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Photo taken by a U.S. Air Force C-130H Hercules flying over North Field, Tinian, Marianna Islands, during Cope North 15, Feb. 26, 2015. North Field served as the World War II headquarters for the 509th Composite Group that launched the atomic bomb attacks against Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in August of 1945. [Photo: U.S. Air Force]
The Atomic Bombs Dropped on Japan Took Off from Tinian. Now Irving-Based Fluor Is Getting $409M To Help Make It a Stronghold Again
by David Seeley | Apr 12, 2024
Nearly 80 years after two B-29s took off from Tinian and hastened the end of World War II, geopolitical tensions have put the island—part of a U.S. territory—back on the radar of U.S. Air Force strategic planning.
