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China Bay Airport ((タミル語: சீனக்குடா விமான நிலையம்), (シンハラ語:චීන වරාය ගුවන්තොටුපළ)) is an air force base and domestic airport in China Bay in eastern Sri Lanka.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.airport.lk/AIS/95.htm )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gcmap.com/airport/TRR )〕 Located approximately south west of the city of Trincomalee, the airport is also known as Trincomalee Airport and SLAF China Bay. Originally built by the British during the Empire's colonial days, it was transferred to the Royal Ceylonese Air Force which later became the Sri Lanka Air Force. ==History== During the 1920s the British built an airfield in China Bay in eastern Ceylon. The Royal Air Force established an airfield called RAF Station China Bay in March 1942 with Hurricane, Spitfire and Catalina aircraft. A number of RAF squadrons (17, 159, 205, 240, 258, 261, 273, 321, 357, 648) and other units were stationed at the airfield during and immediately after the war.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-C.htm )〕 The airfield was bombed by the Japanese on 9 April 1942 during World War II. The airfield played a role in the Allied attempt to retake Malaya with B29 bombers using the airfield.〔 After independence, the British maintained two military airfields in Ceylon, the Royal Air Force station at RAF Katunayake and the naval base in Trincomalee, and camps at Diyatalawa. The naval base in Trincomalee included the airfield in China Bay. It was opened to civilian flights in 1952.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.aviationmin.gov.lk/en/sub_pgs/aboutus_SL%20Av.%20History.html )〕 All British military airfields/barracks and sites in the country were transferred and taken over by the Ceylonese government in November 1957.〔 RAF China Bay became RCyAF China Bay.〔 It became SLAF Base China Bay in May 1972.〔 The base was turned into the Sri Lanka Air Force Academy in March 1976.〔 The academy was made an air force base in January 1987 due to the civil war.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「China Bay Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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