<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Oumache International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">During World War II, the airport was known as "Biskra Airfield". It was a major United States Twelfth Air Force base of operations during the North African campaign against the German Afrika Korps. Known combat units assigned to the airfield were: 97th Bombardment Group B-17 Flying Fortress (14 December 1942 &ndash; 8 February 1943); 301st Bombardment Group B-17 Flying Fortress (16 December 1942 &ndash; 17 January 1943); 1st Fighter Group P-38 Lightning (24 December 1942 &ndash; 8 February 1943); HQ, 5th Bombardment Wing (January&ndash;March 1943).</p>
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