Complex sentence: On 15 April 1945, Mellaha AAF was taken over by USAAF's Air Training Command and subsequently renamed Wheelus Army Air Field (AAF) on 17 May 1945 in honour of USAAF Lt Richard Wheelus who had died earlier that year in a plane crash in Iran.
Split into simpler sentences: On 15 April 1945 Mellaha AAF was taken over by USAAF's Air Training Command. It was renamed Wheelus Army Air Field (AAF) on 17 May 1945 in honor of USAAF Lt Richard Wheelus who had died earlier that year in a plane crash in Iran.