Editing Nichols Field (section)

===Japanese surrender and postwar use===
Repaired, Nichols was used by the [[Air Transport Command]] (ATC) and [[Naval Air Transport Service]] (NATS).

On 19 August 1945, a sixteen-man Japanese delegation led by Japanese Lt. General Kanabe secretly left Kazarazu air base, Japan, in two Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bombers, painted white with green crosses, as ordered by General MacArthur, to comply with the surrender of the Philippines at Manila.  After landing at Nichols Field and met by General Sutherland, they surrendered their swords.  During the initial meeting, the Japanese were instructed to have 400 trucks and 100 sedans at [[Atsugi Airfield]], Japan, in readiness to receive the 11th Airborne as occupation forces. This caused much concern with the dignitaries. Atsugi had been a training base for kamikaze pilots and many of them were refusing to surrender. There were also 300,000 well-trained troops on the Kanto Plain of Tokyo, so MacArthur moved the landing for the 11th A/B to 28 August; five days later than originally planned.<ref>[http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/view.php?id=48265 Japanese Delegation Arrives at Nichols Field, Manila, Philippines]</ref>

During 1945–1946 the [[6th Troop Carrier Squadron]] (Jan-May 1946); [[13th Troop Carrier Squadron]] (June–October 1946) and [[22d Troop Carrier Squadron]]s (October 1946-April 1947) operated [[C-47 Skytrain]]s from Nichols Field.   Also a NATS detachment of six officers operated DC-3 transports was based at Nichols.<ref name="AFHRA"/><ref name="PW2"/>