Medenine Airfield was a
French Air Force () facility built in Tunisia prior to
World War II. After the
Fall of France in June 1940, it was briefly used by the
Vichy French Air Force () until November 1942 when as part of
Case Anton, the military occupation of Vichy France carried out by Germany and Italy, it was taken over by the German
Luftwaffe. During both the American
West African Campaign and British
Western Desert Campaign, the airfield was attacked repeatedly by elements of the American
Twelfth and
Ninth Air Forces, along with the British
Royal Air Force beginning in late January 1943 with
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers, and was strafed with
P-40 Warhawk fighter-bombers. The airfield was seized by
New Zealand Commonwealth ground forces during March 1943. It was then repaired by
Royal Engineers and placed back into operational service. With the end of combat in Tunisia during the summer or 1943, the airfield was dismantled and abandoned. Today the remains of the main runway is visible on aerial photography, and perhaps some taxiways. ==Major units assigned==