Editing Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (section)

==== Leeward Point Field ====
Leeward Point Field was constructed with a 6,000-foot main runway in 1943;<ref>{{Cite book |title=Building the Navy's Bases in World War II: History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps, 1940-1946 |publisher=[[US Government Publishing Office|US Government Printing Office]] |year=1947 |editor-last=Bingham |editor-first=Kenneth E. |volume=2 |location=Washington, DC |chapter=XVII: Bases in South America and the Caribbean Area, Including Bermuda |access-date=July 10, 2023 |chapter-url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/b/building-the-navys-bases/building-the-navys-bases-vol-2.html}}</ref> the runway was extended in 1953 to 8,000 feet to accommodate jet aircraft.<ref name="USNNAN">{{cite web| url=http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1978/dec78.pdf| title=Guantanamo Bay| work=Naval Aviation News| publisher=United States Navy| access-date=31 August 2012| archive-date=14 May 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514230435/http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1978/dec78.pdf| url-status=dead}}</ref> 

Leeward Point Field has a single active runway, 10/28, measuring {{convert|8000|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name="WORLDAERDAT" /> The former runway, 9/27 was {{convert|8500|ft|abbr=on}}. Currently, Leeward Point Field operates several aircraft and helicopters supporting base operations. Leeward Point Field was home to Fleet Composite Squadron 10 ([[VC-10 Challengers|VC-10]]) until the unit was phased out in 1993. VC-10 was one of the last active-duty squadrons flying the [[Douglas A-4 Skyhawk]].