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1312:427th Night Fighter Squadron
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305:1st Combat Cargo Group
286:. It is also known as
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1266:8th Reconnaissance
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1235:51st Fighter
1192:Combat Cargo
1145:Air Commando
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927:World War II
796:Sittwe (AKY)
736:Monywa (NYW)
721:Momeik (MOE)
696:Loikaw (LIW)
691:Lashio (LSH)
666:Khamti (KHM)
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641:Hpa-An (PAA)
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1225:23d Fighter
1166:Bombardment
1089:Sookerating
1074:Pandaveswar
994:Barrackpore
873:Hanthawaddy
816:Tilin (TIO)
786:Putao (PBU)
756:Namtu (NMT)
741:Myeik (MGZ)
701:Magwe (MWQ)
616:Dawei (TVY)
611:Coco Island
601:Bhamo (BMO)
548:Airports in
323:. It has 1
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112:Coordinates
1426:Categories
1401:Fourteenth
1396:Thirteenth
1049:Kalaikunda
1039:Hailakandi
1004:Chittagong
791:Pyay (PRU)
781:Pauk (PAU)
631:Heho (HEH)
364:References
329:bituminous
311:Facilities
125:97°14′49″E
122:24°16′15″N
92:(Banmaw),
81:Government
1411:Twentieth
1406:Fifteenth
1295:Squadrons
1064:Nagaghuli
1044:Hathazari
1019:Dudhkundi
958:Namponmao
953:Myitkyina
934:Airfields
626:Gwa (GWA)
596:Ann (VBA)
317:elevation
203:Direction
1386:Eleventh
1084:Piardoba
1079:Panagarh
1034:Guskhara
1014:Dohazari
999:Chakulia
984:Agartala
830:Military
821:Ye (XYE)
591:Anisakan
584:Domestic
356:Mandalay
342:Airlines
274:serving
270:) is an
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210:Surface
78:Operator
1391:Twelfth
1366:Seventh
1218:Fighter
1109:Tulihal
1099:Tezgaon
1069:Nawadih
1054:Karachi
1024:Dum Dum
989:Asansol
761:Nogmung
606:Bokpyin
551:Myanmar
294:History
284:Myanmar
272:airport
233:Bitumen
207:Length
191:Runways
94:Myanmar
65:Summary
16:Airport
1371:Eighth
1351:Fourth
1341:Second
1138:Groups
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1094:Sylhet
1009:Dinjan
963:Sahmaw
686:Lanywa
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229:5,502
226:1,677
223:15/33
86:Serves
73:Public
1381:Tenth
1376:Ninth
1361:Sixth
1356:Fifth
1346:Third
1336:First
1131:Units
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977:India
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941:Burma
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402:DAFIF
400:from
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90:Bhamo
1059:Ledo
460:ISBN
268:VYBM
264:ICAO
256:IATA
102:AMSL
55:VYBM
51:ICAO
40:IATA
925:in
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260:BMO
218:ft
174:BMO
150:Map
44:BMO
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