Filin Jirgin Sama na Pagan

Tun asali dai filin jirgin an gina shi ne a matsayin filin jirgin saman yakin Japan kuma ana kiransa filin Shomushan.An yi gine-gine tsakanin 1939 zuwa 1944,tare da ma'aikata 200 daga Japan da Koriya sun gina titin jirgin sama da sauran kariya a tsibirin.Dixon, Boyd; Lash, Erik; Schaefer, Richard (2018). "Pagan: the archaeology of a WWII battle never fought in the Northern Mariana Islands". Journal of Conflict Archaeology. Routledge. 13 (1): 37–58. doi:10.1080/15740773.2018.1533667.

A ranar 22 ga Yuni,1944,jirgin saman Amurka ne ya kai wa filin jirgin hari,inda harin ya lalata jiragen Japan guda hudu a kasa,tare da lalata gine-gine da titin jirgin sama. An sake kai harin bam a ranar 26-27 ga Satumba, 1944, tare da P-47 Thunderbolts da B-24 Liberators na Sojan Sama na Bakwai suna kai hare-hare. An sake kai hari a filin jirgin saman a ranar 25-26 ga Nuwamba,1944,tare da sojojin saman Amurka P-47 Thunderbolts da sojojin ruwa na Amurka F4U Corsairs da bama-bamai tare da tarwatsa tsibirin, baya ga saukar jiragen saman Japan guda biyu. Gabaɗaya, Sojojin Amurka P-47 Thunderbolts da P-61 Black Widows sun yi jigilar 1,578 a filin jirgin sama tsakanin Agusta 1944 da Mayu 1945,tare da Jafanawa suna ci gaba da gyara hanyar jirgin.

Sojojin Japan a kan Pagan sun mika wuya a watan Satumba na 1945.

Ƙoƙari na farko na mayar da filin jirgin sama aiki ya fara ne a cikin kaka na 1966, tare da taimakon dalar Amurka 7,000 daga Majalisar Majalissar Lardin Tsibirin Mariana wanda ya kai ga hanyar titin jirgi mai amfani.A watan Fabrairun 1967, Emmet Kay,shugaban kamfanin jiragen sama na Micronesia,shine matukin jirgi na farko da ya sauka a filin jirgin sama tun yakin duniya na biyu.An gudanar da sadaukar da kai a ranar 3 ga Afrilu,1967. 

Daga watan Mayu zuwa Oktoba na 1970, mambobi goma sha uku na Rundunar Sojojin Sama na Amurka sun sake gina filin jirgin.

A cikin watanni 12 da ya ƙare a ranar 26 ga Satumba,1980,filin jirgin saman yana da ayyukan jiragen sama 240: 79% taksi na iska da 21% na jirgin sama na gabaɗaya. 

A ranar 15 ga Mayu,1981,Dutsen Pagan ya fashe,  tare da kwararar lavage wanda ke rufe kusan kashi ɗaya bisa uku na filin jirgin sama.  Kokarin da wani jirgin saman farar hula da na Amurka P-3 Orion suka yi na sauka a filin jirgin a ranar da fashewar ta faru bai yi nasara ba, a wani bangare na tokar dutsen mai aman wuta da ya rufe filin jirgin.

, the airfield is listed as "closed indefinitely" in the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport/Facility Directory. It has not been inspected by the FAA since September 1980.

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