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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 20. Chapters: Abdelhafid Boussouf Bou Chekif Airport, Aguenar - Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport, Ain Arnat Airport, Ain Beida Airport, Ain Eddis Airport, Biskra Airport, Blida Airport, Bordj Mokhtar Airport, Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi Airport, Boufarik Airport, Cheikh Larbi Tebessi Airport, Chlef International Airport, Djanet Inedbirene Airport, EGSA Alger, El Golea Airport, Gara Djebilet Airport, Ghriss Airport, Guemar Airport, Hassi R'Mel Airport, Houari Boumediene Airport, In Amenas Airport, In Guezzam Airport, In Salah Airport, Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport, L'Mekrareg Airport, List of airports in Algeria, Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport, Mostaganem Airport, Mostepha Ben Boulaid Airport, Noumerat - Moufdi Zakaria Airport, Oran Es Senia Airport, Oran Tafraoui Airport, Oued Irara - Krim Belkacem Airport, Rabah Bitat Airport, Relizane Airport, Sidi Mahdi Airport, Skikda Airport, Soummam - Abane Ramdane Airport, Takhamalt Airport, Telergma Airport, Timimoun Airport, Tindouf Airport, Touat-Cheikh Sidi Mohamed Belkebir Airport, Tsletsi Airport, Zenata - Messali El Hadj Airport. Excerpt: Houari Boumediene Airport (Arabic:, French: ) (IATA: ALG, ICAO: DAAG), also known as Algiers Airport, is an international airport serving Algiers, the capital of Algeria. It is located 9.1 NM (16.9 km; 10.5 mi) east southeast of the city. The airport is named after Houari Boumediene, a former president of Algeria. Dar El Beida, the area at which the airport is located, was known as Maison Blanche (white house) and, in much of the literature about the Algerian War of Independence it is called Maison Blanche Airport. The Company Management Services and Infrastructure Aeroportuaires (SGSIA), more commonly known as "Airport of Algiers," is a Public Company. It was established on 1 November 2006 to manage and operate the Airport Algiers Houari Boumediene. The SGSIA includes 2100 employees. The airport was created in 1924 by naming Maison Blanche Airport. During World War II, Maison Blanche Airport was a primary objective of the Allied Operation Torch Eastern Task Force on 8 November 1942 and was sized by a combination of United States Army units, British Commandos and elements of a British Infantry Division. Opposition by Vichy French forces who defended the airport ended that same day, as orders from Admiral Darlan in Algiers were issued to cease all hostilities in North Africa. Once in Allied hands, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Force Air Transport Command as a major transshipment hub for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel. It functioned as a stopover en-route to Tafarquay Airport, near Oran or to Tunis Airport, Tunisia on the North African Cairo-Dakar transport route. It also flew personnel and cargo to Marseille, Milan, Naples and Palermo, Sicily. In addition, Twelfth Air Force used the airport as a command and control facility, headquartering its XII Bomber Command; XXII Tactical Air Command, and the 51st Troop Carrier Wing to direct combat and support missions during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps Known Allie
