During World War II, the facility was used by the 480th Antisubmarine Group of Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command as an airfield to patrol the Atlantic Ocean approaches to the Straits of Gibraltar for German U-Boats along with two United States Navy PBY Catalina squadrons.
The facility was used by the 480th Antisubmarine Group of Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command as an airfield to patrol the Atlantic Ocean approaches to the Straits of Gibraltar for German U-Boats along with two United States Navy PBY Catalina squadrons. This was during World War II.