Anton Field

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Anton Army Airfield
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Part of Sixth Air Force
Located in Panama
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Anton AAF
Coordinates 08°58′58.06″N079°34′20.09″W / 8.9827944°N 79.5722472°W / 8.9827944; -79.5722472 Coordinates: 08°58′58.06″N079°34′20.09″W / 8.9827944°N 79.5722472°W / 8.9827944; -79.5722472
TypeMilitary Airfield
Site information
Controlled by United States Army Air Forces
Site history
In use1943

Anton Army Airfield is a former United States Army Air Forces World War II airfield in Panama used as an auxiliary of Howard Field as part of the defense of the Panama Canal.

Wartime units assigned to the station were:

Today there is little or no trace of the airfield.

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