searches. The RNZAF provided No 52 Radar Unit in March 1943 with GCI radar, which (unlike the SCR 270 radar) could provide altitudes of approaching enemy planes. Postwar use Henderson Field was abandoned after the war. The field was modernized and reopened in 1969 as Honiara International Airport, the main airport for the Solomon Islands. In the late 1970s the runway was expanded and lengthened. United States military use United States Navy VF-5 (F4F) September 1942 VT-8 (TBF Avenger) September - November 1942 VC-40 (SBD, TBF) VMSB-131 (Avenger) 1943 VF-26 (F4F) Mar 10 – April 25 & June 26 – Aug 5, 1943 VF-27 (F4F) Mar 10 – April 25 & June 26 – Aug 5, 1943 VF-28 (F4F) Mar 10 – April 25 & June 26 – Aug 5, 1943 CAG 11 (Carrier Air Group 11) VF-11 (VB-11) 1943 VB-21 (SBD) 1943 VT-11 (TBF Avenger) 1943 CASU-11 (Carrier Aircraft Service Unit) Feb 1943 – July 1944 VS-54 (SBD, OS2U) June 11, 1943 – August 3, 1944 United States Marine Corps 3d Defense Battalion (AAA) August 7, 1942 - February 19, 1943 VMF-223 (F4F) August 20 - October 16, 1942 VMTB-132 (SBD) Oct 30 – Dec 24, 1942 VMTB-233 (SBD / TBF) August 1943 – October 29, 1943 VMF-121 (F4F) October 1942 VMF-123 (F4F) February 3 - Aug 1943 VMF-112 "Wolf Pack" (F4U) May 1943 – July 28, 1943 – 3rd tour VMF-122 (F4U) June 1943 – July 23, 1943 – 1st MAW VMF-124 (F4U) April 4, 1943 – September 1943 VMSB-132 (SBD) June 23, 1943 – Aug 2, 1943 – 3rd tour VMSB-143 (TBF) November 12, 1942 – ? Munda VMSB-144 (SBD-3) June 13, 1943 – June 26, 1943 then to Russells VMSB-236 (SBD) Espiritu Santo Nov 43 – Nov 25, 1943 to Munda MABS-1 (Marine Air Base Squad-1) Feb 1, 1943 – Nov 43 to Ondonga United States Army Air Forces 44th FS 38th BG, 70th BS (B-26) Fiji January – Feb 4, 1943 Fiji 42nd BG, 69th BS (B-26, B-25) New Hebrides January – Oct 43 PDG 42nd BG, 75th BS (B-25) ? – Oct 21, 1943 Renard 38th BG, 70th BS (B-25) Fiji ? – Oct 22, 43 Russells 347th FG, 67th FS (P-39) New Caledonia Aug 22, 42 – June 43 42nd BG, 390th BS (B-25) Fiji May 11 – Oct 22, 1943 Renard See also Carney Airfield Koli Airfield Kukum Field Notes References Bibliography