Following its seizure, the U.S. Navy's Seabees transformed Tinian into the largest airbase of the war, with six long runways, hardstands for hundreds of B-29 bombers, and a layout modeled after ...

"It would become a 40,000-person base, with six 8,500-foot (1.5 miles, 2,600-meter) runways, hardstands for hundreds of B-29s and other aircraft, and naval facilities including Tinian Harbor." ...

What happened on 6 August 1945? In the small hours of a warm summer day, the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay flew from a US base on Tinian over the Japanese mainland. In the hold was an experimental ...