page_title: Jinhae Airport
section_title: Korean War
hierarchical_section_title: Jinhae Airport / History / Korean War
caption_attribution_description: English: 18th Fighter-Bomber Group North American F-51D-20-NT Mustang 44-12943 Chinhae Airfield (K-14) South Korea 1951
context_page_description: Jinhae Air Base also known as Chinhae Air Base is a naval airfield of the Republic of Korea Navy in Jinhae, South Korea.
context_section_description: During the Korean War the USAF designated the airfield as Chinhae Air Base and K-10 Chinhae. The field was refurbished with a Marsden Matting surface over crushed gravel.
  USAF units stationed at Chinhae included:
  18th Operations Group from 9 December 1950 – 2 June 1952
  18th Fighter-Bomber Wing operating F-51s from mid December 1950 Component units were:
  12th Fighter-Bomber Squadron
  67th Fighter-Bomber Squadron
  39th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (March 1951 – March 1952)
  75th Air Depot Wing (arrived from U.S. in 1952)
  UN units stationed at Chinhae included:
  2 Squadron SAAF operating F-51s attached to the 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing (November 1950 – March 1951, April 1951 – June 1953)
caption: 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing F-51s at Chinhae in 1951
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