Atsugi Air Base

...The plateau is carved by the Tade River and its tributaries, the Fukaya River and the Mekujiri River, which run north and south. There used to be a few rice paddies, but the area was mostly farmland, producing sweet potatoes and watermelons, and was known as a farming village for silkworms and pig farming. In 1938, the Imperial Japanese Navy developed the plateau in the northeast of the city as an air base, and in 1941, the Sagami Naval Air Group was established and Atsugi Airfield began operation. Immediately after the end of World War II, MacArthur and the first occupying troops landed at this airfield, which has since been called the U.S. Navy Atsugi Base, and has been jointly used by the Self-Defense Forces since 1971.

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…台地を刻む蓼（たで）川と支流の深谷川，それに目久尻（めくじり）川が南北に流れ，かつてはわずかに水田があったが，一帯が畑作地で，サツマイモ，スイカを産し，養蚕，養豚で知られた農村であった。1938年旧日本海軍が市域北東部の台地を航空基地として開発し，41年相模野海軍航空隊が設置され厚木飛行場として使用が開始された。第2次世界大戦終結直後，マッカーサーら進駐第一陣が着陸した飛行場で，以来アメリカ海軍厚木基地と呼ばれ，71年からは自衛隊が共同使用している。…

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