Editing CFB Goose Bay (section)

===Aerodrome===
In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed as '''RCAF Aerodrome – Goose Bay, Labrador''' at {{coord|53|20|N|60|24|W|region:CA-NL}} with a variation of 35 degrees west and elevation of {{Cvt|147|ft}}. The field was listed as "all hard-surfaced" and had three runways listed as follows:<ref name=Handbook>Staff Writer c.1942, p. 5</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Runway name
! Length
! Width
! Surface
|-
| 9/27
| {{Cvt|6600|ft}}
| {{cvt|200|ft}}
| Hard surfaced
|-
| 17/35
| {{cvt|6000|ft}}
| {{cvt|200|ft}}
| Hard surfaced
|-
| 5/23
| {{cvt|6000|ft}}
| {{cvt|200|ft}}
| Hard surfaced
|}

The northeast side of the facility was built to be a temporary RCAF base, complete with its own hangars and control tower, while the south side of the facility, built for the Americans, was being upgraded with its own aprons, hangars, earth-covered magazines, control tower and infrastructure.  The Canadian and American bases were built as an RCAF station<ref name="RCAF">{{cite web|url=http://www.airtraining.forces.gc.ca/goosebay/ch3_e.asp|title=Military Presence in Labrador}}{{dead link|date=June 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and later a [[United States Air Force]] base known as '''Goose AB''', housing units of the [[Strategic Air Command]]<ref name="SAC">{{cite web|url=http://www.strategic-air-command.com/bases/0-base-homepage2.htm|title=Strategic Air Command Bases|website=Strategic-air-command.com}}</ref> and [[Aerospace Defense Command]]. It was later home to permanent detachments of the RAF, [[German Air Force|Luftwaffe]], [[Aeronautica Militare]], and [[Royal Netherlands Air Force]], in addition to temporary deployments from several other NATO countries.