailakandi is a district of the Indian state of [[Assam]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The airfield was the home of the [[1st Air Commando Group]], being formed at the base in March 1944. The unit was a United States Army Air Forces group of fighters, bombers, transports, military gliders and small planes operating in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II. They were part of the U.S. [[Tenth Air Force]] providing close air support for the British Fourteenth Army in the Burma Campaign.<br />
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The Air Commando Groups was born out of a simple need. That need was to support via light airplanes the evacuation and resupply requirements of British Long Range Patrol (LRP) groups, or [[Chindits]], as they were affectionately called. Carrying the lethal firepower of both bombers and fighters combined with the logistical tentacles of a gamut of transports, gliders, and light aircraft, this organization would reach deep behind enemy lines to do battle.<br />
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Once formed, the unit moved [[Asansol Airfield]] on 20 May 1944 and the airfield was used for non-combat operations for the remainder of the war.<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}<br />
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* Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. {{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}}<br />
* [http://www.pacificwrecks.com www.pacificwrecks.com – Hailakandi keyword search]<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{USAAF 10th Air Force World War II}}<br />
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[[Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in British India]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct airports in India]]<br />
[[Category:Airports in Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Airports established in 1944]]<br />
[[Category:1944 establishments in India]]<br />
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