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'''Mono Airport''' is an airport on Stirling Island in the Solomon Islands {{airport codes|MNY|AGGO}}.

==Airlines and destinations== <!-- Please use independent sources, not the airport or airline as they are not independent. --> {{Airport-dest-list | Solomon Airlines | Gizo, Munda }}

==History== Following the Allied invasion of the Northern Solomon Islands on October 25–27, 1943, an airstrip was built on Stirling Island by the 87th Naval Construction Battalion. '''Stirling Airfield''' was then used to support a campaign to neutralize Japanese air power at Rabaul. thumb|right|Stirling Airfield, January 1944

Also known as "Coronus Strip", the airfield was used by: * 42d Bombardment Group, 20 January–August 1944 * 347th Fighter Group, 15 January-15 August 1944 * Special Task Air Group STAG-1 (TDR) * VMB-413 operating PBJs * VMD-254 operating PB4Ys Stirling Airfield is still in use today by the Solomons Airlines.

== See also ==

* USAAF in the South Pacific

==References== {{Air Force Historical Research Agency}} * Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. {{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}}. * {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220180455/http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= December 20, 2016 |edition= reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070127174833/http://www.solomonairlines.com.au/domesticroutemap.htm Solomon Airlines Routes]

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Category:Airports in the Solomon Islands Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II Category:1943 establishments in the Solomon Islands Category:Military airbases established in 1943 Category:Military airbases closed in 1944

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