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Oran Tafaraoui Airport  | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | People’s National Army | ||||||||||
| Operator | Algerian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Serves | Oran, Algeria | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 112 m / 367 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°32′30″N000°32′00″W / 35.54167°N 0.53333°W Coordinates: 35°32′30″N000°32′00″W / 35.54167°N 0.53333°W | ||||||||||
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  Oran Tafraoui Location of airport in Algeria | |||||||||||
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Oran Tafaraoui Airport is a joint civil/military airport in Oran Province, Algeria ( IATA : TAF, ICAO : DAOL).
During World War II, it was a primary mission objective of the United States Army 34th Infantry Division during the Allied Operation Torch landings on 8 November 1942, and became a major Twelfth Air Force base of operations during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps.
Tafaraoui became a staging and transit point for many units:
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In 1966 the airport was established as an airbase and training ground for the Algerian Air Force. [3]
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