Tafaraoui Airfield

Oran Tafaraoui Airport
IATA: TAF ICAO: DAOL
Summary
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″N 000°32′00″W / 35.54167°N 0.53333°W / 35.54167; -0.53333Coordinates: 35°32′30″N 000°32′00″W / 35.54167°N 0.53333°W / 35.54167; -0.53333
Map
Oran Tafraoui Location of airport in Algeria
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 2,754 9,035 Asphalt
Source:World Aero Data

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:

The new desert Spitfires of the 31st Fighter Group were also assigned to Tafaraoui. Other aircraft at the field included P-38s of the 14th, B-26s, B-25 Mitchells, A-20 Havocs, Gen. Doolittle's B-17-G, some French Amiot bombers around, and some old wrecks fixed up as dummies.

In 1966 the airport was established as an airbase and training ground for the Algerian Air Force.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.