It was attacked on numerous occasions and later used by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force as a transport field.
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During World War II, the group served in combat with Ninth Air Force and Twelfth Air Forces, primarily in the Mediterranean, African, and Middle East Theater.
During World War II a major United States Army Air Force base was located near Rosignano, controlled by the Twelfth Air Force.
The squadron supported the British Eighth Army's landing at Termoli and subsequent operations in Italy, being reassigned to Twelfth Air Force in August 1943.