Military base · Portugal · Still standing
Lajes Field
Lajes Field (Air Base No. 4) is a multi-use military airfield on Terceira Island in the Azores, used by the Portuguese Air Force and as a U.S. military detachment and regional passenger terminal. The site comprises a long runway and associated aprons, support buildings and a passenger terminal set on a flat coastal plain overlooking the Atlantic.
First raised
1943
Its prime
1944
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1944
What Lajes Field looked like in its prime.
Long, flat volcanic plain pierced by a broad, straight runway (partly extended with steel-planking), large concrete aprons and dispersed low support buildings and terminals. Painted military transport and patrol aircraft cluster on the tarmac among fuel vehicles, crates and ground crews; a modest terminal and single-storey administrative blocks sit near the perimeter. The Atlantic horizon and low hills frame the airfield; surfaces are concrete, asphalt and temporary metal planking, with military olive-drab and gray liveries.
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7 places to explore in 1944.
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